THE AMBOS TEAM
ARTIST LED
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ARTIST LED 〰️
TANYA AGUIÑIGA
FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Tanya Aguiñiga is a San Diego-born, Tijuana-raised, and LA-based artist whose work grapples with the multiple identities that result from growing up on both sides of the border. To find out more about her work, take a look at this segment of Art21 featuring Tanya.
ESTEFANÍA CORONADO
AMBOS CERAMICS PROJECT COORDINATOR
Estefanía Coronado, lives and works in Tijuana, Mexico. She has a Master's degree in Psychology from the Autonomous University of Baja California. She is a Migration Specialist from the Colegio de la Frontera Norte. She has dedicated herself to working on projects to care for and support the migrant population. Since 2020 she has collaborated with Centro 32 in the coordination of cultural projects. She has trained in ceramic studies, since 2020 she has collaborated with AMBOS Ceramics classes.
natalie m. godinez
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Natalie M. Godinez is an artist and educator raised in Tijuana, México. Godinez has collaborated with AMBOS since 2017, performing artist interventions, leading education projects, and coordinating humanitarian aid efforts. Since 2025, Godinez has acted as AMBOS’ Executive Director. In her personal art practice, she explores memories, identity, and relationships to places and language through textiles, printmaking, and collaboration. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Design from San Diego State University.
ANABEL ALARCÓN
COMMUNICATIONS AND FINANCE COORDINATOR
Anabel Alarcón. Ensenada, 1985. Artist and cultural manager. She is the creative director of Lustre Estudio, a workshop dedicated to teaching, producing, and promoting ceramics in Tijuana. She has organized discussions, exhibitions, and workshops. She has developed seven editions of the New Wave Ceramic Market and curated the exhibition Cerámica Baja Californiana for the Secretariat of Culture of Baja California. Since 2024, she has coordinated social media communications and supported AMBOS’ finances in Tijuana.
Her work focuses on ceramic sculpture using traditional techniques and experimental decoration. She has been studying at the National School of Ceramics in Tapalpa since 2019. In 2025, she participated in the Here and There artist residency, which culminated in a solo exhibition at Bread and Salt in San Diego.
Karla Aguiñiga
BOARD PRESIDENT
Karla Aguiñiga is a transfronteriza (Mexican/American) artist, educator, and curator from Tijuana, Mexico. Her work as an arts administrator is driven by a desire to create pathways for artists of color of all ages. She coordinated and managed AMBOS Ceramics in Tijuana, Mexico from 2020 to 2024. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of Arts in Art Administration and Public Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
juan villavicencio
AMBOS CERAMICS TEACHING ARTIST
Juan Villavicencio has been the lead instructor for AMBOS Ceramics since 2020. Lives and works in Tijuana, B.C. His work focuses mainly on ceramics, creating sculptures that refer to the imagery of craft stores, Mexican kitsch, or traditional ornamentation techniques. Her work questions the boundaries between art, craft and design, as well as the visual identity of Mexico's northern border.
Member of the international academy of ceramics (IAC) since 2021.
