Cano, Alan

Born in 2001, Alan Cano Juarez is a potter living and working in the area of Mata Ortiz in northern Chihuahua State, Mexico. As of 2024, he’s working toward earning his Master’s Degree in Education at the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional del Estado de Chihuahua. At the same time, he’s studying ceramics under the watchful eye of Diego Valles.

As young as he is, Alan is an award-winning potter already. He won the Premio Nacional de la Cerámica in 2023, at Tlaquepaque in Jalisco, in the Traditional Clay Category. He has also won ribbons in the Black Clay Category at the Concurso Ceramica de Mata Ortiz in 2022, and in the New Designs Category in 2023 and 2024.

Alan was a participant in the International Ceramics Competition, Grace In Clay 2023 in Silver City, New Mexico. He was also an invited exhibitor at the National Utilitarian Ceramics Biennial 2023, in Xalapa, Veracruz, and in the Exhibición Colectiva “Two Friends Under The Influence, One More For The Road”, August 2024, at The Studio Space Gallery in Silver City, New Mexico.