Angelica Pozo
Angélica Pozo is a clay artist from Cleveland. She is also an author, teacher, and exhibit curator.
Life
Pozo is from New York City. She was born to Cuban and Puerto Rican parents. She earned her BFA from SUNY College of Ceramics, and her Masters of Fine Arts at the University of Michigan.She then moved to Cleveland in 1984, and resides in Tremont, Cleveland. She is self-employed.
Work
Pozo's art includes tile and sculptural studio work. She has also taught art for over 30 years. For her work, she was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship by the Ohio Arts Council.Pozo is known for the following public art commissions:
- "Marketplace/Meeting Place: An Urban Memorial", a mosaic tree planter/bench in Cleveland
- "Welcome Mat", a mosaic tile rug at the East 9th–North Coast station that represents Cleveland's ethnic diversity
- "Stephanie Tubbs Jones Memorial Wall" at University Circle
- tile wall in Quincy Park in Fairfax, Cleveland illustrating historical community photographs from 1879-2006
- tile sculptures at Hudson Middle School in Hudson, Ohio
Collections and exhibitions
Pozo's work is available in the following collections:- American Craft Museum, New York City
- Museum of Arts and Design, New York City
- Private collection for LeBron James
- International Ceramic Public Art Exhibition, 1998, Taipei, Taiwan
- "21st Century Ceramics in the United States & Canada", 2003
- 2019 exhibit at Kent State University