Angela Mia De la Vega at Pitzer's Fine Arts

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Exalting the human spirit through expressive faces and natural body movement has become the recognized trademark of Angela Mia De La Vega's figurative bronze sculpture. Her work's greatest inspiration is the curious and ever-changing individuality of her children.

A native Texan, Angela graduated Summa Cum Laude from Clarion Univeristy of Pennsylvania, and completed undergraduate and post-graduate studies at the University of Madrid, Spain.

"There is so much beauty to see in every given moment. I wish desperately that I could sculpt it all, like a camera capturing consecutive moments in time, separated only by seconds.

For each sculpture, I listen to memory – a vision that does not fade, as it must come into being in all of its fullness. I always work with a model for this vision – a model that can represent a multiplicity of humanity, glowing with spirit, and shaping light and shadows over form. I work ardently at a torrid pace, to make sure that nothing evades my grasp of what I see. As the sculpture develops, I can slow down and focus on details such as physical features of the subject. This is when I hope to focus on transferring the intensity of the subject, sculpting a body that listens as a live face does. The addition of details such as clothing or accompanying objects within a sculpture are based on hours of research into culture, history and photographs in order to achieve authenticity and realism."
Angela Mia De La Vega