Margarita Paz-Pedro
“I draw my ideas from how time, place, life, material and culture intersect with my Mexican-American, Laguna Pueblo and Santa Clara Pueblo background within New Mexico. I create from who I am, where I am from and what I am interested in. Within the medium of ceramics, its vastness makes it difficult to choose one clay or way of creating in clay. However, in all of my practices, the process is just as integral as the outcome and often informs each other. They are many parts to the whole. My work is heavily embedded in materiality of clay, process and positioned in relation to place and land. Through my exploration of identity, history and experiences, I project my voice, gratitude and our interconnectedness.”
The work of Margarita Paz-Pedro, whose heritage links her to Laguna and Santa Clara Pueblos and to the Mexican-American community, is a ceramic artist, teacher, and muralist. Born in Albuquerque and raised in Las Cruces, she uses her work to help her community. Paz-Pedro received her BFA with an emphasis in ceramics in 2003 from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and her MA in art education in 2008 from the University of New Mexico. She helped found the ALMA (Apprenticeships for Leaders in the Mosaic Arts) Summer Institute, where she currently works as operations director and as an artist. She also teaches at a charter school in Albuquerque while raising a nine-year-old with her fiancé.
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