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Diego Romero
Peruvian association football playerRaised in Berkeley, California, Diego Romero is a third-generation Cochiti Pueblo artist who specializes in pottery (he also does printmaking). One of his collaborators in pottery was Navajo – Hopi ceramicist Nathan Begaye (1958–2010).
Diego Romero is a potter living and working in Santa Fe, NM and a member of the Cochiti Pueblo tribe. He makes art that transcends his Native American heritage by combining traditional materials, techniques and forms of ancient Mimbres, Anasazi and Greek pottery with comic book inspired imagery, to talk about contemporary issues.
BY EMILY WITHNALL. One of Diego Romero’s favorite activities is watching people react to his art. He keeps a low profile and usually not even the security guards know he’s the artist. Hiding in plain sight, he looks on as people study his Pueblo-inspired pots with comics painted inside them.
Jul 31, 2014 · Diego Romero, an artist self-described as “a chronologist of the absurdity of human nature,” has made a life’s work of constructing ceramic vessels that elevate Pueblo Indian life to the highest stature.
Diego Romero is well known for his ceramic vessels, which elevate Pueblo life to Olympian stature. He draws on historical oral traditions as source material. He distinguishes his work from more traditional Pueblo pottery by the use of a narrative style influenced by comic books and popular culture.
Diego. Romero. Ceramicist. Santa Fe, NM. 2015 USA Fellow. USA Gracie Fellow. _ Firmly positioning his work within an Indigenous visuality, Diego Romero has built a career constructing ceramic vessels that elevate Pueblo life to Olympian stature.
Aug 1, 2004 · ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE ceramic artists in the country, Diego Romero is also a chameleon-an urban hipster from Berkeley, CA, who grew up in comic-book stores, a skilled artist and museum hound with a master`s degree from UCLA, and a traditional Indian potter from Cochiti Pueblo in New Mexico.
Dec 13, 2022 · Diego Romero has built a career constructing ceramic vessels that elevate Pueblo life to Olympian stature. A member of the Cochiti Pueblo tribe, Romero has d...
Oct 6, 2019 · Diego Romero vs. the End of Art will be a dynamic exploration of a Cochiti Pueblo artist’s journey through life as depicted through his work. For decades, California born Cochiti potter Diego Romero has created renowned historical and autobiographical artworks.
Information about Cochiti Pueblo potter Diego Romero with photos of some of his Cochiti pottery creations
