Greg Garcia

Artist Profile

Greg Garcia was born in 1961. He is half San Juan and half Santa Clara. He was inspired to make pottery at the age of 14 by his grandmother, Severa Tafoya. She taught him the fundamentals of making traditional pottery and encouraged him to continue the long lived family tradition of working with clay.

Greg specializes in hand coiled traditional black and red Santa Clara pottery. Greg signs his pottery as: Greg Garcia, San Juan/Santa Clara.

Greg is related to Tina Garcia (sister) and Angela Baca (aunt).