Diego VALLES

View in collection Diego Valles became interested in pottery as a child when his family moved to the pottery production area of Mata Ortiz in 1994. He stated making pottery aged 9, with instruction from the Mora Tena family, and was particularily interested in the Quezada style and the intricacy of design from the second generation potters. He completed a degree in Electromechanical Engineering at the Tecnológico Superior de Nuevo Casas Grandes in 2005. In 2006 he took part in the exhibition project Mata Ortiz: A 40 Years Phenomenon organized by the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) and became a full time ceramicist completely dedicated to clay. Ever since, Diego Valles has been expanding the limits not only of Mata Ortiz Ceramics, but also of traditional Mexican Ceramics. In 2010 he was awarded The National Youth Award for Arts, Mexico’s highest honour to a young living artist.

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• Dates: b. 1982