Pilar Agoyo
Pilar Agoyo is a native fashion designer. She works on costumes for movies and television shows.[1] She has done work for The Avengers and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. [1] Her design also appeared in an exhibit called "Art of Indigenous Fashion" at The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.[2] The book Native fashion now : North American Indian style calls Agoyo a "Provocateur," meaning she has new ideas people do not expect and that make them have strong feelings.[3]
Early life
She is from Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo near Santa Fe, New Mexico.[4] Agoyo originally wanted to be a painter.[5] She went to the Institute of American Indian Arts.[6] She took a class and realized she loved sewing and textiles.[5][6] She loved it.[6]
Career
Agoyo has done a lot of work for Hollywood television and movies.[1] She is also well known among indigenous designers in the United States.[7][6]
Fashion
In 2002, Agoyo opened a boutique in Santa Fe with Virgil Ortiz and Cody Sanderson.[8] Sanderson was her husband.[6] Agoyo works with materials such as vinyl.[5] May of her designs are inspired by traditional pottery designs from her pueblo.[6] Agoyo has worked on lots of fashion shows.[9][10][11][12][7] She also has museum exhibits, like the Art of Indigenous Fashion" at The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.[2]
She has won awards for her designs, including the Masked Heroes contest from First American Art Magazine[13] and at the Heard Indian Market 2011 by the Southwestern Association for American Indian Arts.[14][12] The Poeh Pueblo Cultural Center also commissioned Agoyo to design masks that would appeal to others from her pueblo.[15] Her work has been recognized by the Traditional Fine Arts Organization.[16]
Hollywood
Agoyo's first work for television was Into the West in 2005.[17] She has worked on 37 movies and shows.[1][17] Sometimes the fashions she makes for movies helps her think of a new fashion to create.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pilar Agoyo. IMDb. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pilar Agoyo | Biography (in en). www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ↑ Native fashion now: North American Indian style (2015). Salem, Massachusetts : Munich ; London ; New York: Peabody Essex Museum ; DelMonico Books/Prestel. ISBN 978-3-7913-5469-9.
- ↑ Agency, Wend. Celebrating a Centennial: Jeweler Cody Sanderson (in en-US). Western Art & Architecture (2022-07-11). Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 NFT Podcast Ep. 26: Interview w/ Pilar Agoyo, seamstress/wardrobe (in en). Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Metcalfe, Dr Jessica R.. Designer Profile | Pilar Agoyo. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Attention Fashion Lovers: Art of Indigenous Fashion Exhibit at IAIA (in en-US). Native Max (2022-08-25). Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ↑ Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour. (2022). United States: University of Arkansas Press.
- ↑ Native Arts Fashion Show (in en). Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ More than art, Indian Market showcases talent (in en). Indianz. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ↑ King, Patti Jo. Museum of Indian Arts and Culture sponsoring Native fashion exhibit. ICT News (2009-08-10). Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 More than art Indian Market showcases talent (in en). www.indianz.com. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ↑ Masked Heroes: Award Winners (in en-US). First American Art Magazine (2020-04-28). Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ↑ Metcalfe, Dr Jessica R.. Heard Indian Market 2011 - Pilar Agoyo. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ↑ Fight the Virus Campaign – Poeh Cultural Center (in en-US). Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ↑ Native Couture: A History of Santa Fe Style. www.tfaoi.org. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Native Film Talk: Interview w/ Pilar Agoyo (in en). nativefilmtalk.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2023-02-10.