Chris Lee Roberts-Antieau (born November 18, 1950) is an American fiber artist based in Michigan. She described her work as “embroidered tapestries”, created with the use of fabric appliqué, thread painting, and hand embroidery. She also draws, paints, and creates mixed-media works.

Early life and career

Roberts-Antieau was born and raised in Michigan. She learned to sew in her seventh-grade home economics class. She briefly enrolled in a high school art class, but eventually dropped out and did not attend college.

In the early 1980s, Roberts-Antieau began sewing three-dimensional sculptures of circus workers, trapeze artists, and male figures. She then took an appliqué class, where she learned to develop her pencil sketches and paintings into fabric art. As a clothing designer, Roberts-Antieau founded her own company with a staff of fifteen. She appliquéd her drawings onto fabric, creating a line of vests, jackets, and handbags.

Roberts-Antieau shifted her focus from clothing design to textile art. Current fabric works are made from freehand-cut cloth shapes enclosed within a glass painted frame. Her work has been described as “Embroidered Tapestries” — to represent its combination of fabric appliqué, thread painting, and hand embroidery.

She opened a gallery and frame shop in New Orleans, Louisiana, and with the gallery in her direct ownership, Roberts-Antieau had more control over the sale of her work and spent more time in her Ann Arbor, Michigan studio. After a breast cancer diagnosis, her work became more introspective and often focused on everyday experiences.

In 2017, Roberts-Antieau and her team traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico for a pop-up experience. She opened a second gallery in Santa Fe where her works are displayed.