Margita Penčevová is an international multidisciplinary artist and educator whose work spans costume and theatre design, makeup, wigs, textile arts, painting, printmaking, and — most recently — kiln formed glass art. With over twenty years of experience teaching college-level art and theatre design in the USA, she brings both creative depth and technical mastery to everything she makes.
Her professional background in Theatre Design and Technology includes costume, makeup, wigs, fabric dyeing, and crafts for theater, dance, opera, film, and television. She built costumes for Angelina Jolie, Sandra Bullock, Paul Walker, Jon Voight, and Harry Connick Jr., made wigs for Utah Shakespeare, and created makeup for Austin Opera. Her art has been exhibited in Seattle, Austin, and the Czech Republic, EU.
In 2025, Margita embraced kiln formed glass as a new creative medium. Her glass work is currently on exhibit in Thresholds at Ardest Gallery in Woodlands, Texas — marking an exciting new chapter in her artistic journey.
In 2020, her textile art was featured in the Textile Poetics exhibit at Emma Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin, Texas, showcasing her work in eco print and natural dye techniques she has been developing and teaching since Spring 2014.
Her research into tinctorial plants of Central Texas and Moravia drives her sustainable art practice. At St. Edward’s University in Austin, she currently offers a Textile Arts course in Fall 2026.
Rooted in a childhood in Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria — surrounded by textile artists and craftswomen — Margita weaves together heritage, nature, and innovation in her work. She practices Tai Chi and Yoga, hikes with her dogs, and is a third-generation beekeeper.
