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5303 College Ave. Oakland, CA 94618
510.654.2332
Regular Hours: Mon-Sat 11-7, Sun 12-5
Daylight Savings : Mon-Sat 11-6, Sun 12-5
Andrea Serrahn’s Fashion Bio
CLOTHING DESIGN
Serrahna, Oakland, 2002-present
Cicada, San Francisco/Santa Fe 2000-2006
Julie's Artisans' Gallery, Madison Ave., New York, 2000-2002
Joss Graham, London, 2000-2003
Molly B., Berkeley 1999-2001
Schloss Primmersdorf, Vienna, 1998-99
Obiko, San Francisco, 1995-96
Oxygen, Santa Fe, 1996
COSTUME DESIGN FOR THEATRE, DANCE & FILM
Ellen Robinson, Jazz Vocalist, Yoshis 2007-present
Ellen Robinson & “Girlfriends” Jazz Choir, 2009
Ladene Otsuki-Classical Pianist, 2009
Kaila Flexer, Violinist, 2008
Valerie Bach, Girltalkband, 2006-present
Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble, 2007-present www.kitka.org
Branice McKenzie, Jazz Vocalist 2007
Oakland Center for Spiritual Living Choir, 2007-present
Mary Ford-Waters of the March, Dream On, 2006
Molissa Fenley Mills College Repertory Dance Concert, 2004
Claudine Naganuma, Pearl Anniversary Celebration, 2004
Colette de Gagnier, Poetry Reading Chartres Cathedral France 2004
Aerial Dance Performance, Studio 12, Berkeley, CA 2004
MAHADEVA, The Art of Devotion, 2001
San Francisco Butoh Festival, 1999-2000
Tabla Rasa, Oakland 1992-2001
Tony Minnecola w/Zakir Hussein 1998-99
Erica Blue for "Studio 4" 1995-present
Moving in Costume, Oakland, 1996
Fairyland, Oakland, 1996
Jo Kreiter, Bay Area Dance Series, 1995
James and the Giant Peach, costume design assistant, San Francisco, 1994
EDUCATION
Fulbright Scholar, "Traditional Indian Textiles Embodied by Contemporary Design" Gujarat, India, 1997-98
Natural Dyes Workshop, Mendocino Art Center, California, 1996
Costume Design, Academy of Art, San Francisco, 1986
Textile Design, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1982-84
B.A.. Spanish, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1982
FASHION SHOWS
Currylicious 2009
Tanjia Moroccan Restaurant 2009
Ritz Carlton Cal Asia Business Alliance Nov 2008
Garibaldis 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
Bellevue Club 2007
Khana Peena 2008, 2007
The Catwalk: 2005, 2006
Diablo Yoga Center, 2006
Rockridge Out & About Festival, 2004, 2005
Cicada/ Craft & Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, 2000
ISS Palacio de Bellas Artes, Santiago Chile,1999
Open Secret Bookstore, San Rafael, 1999
Schloss Grillenstein, "Silk Road", Vienna, 1998
PUBLICATIONS
Oakland Magazine Photo 2008 Madam C.J. Walker Awards
Voted Best Fashion Show, Diablo Magazine, 2007
Montclarion Newspaper August 2006
Diablo Magazine, June 2006 "Shopping Safari"
Palm Desert Magazine, cover photo, Fall 2005
East Bay Express, October 2005 "Clothing the East"
Yogi Times Magazine: cover photo, Dec/Jan 2005
Yogi Times Magazine: "Power of the Feminine: November 2004
Boston Globe Magazine, May 2004 "Artistic Looks"
Rockridge News, Oakland California 2003
Your Crafts Business, by Richard Simms. NOLO press, 2003
Shibori Now, by Yoshiko Wada. press. Selected Shibori Artist 2002
San Jose Mercury News, Friday front page Entertainment section, 2002
The Monthly, Berkeley California, SHOP PICKS 2002
Bay Area Business Woman, personal business profile 2002
San Francisco Examiner front page, costume design:
Jaye Davidson & the Oscars, 1993
INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles: Indian Textile Roadshow 2008
My Textile Life in India for East Bay Stitchers Guild 2008
Jennifer Butler Living Color: Los Angeles Trunk Shows, 2005, 2006
"Hoop-a-Thon", Hoola-hoop fundraiser 2003, 2004. 2005
Honorary Chairman, Business Advisory Council, Washington D.C. 2003
Guest lecturer, University of San Francisco, textile design class, 2002
San Francisco University Highschool, re: Gujarat earthquake
Artship Foundation artist series, 1999
Fundraiser, Gujarat earthquake relief $6000+ raised & distributed, 2000-present
Exhibitor: ISS- 3rd International Shibori Symposium, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile, 1999 Instituto Norteamericano, Santiago, Chile, 1999
Workshop: Taught natural dye methods, NID, Ahmedabad, India, 1998
Window Display: Oakland Artship Foundation, 1998 & 1999
Panelist: Fair Trade Federation Conference, UC Berkeley, 1995
Guest: Government of India, R&D ikat textiles, Orissa, 1994
Television: Jenny's Power Hour, re: Indian Textiles, San Francisco, 1995
Merit Badge: Girl Scouts of America, 1st merit badge in sewing, 1966
BENEFITS AND FUNDRAISERS
Barack Obama, Joey Brite, Uptown Motors, 2008
C.R.Y. Fundraiser for Underprivileged Indian Children 2004
Heritage India Festival 2004
CELEBRITY CLIENTS
Alice Walker, 2008
Carrie Fisher, 2008
Linda Gray, 2006-2007
Jane Goodall, 2003
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Serrahna - 2002 to present
OoloO- collaborative design project, 2002
Andrea Serrahn Designs, always & forever.
Weston Wear, production mgr & design asst, San Francisco, 1991-1994
Roberto Robledo, production assistant, San Francisco, 1985
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