Chris Roberts-Antieau

American Outsider artist Chris Roberts-Antieau has consistently been a pioneer of machine embroidery. Her main body of work, which she calls “fabric paintings,” are highly sophisticated tapestries created in her signature style of fabric appliqué and intricate embroidery, crafted on a simple Bernina sewing machine. Antieau’s subject matter ranges from joyfully candid cultural commentary depicting unbelievable true stories (such as James Brown’s Funeral: And The Tragic Aftermath) to more personal reflections on nature, perception, reality and truth. Antieau further explores her interests through sculpture and installation, creating elaborate dollhouses of famous murder scenes and elegant gowns embroidered with birds of prey eviscerating small animals.

Her work has been featured by Time Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Where New Orleans; The Baltimore Sun; Juxtapoz Magazine; and ART+DESIGN Magazine, among several others, and can be found in the private collections of Bill and Hillary Clinton, Woody Harrelson, John Waters, Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling, and Mark Dimunation, the Library of Congress' Special Collections curator, among several others. Antieau's work has also been acquired into the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art and House of Representatives in Washington, DC; 21c Museum Hotel in Oklahoma City, OK and Durham, NC; and the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, MD, where she holds the distinction of being the most repeatedly exhibited artist included in group thematic exhibitions, among others.

Submitted by Antieau Gallery