Baker Artist Portfolios

Angelica Neyra is a Cuban sculptor born in Miami FL, 1999. She lives and works in Baltimore, MD attending the Rinehart School of Sculpture at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) as a Graduate Candidate for the expected graduation date of May 2026. She received her BFA in 2022 from Florida State University (FSU) with an emphasis in ceramic sculpture. Being awarded the FSU Ceramic Excellence Award and Susan and Mark Messersmith Award upon graduation, Neyra maintained her standing at FSU as their BFA Artist in Resident. Directing curricular Exhibitions for the program, they also worked as a studio monitor in the FSU Ceramic lab while simultaneously teaching ceramic sculpture courses at the Art Center at Florida State University. Neyra is just beginning their artistic career and has had her work included in national publications, participated in numerous group exhibits including at the Museum of Fine Art, Pensacola Museum of Art, Gadsden Museum, as well as a solo show in the Museum of Florida History. Now attending MICA, Neyra works as an artist, student, and Graduate Teaching Assistant, currently assisting in the instruction of a Glaze Chemistry Workshop.

Through their work, Neyra aims to unveil the interconnected systems of oppression within the U.S. suffered by marginalized groups historically stemming from imperialistic ideologies, examining these systems of power and the complex relationships between the oppressed and their oppressors. Through the material use of hair and other tracings of life, Neyra crafts pieces that are radically grotesque yet hyper feminine and intimately beautiful; Instigating a visceral experience that exposes the intersectionality of trauma which transcends species.