List of Mexican artisans explained

This is a list of notable Mexican artisans:

Baskets and other non-textile fibers

• Feo Ariza (straw mosaics)
• Rosalinda Cauich Ramirez (baskets)^[1]
• Ángel Gil (ixtle fiber products, Guanajuato)^[2]
• Apolinar Hernandez Balcazar (baskets, State of Mexico)^[3]
• Fortunato Hernández Bazán (ixtle fiber products, Oaxaca)^[4]
• Fortunato Moreno Reinoso (reed and bamboo objects, Michoacan)^[5]
• Pineda Palacios family (palm frond nativity scenes, Puebla)^[6]
• María Quiñones Carrillo (baskets, Chihuahua)^[7]
• Felipa Tzeek Naal (palm frond weaving, Campeche)^[8]
• Villajuana family (hammocks, Yucatán)^[9]
• Andrés Uc Dzul (Panama hats, Campeche)^[10]

Lacquer ware

• Mario Agustín Gaspar (Michaocan)^[11]
• Pablo Dolores Regino (Guerrero))^[12]
• Francisco Coronel Navarro (Guerrero) ^[13]

Metal working

• Punzo family (copper crafts) (Michoacán)^[14]
• William Spratling (silver, Guerrero)^[15]
• Apolinar Aguilar Velasco (steel blades, Oaxaca)^[16]

Paper-based crafts

• Linares family (alebrijes and cartonería)(Mexico City)^[17]
• Pedro Linares (alebrijes and cartonería, Mexico City)^[18]
• Rodolfo Villena Hernández (cartonería, Puebla)^[19]
• Hermes Arroyo (cartonería and other media, San Miguel de Allende))^[20]
• Sotero Lemus^[21]
• Adalberto Álvarez Marines^[22]

Pottery

• Aguilar family(pottery)^[23]
• Josefina Aguilar (Oaxaca)^[24]
• Hilario Alejos Madrigal(Michoacan)^[25]
• Neftalí Ayungua Suárez (Michoacan)^[26]
• Alberto Bautista Gómez (Chiapas)^[27]
• Jesús José Berabe Campechano(Jalisco)^[28]
• Blanco family(Oaxaca)^[29]
• Teodora Blanco Núñez^[29]
• María Lilia Calam Que(Campeche)^[30]
• Celso Camacho Quiroz (State of Mexico)^[31]
• Jesús Carranza Cortés (ceramic figures, Jalisco)^[32]
• Alfonso Castillo Orta (Trees of life, Puebla)^[33]
• Miguel Chan and Roger Juárez (Yucatán)^[34]
• Cayetano Corona Gaspariano(Tlaxcala)^[35]
• Margarita Cruz Sipuachi(Chihuahua)^[36]
• José García Antonio(Oaxaca)^[37]
• Maximo Gómez Ponce(Puebla)^[38]
• Adrián Luis González(State of Mexico)^[39]
• Gorky González Quiñones(Guanajuato)^[40]
• Florentino Jimón Barba(Jalisco)^[41]
• Leonarda Estrella Laureano(Sinaloa)^[42]
• Carlomagno Pedro Martínez (barro negro, Oaxaca)^[43]
• Zenón Martínez García(Jalisco)^[44]
• Esther Medina Hernández(Puebla)^[45]
• Felipa Hernandez Barragan(Morelos)^[46]
• Emilio Molinero Hurtado(Michoacan)^[47]
• Rosalinda Cauich Ramirez (Quintana Roo)^[1]
• María de Jesús Nolasco Elías(Michoacan)^[36]
• Trinidad Núñez Quiñones
• Nicasio Pajarito Gonzalez (Jalisco)^[48]
• Ignacio Peralta Soledad (ceramic sculptures, Puebla)^[49]
• Juan Quezada Celado(Chihuahua)^[50]
• Guillermo Ríos Alcalá(Colima)^[51]
• Elena Felipe and Bernadina Rivera(Michoacan)^[52]
• Doña Rosa (barro negro, Oaxaca)^[53]
• Pedro Ruíz Martínez and Odilia Pineda (Michoacan)^[54]
• Ángel Santos Juárez(Jalisco)^[55]
• Soteno family of Metepec(State of Mexico)^[56]
• Cesar Torres Ramírez (Talvera pottery, Puebla)^[57]
• Uriarte Talavera (Talavera ceramics, Puebla)^[58]
• Salvador Vázquez Carmona(Jalisco)^[59]
• Jorge Wilmot (Jalisco)^[60]

Textiles

• Ana Karen Allende (rag dolls, Mexico City)^[61]
• Florentina López de Jesús (weaving, Guerrero)^[62]
• Pedro Preux (rug making, Mexico City)^[63]
• Arnulfo Mendoza^[64]
• Original Friends Dolls (cloth dolls, Guadalajara)^[65]
• Porfirio Gutierrez (weaver)^[66]

Wood

• Jacobo Angeles^[67]
• Aguirre family (inlaid wood items, Jalisco)^[68]
• Manuel Jiménez Ramírez (alebrijes, Oaxaca)^[69]
• Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo (furniture, Colima)^[70]
• José Reyes Juárez (masks, Tlaxcala)^[71]
• Hipolito Vázquez Sánchez (wood carving, Tlaxcala)^[72]
• Ascensión de la Cruz Morales (musical instruments, Durango)^[73]
• Agustín Parra Echauri(reproduction of colonial era pieces, Jalisco)^[74]
• Agustín Cruz Tinoco(Oaxaca)^[75]
• Plácido Otilia family(musical instruments, San Luis Potosí)^[76]

Notes and References

1. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 181.
2. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 187.
3. News: Jonathan Kandell . Makers Of The Lost Arts . Los Angeles Times=FONART. Los Angeles . October 15, 2000 . February 19, 2014.
4. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 185.
5. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 183.
6. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 189.
7. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 191.
8. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 175.
9. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 167.
10. News: Harry Miller . Mexico Channel / Sombreros al estilo 'panama' . El Norte . Monterrey, Mexico . October 10, 2004 . 12 .
11. Web site: Mario Agustín Gaspar . Bienal de Arte Indigena, Ancestral o Milenario . Quito, Ecuador . March 2, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140302203850/http://www.bienaldearteindigena.org/3bie/pags/1m7m4mex1.html . March 2, 2014 . dead .
12. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 235–236.
13. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 229–230.
14. Web site: El cobre martillado y otros metales . Artes e Historia magazine . 2011 . es . Hammered copper and other metals . May 14, 2012 .
15. William Spratling, "25 Years of Mexican Silverware", Artes de Mexico, Vol. III, No. 10 (1955): 88
16. News: Reynaldo Bracamontes Ruiz . Mudo, el "canto de los martillos" . June 30, 2013 . Noticiasnet . Mexico City . May 29, 2014 .
17. Web site: Papel y cartonería . José . Herrera . Universidad Veracruzana . Mexico . es . Paper and cartonería . February 2, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324090704/http://www.uv.mx/popularte/esp/scriptphp.php?sid=52 . March 24, 2012 .
18. Bercovitch. Helyn. Mexconnect. 7 September 2001. In memory of Don Pedro - Alebrije art from a master artist.
19. News: Pablo Arana Mendez . Relegada la artesanía . El Universal . Mexico City . October 30, 2001 .
20. Web site: Q. Boleé . Hermes Arroyo Guerrero – More than just a mojiganga maker . El Centro de las Artes . San Miguel de Allende . January 8, 2016 .
21. Book: Jimenez Izquierdo, Juan. La Cartoneria Popular. Eridu Productions. 2012. Mexico City.
22. May 2010. Sueños y criaturas de papel. Ehécatl. Tenango del Aire, State of Mexico. 1. 2. 40–41.
23. Web site: THE AGUILAR FAMILY (Ocotlán de Morelos) . . New York . December 19, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131222122420/http://www.fofa.us/folk-art/ceramics/painted-red/the-aguilar-family-ocotlan-de-morelos/ . December 22, 2013 . dead .
24. Web site: Beautiful Excess of Latin Folk Art Enlivens Southlake Home. 2008-03-06. 2008-02-29. Paige Phelps. The Dallas Morning News.
25. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 73–74.
26. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 155–156.
27. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano . Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex . Mexico City . 2001 . 968-5234-03-5 . 33–34 .
28. Web site: Obras Ganadoras. Premio Nacional de la Cerámica. Mexico. January 4, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032921/http://www.premionacionaldelaceramica.com/obras-ganadoras. January 6, 2014. dead.
29. Book: Bartra . Eli . Crafting Gender: Women and Folk Art in Latin America and the Caribbean . registration . Duke University Press. Durham, NC. 2003. 978-0822331704 . 198–203.
30. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 87.
31. News: Entre barro y cazuelas . Reforma . Toluca. October 29, 1999. 22.
32. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 155.
33. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 151–152.
34. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 161–162.
35. News: Visitó MGZ tres talleres de talavera en SPM . La Jornada Oriente . Puebla . November 14, 2012 . January 21, 2014.
36. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 99–100.
37. Web site: Jose Garcia Antonino, Oaxaca Folk Art Sculptor . Oaxaca Cultural Navigator : Norma Hawthorne. Oaxaca . April 3, 2012 . January 24, 2014.
38. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 61.
39. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 89.
40. Web site: Biografía . Gorky Pottery . San Miguel Allende . es . December 18, 2013.
41. Web site: Florentino Jimón Barba: La famosa cerámica de bandera de Tonalá . Feria Maestros del Arte . Chapala, Jalisco . January 20, 2014 .
42. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 103.
43. News: Mentiras verdaderas en alfarería . El Siglo de Torreón . Torreón, Mexico . April 2, 2003 . March 25, 2012 . es . "True Lies" in ceramics .
44. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 95–96.
45. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano . Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex . Mexico City . 2001 . 968-5234-03-5 . 41–42 .
46. Web site: Berenice Granados Vazquez . Santiago Cortes Hernandez . Juego de aire:relatos, mitos e iconografía de un ritual curativo en Tlayacapan (Morelos, México) . Las Caras del Aire: Mitos Ritos e iconographia del Aire en Tlayacapan . es . December 24, 2013 .
47. News: Fallece Emilio Molinero Hurtado, premio estatal de las Artes Eréndira 2007 . Cambio de Michoacán . Morelia . October 11, 2013 . December 4, 2013 .
48. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 127–128.
49. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 137.
50. Walter Parks . The potters of Mata Ortiz . Southwest Art. 29 . 7 . December 1999 . 70.
51. News: Maria Ochoa Anguiano . Inauguró la UdeC la exposición Guillermo Ríos, 50 años . El Diario de Colima . es . August 6, 2010 . December 4, 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20131204164206/http://anuario.upn.mx/2010/index.php/2010/58-el-diario-de-colima/5595-inauguro-la-udec-la-exposicion-guillermo-rios-50-anos.html . December 4, 2013 .
52. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano . Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex . Mexico City . 2001 . 968-5234-03-5 . 37–38 .
53. News: San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca . Hilda . Ortiz Vargas . El Informador . Guadalajara, Mexico . 2008-05-24 . March 31, 2012 . es.
54. Book: Travis M. Whitehead . Artisans of Michoacán: By their hands . Otras Voces Publishing . Brownsville, TX . 2013 . 978-0-9857377-0-2 .
55. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 53–54.
56. Book: Cándida . Fernández de Calderón . Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art: From the collection of Fomento Cultural Banamex . 2 . 2003 . Fomento Cultural Banamex, A.C. . Mexico City . 968-5234-09-4 . 139–140.
57. News: Artesanos protagonizarán serie de televisión . El Universal . Mexico City. September 4, 2012 . January 27, 2014.
58. News: Talavera en su casa . Concepcion Delgado. Reforma . Mexico City . August 12, 1996 . 5 . es . Talavera in your house .
59. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 105–106.
60. News: Jorge Wilmot, artesano de pura cepa . El Informador . Guadalajara, Jalisco . August 15, 2009 . May 21, 2010 . es . Jorge Wilmot, artisan of pure stock .
61. April 2006 . Dreams of Rags and Wood . Mexico Desconocido . 350 . 30 . Mexico City . Mexico Desconocido SA de CV . es . 0187-1560 .
62. Book: Cándida . Fernández de Calderón . Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art: From the collection of Fomento Cultural Banamex . 2 . 2003 . Fomento Cultural Banamex, A.C. . Mexico City . 968-5234-09-4 . 359–360.
63. Web site: Roberto Ponce . Fallece el artista plástico Pedro Preux; indiferencia del INBA . June 23, 2011 . Proceso magazine . Mexico City . September 25, 2013 .
64. News: Ernestina Gaitan Cruz . Falleció el artista plástico oaxaqueño Arnulfo Mendoza Ruiz . Cronica de Oaxaca . March 8, 2014 . September 21, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150205190112/http://www.cronicaoaxaca.info/cultura/39010-fallecio-el-artista-plastico-oaxaqueno-arnulfo-mendoza-ruiz.html . February 5, 2015 . dead .
65. Rebecca Roth . Lemonade from Lemons . Soft Dolls & Animals! . Norton Shores, MI . January 2012 . 14.
66. Web site: Melissa Dominguez . Porfirio Gutierrez, Zapotec Master Weaver . First American Art magazine . October 28, 2015 . August 13, 2016.
67. Web site: Jacobo Ángeles Ojeda and María del Carmen Mendoza Alebrijes . Feria de Maestros. Guadalajara . December 31, 2014.
68. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 197–199.
69. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 207–208.
70. Web site: Museo Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo . Ma. Emilia Rangel Brun . 2007 . University of Colima . Colima, Mexico . es . Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo Museum . July 31, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052547/http://www.ucol.mx/arte/museos/rangel_hidalgo.php . September 28, 2011 .
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73. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 223.
74. Book: Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular Mexicano. Collección Fomento Cultural Banamex. Mexico City. 2001. 968-5234-03-5. 225–226.
75. Web site: Agustín Cruz Tinoco (San Agustín de las Juntas) . Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art . New York . May 25, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140926031645/http://www.fofa.us/folk-art/miniatures-toys/woodcarved/agustin-cruz-tinoco-san-agustin-de-las-juntas/ . September 26, 2014 . dead .
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