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Tammy Garcia

born 1969 Los Angeles, California; lives Taos, New Mexico

BiographyTammy Garcia is a Santa Clara Pueblo sculptor and Ceramic artist. She is the daughter of Linda Cain and sister to Autumn Borts-Medlock. She is also Mary Cain's granddaughter, Christina Naranjo's great-granddaughter, and Sara Fina Tafoya's great-great-granddaughter. Garcia learned to make pottery from her mother and continues the Pueblo traditions of using native clay as the foundation. Her pottery bridges the gap between traditional and modern. The intricacy and precision of her carving are one of the attractions of her pottery and bronze art. Garcia's pottery continues to evolve in new directions with each new idea. Her designs are both traditional and contemporary, inspired by Pueblo life, animals, insects, Pueblo stories, or traditional images. The surface of her works is polished and then carved, and there is always a balance of carved versus matte areas. Her pottery is in permanent collections and museums worldwide, such as The Denver Art Museum, the Heard Museum, and The Autry Museum, among others. She has won multiple awards for her pottery and, most recently, was the subject of a one-woman exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

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