Artist Profile: Deep Blue Arianne King Comer honors her heritage through indigo batik Photo gallery Deep Blue Artist Profile Arianne King Comer honors her heritage through indigo batik. "I know that I am an indigo child,” says local textile artist Arianne King Comer. “And I know that my art is my journey.” Considering her devotion to . . .

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Arianne King-Comer

Indigo Artist

Arianne King Comer, a BFA graduate of Howard University, has been an Artist in Residence on the Old Navy Base in North Charleston,  SC since 06.

In 1992, Arianne received the UN/USIS grant to study under the renowned Batik artist Nike Olyani Davis in Oshogbo Nigeria, where her passion for indigo manifested. 

She was owner of Ibile Indigo House on St Helena House '98-04. In 2007, she had the opportunity to join The Charleston Rhizome Collective to conduct  a textile workshop in batik and indigo at the World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya.

Arianne has also traveled to Istanbul, Turkey, where she designed boutique denim wear for Mavi Jeans.

In 1999, she was featured in the PBS documentary, "Messengers of the Spirit," and in 2003 was featured in an Indigo Art segment on HGTV's "Country Style," which is still in syndication.

Arianne is an art consultant, lecturer, teacher, and textile artist.