Vatina Cangelosi (she/her) is an artist living on unceded Dakota land (so-called Minneapolis, MN). Vatina will graduate with her MFA in Fibers and Material Studies from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia in May 2021. Vatina works in hand papermaking, sculpture, performance, video, and sound. Her work deals with friendship, connection, and chosen family. Vatina has exhibited at Temple Contemporary and Stella Elkins Gallery in Philadelphia, PA; Textile Center, Form+Content, and Catherine G. Murphy Galleries in the Twin Cities, MN; The Cabin at Penland School of Crafts, NC; Woolen Mill Gallery in Reedsburg, WI; and New York Mills Cultural Center in New York Mills, MN. She is a knitter, gardener, baker, and teaching artist. Vatina has five years of experience teaching art to kids in preschool through high school, and enjoys teaching hands-on, sensory, expressive workshops in libraries, museums, and schools.
Instagram: @vati_cangelosi
Email: vatinamm at gmail dot com
Photo by Madison Gies