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Opening night of Ofrenda de Barro at Studio Rombo, Oaxaca

Ofrenda de Barro

Fifteen artists from Oaxaca intervene burnished clay ollas from Mata Ortiz.

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NOW ON VIEW · UNTIL DECEMBER 30

STUDIO ROMBO · OAXACA

CONTEMPORARY ART and DESIGN, ROOTED in TRADITION and CRAFT

We are a gallery in Oaxaca that represents artists and artisans from Oaxaca, Chihuahua, Puebla and Chiapas, and presents their work as what it is: art. We work with them on new ideas so their techniques keep evolving, and we ship their pieces around the world.

OUR MISSION

CURRENT EXHIBITION

OFRENDA de BARRO

OCTOBER 31 – DECEMBER 30, 2026

Master potters of Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, made blank burnished ollas. Fifteen artists in Oaxaca painted, carved and built on them, each with their own vision of the Day of the Dead.

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MEET THE ARTISTS

The artists of Ofrenda de Barro at Studio Rombo

THE FIFTEEN PIECES

COLLECTIONS

OUR worlds

Dance of the Ancestors: black burnished and carved Mata Ortiz olla

CERAMICS

Miracle Heart: punched tin heart with mirror

METAL

Yag Dauu Sacred Tree: wool tapestry woven on a pedal loom in Oaxaca

TEXTILES & FIBER

Portrait of Mtro. José and Mtra. Teresa, photograph printed on cotton paper

PRINTS & PHOTOGRAPHY

Carved and painted wooden fox from Oaxaca

WOOD

Breuer Alebrije, a New York Titans collaboration

ROMBO DESIGN & COLLABORATIONS

JUST ARRIVED

NEW arrivals

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The back room at Studio Rombo, Oaxaca: a set wooden table under woven lamps, with lit shelves of ceramics

A GALLERY and A STUDIO

WHO WE ARE

Rombo is a small team in the center of Oaxaca. We work directly with each workshop, photograph every piece and tell the story behind it.

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MEET THE ARTIST

TALLER MANOS QUE VEN

RED CLAY · SAN ANTONINO CASTILLO VELASCO, OAXACA

José G. A. and his family use clay from the soil of his village to create life-sized sculptures of Zapotec women, mermaids, and other smaller figures. His wife Teresita is his greatest muse, with her signature beauty mark in the center of her forehead.

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Two red clay heads by Taller Manos Que Ven: Teresita with her beauty mark and José with his moustache

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Studio Rombo facade on Av. Morelos, Oaxaca, at dusk

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Av. José María Morelos 409, Centro

Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca

Monday – Saturday

Sunday

10 am – 8 pm

1 – 7 pm

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