Carol D'Angelo
Carol D'Angelo grew up in Southern California and attended Chouinard Art School (California Institute of the Arts) in Los Angeles. She lived in Italy for two years studying the Italian language and art. In 1969, D'Angelo moved to Hawaii where she finished her BFA and obtained both an MFA and a Masters in American Studies from the University of Hawaii. Soon after, she embarked on a very successful teaching career at both Honolulu Community College and the University of Hawaii. During this period she took a break from exhibiting but has returned full force for the last 9 years.D'Angelo is currently teaching in the Apparel Product Design and Merchandising Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa teaching Fashion Illustration, computer graphics, Costume History and is curator of the Historic Costume Collection. She has painted cut-out life sized paintings of athletes and a mixed media style combining fabric, collage, silkscreen and paint layered in rich imagery that hint at narrative without totally revealing it's true intent. Her recent work consists of large oil paintings of florals and ladies in Hawaiian environments.
She is currently exhibiting in various shows often with her husband, Dexter Doi.
She had a State Foundation on Culture and the Arts commission for a mural covering the games room in the University of Hawaii Campus Center. D'Angelo has many artworks in both private and corporate collections including the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
