Angela Corona

Mata Ortiz

Maria de Los Angeles (Angela) Corona Guillen is a potter from the village of Mata Ortiz in northern Mexico. Her mother is Mercedes Guillen Gonzales, her father Guadalupe Corona Hernandez. Born in October 1983, she began making pots around the age of 15. Her paternal grandmother is Consolacion Quezada but she learned how to pot from her grandfather, Guadalupe Corona Sr. and her brother, Vidal Corona. She still forms and paints her own pieces but she purchases her natural clay paints in the village and uses an electric kiln to get the results she wants.

Angela has found a niche in making polychrome owl figures and seed pots draped with lizards. With sgraffito design and bright colors, her work is instantly recognizable. She sometimes collaborates with her husband, Oscar Ramirez. She signs her pieces: Angela Corona. Their daughter, Jazmin Ramirez Corona is producing seed pots now, too.


Owl and branch design on an owl jar decorated with a Paquime geometric design
Owl-shaped jar decorated with an owl, branch and Paquimé geometric design
9.5 in H by 7.5 in Dia
Measurement includes stand
Owl, branch and geometric design on a polychrome owl figure
Polychrome owl figure decorated with an owl, branch and geometric design
9.75 in H by 7.5 in Dia
Polychrome owl figure with a sgraffito and painted owl and geometric design Sgraffito and painted owl, branch and geometric design on a polychrome owl effigy
5.5 in H by 4 in Dia
Measurement includes stand
Sgraffito and painted owl, branch and geometric design on a polychrome owl effigy
Polychrome owl effigy with a sgraffito and painted owl, branch and geometric design
5.75 in H by 4 in Dia
Measurement includes stand
A sgraffito and painted geometric design decorates the shell of a polychrome turtle figure
A polychrome turtle figure decorated with a sgraffito and painted geometric design
2.5 in H by 6.25 in Dia
Geometric design on the shell of a polychrome turtle figure
Polychrome turtle figure with its shell decorated with a geometric design
2.5 in H by 6.25 in Dia
Polychrome owl figure with a sgraffito and painted owl, branch, leaf and geometric design
Sgraffito and painted owl, branch and geometric design on a polychrome owl effigy
7.75 in L by 7.75 in W by 9.75 in H
Measurement includes stand
A geometric desifgn etched and painted on a polychrome seed pot
A polychrome seed pot with a sgraffito and painted geometric design
4.25 in Dia by 3.25 in H

Mata Ortiz/Casas Grandes Potters