THE AMBOS TEAM

juan villavicencio

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.

gina clyne

Gina Clyne is a photojournalist, shooting art projects and cultural happenings, collaborating with artists and non-profits to provide art documentation throughout the City of Los Angeles and beyond. She has documented AMBOS’ road trips and interventions via photography since 2016. In 2023, she curated an exhibition of her photographs and archival materials from AMBOS’ time on the road in 2017-2019 for Ordinary People, an exhibition at the Long Beach Museum of Art. Clyne studied Fine Art Photography at Otis College of Art & Design.

JACKIE AMÉZQUITA

Jackie Amézquita is a Central American artist based in Los Angeles, California. Amézquita was born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, and migrated to the United States in 2003. Her multidisciplinary practice converges a diasporic family history, with personal experiences as a formerly undocumented immigrant in the US and unweaving collectively shared social memory.

Amézquita holds an AA in Visual Communications from LAVC, a BFA from ArtCenter College of Design, and a MFA from UCLA.

ESTEFANÍA CORONADO

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

Natalie M. Godinez is an educator and artist raised in Tijuana, México. Godinez has collaborated with AMBOS since 2017, performing artist interventions, leading education projects, and coordinating humanitarian aid efforts. Currently, she is the Community Engagement & Youth Programs Manager at Self Help Graphics and Art, working on advocacy, youth programming, and cultural organizing. In her personal art practice, she explores memories, identity, and relationships to places and language through textiles, printmaking, and collaboration. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Applied Design from San Diego State University.  

CECILIA BRAWLEY

Cecilia Brawley managed budgeting, planning, and outreach for AMBOS Project’s road trips along the US-Mexico border and edited videos for museum exhibitions. Brawley is a xicana artist and part of the collective Taller Nepantla. In her work she explores liminal spaces and blended cultural identities through performance, collaboration, and intervention. She studied postcolonial theory and feminist/queer studies at Occidental College before joining AMBOS Project.

SYDNEY BARNETT

Sydney Barnett is an Oakland based, queer artist and filmmaker. She is from the San Diego/Tijuana border, with family on both sides, and studied Film and Media Studies and Chicano Studies at UC Berkeley. She has worked on several short films and documentaries and is especially interested in DIY organizing, the queer experience, and youth education.

DIANA RYOO

Diana Ryoo is an art & design educator whose work is rooted in exploring how materials and objects inform our relationships with one another and with our greater communities.  Ryoo holds an MFA in Art+Design Education from Rhode Island School of Design.