Angie Yazzie was born into Taos Pueblo in 1965. Her parents were Mary A. Archuleta of Taos Pueblo and Nick Yazzie of the Dineh (Navajo). In keeping with Pueblo tradition Angie was raised at Taos Pueblo.

Angie tells us she began making pottery when she was nine years old after being introduced to the basics by her mother and her maternal grandmother, Isabel Archuleta. Angie said she lived with her maternal grandparents for several years as a child and through them and their shop at the pueblo, she was exposed to the whole range of Pueblo arts and crafts. Clay Mother, though, is who Angie has heard calling her to work all these years.

After learning the barest basics, Angie struck out on her own and learned to make large golden and black micaceous ollas, like the ollas Taos was famous for making a hundred and more years ago. Micaceous clay has tiny flecks of mica spread throughout the clay. That mica makes it possible for a pueblo pot to hold liquids for cooking or storing. There are two seams of micaceous clay on the lands of Taos Pueblo: one for golden and one for black.

In November, 1994, Angie was the youngest of ten "Micaceous Clay Master Potters" invited to attend a convocation at the School for American Research (now the School for Advanced Research). The results of that convocation were detailed in the book All That Glitters, by Duane Anderson.

In June, 2016, Angie was invited to the Taos Couse-Sharp Historic Site to participate in a Visionaries in Clay, Pueblo Pottery Past and Present exhibition. As part of that, she demonstrated how she hand-builds a coiled micaceous pot using traditional techniques. Angie has always held steadfast to making her pottery using only traditional techniques, coupled with traditional prayer and meditation for her inspiration and strength. Each and every piece she makes is unique, and in a category all their own.

Angie has told us her favorite shape to make is a large, fluted water jar, slipped with micaceous clay. It is exactly that type of jar that has won her Best of Division and First Place ribbons at the Heard Museum Guild Indian Art Fair, Best of Division and First, Second and Third Place ribbons at the Santa Fe Indian Market and even more ribbons at the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show.

Angie's work is held by museums and permanent collections like the Cincinnati Museum in Cincinnati, OH, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, NM, the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, NM, the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, the Crocker Museum in Sacramento, CA, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO, the Vault of the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, NM, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, NM, and most recently had a piece placed on display at the Winona State College Museum in Winona, Minnesota.

Angie says she still gets her inspiration from her fond memories of her maternal grandmother. At the same time, she loves to look at other artists creations and talk to them about how they made it. Still lives at Taos Pueblo and is often to be found working out of her home.

Some of the Awards Angie has Won

• 2022 Recipient of the Taos Arts Council Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts
• 2020 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market: Judge's Award - Upton Ethelbah Greyshoes, Jr., Awarded for artwork: "Give Me Water"
• 2018 Santa Fe Indian Market: Classification II - Pottery, Division A - Traditional Unpainted Pottery, Category 502 - Micaceous Ware in the style of Taos, Nambe, Picuris, any form: First Place
• 2018 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market, Classification II - Pottery, Division B - Unpainted, including ribbed, native clay, hand built, fired out-of-doors: First Place. Awarded for artwork: Black Fluted Vase
  - Classification II - Pottery, Division G - Pottery miniatures not to exceed three (3) inches at its greatest dimension: Honorable Mention. Awarded for artwork: Rectangle Prayer Plate
• 2017 Santa Fe Indian Market: Classification II - Pottery: Best of Classification
  - Classification II - Pottery, Division A - Traditional Unpainted Pottery: Best of Division
  - Classification II - Pottery, Division A - Traditional Unpainted Pottery, Category 502 - Micaceous Ware in the style of Taos, Nambe, Picuris, any form: First Place
• 2016 Santa Fe Indian Market, Traditional Pottery, Honorable Mention
• 2008 Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show, Micaceous Pottery, First Place
• 2007 Santa Fe Indian Market, Traditional Pottery, Second Place
• 2007 Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show, Micaceous Pottery, Second Place
• 2006 Santa Fe Indian Market, Traditional Pottery, Third Place
• 2006 Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show, Best in Traditional Pottery and First Place
• 2005 Santa Fe Indian Market, Pottery, Best in Division
  - Traditional Pottery, First Place
  - Other Forms, First Place
• 2005 Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show, Unpainted Pottery, Second Place
• 2004 Taos Invites Taos Invitational Show, Best in Pottery
• 2003 Santa Fe Indian Market, Traditional Pottery, First Place
  - Non-Traditional Pottery, First Place
• 2003 Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show, Unpainted Pottery, First Place and Third Place
• 2002 Santa Fe Indian Market, Pottery, Best of Division
  - Unpainted Pottery, First Place and Third Place
  - Non-Traditional Pottery, First Place
• 2001 Taos Invites Taos Invitational Show, Best in Pottery and Second Place
• 2001 Santa Fe Indian Market, Unpainted Pottery, Second Place
• 2001 Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show, Unpainted Pottery, First Place Second Place and Third Place
• 2000 Taos Invites Taos Invitational Show, Best in Pottery
• 2000 Santa Fe Indian Market, Non-Traditional Pottery/Micaceous Pottery, First Place
• 2000 Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show, Pottery, First Place and Third Place
• 2000 Heard Museum Guild Indian Art Fair & Market, Best of Unpainted Pottery
• 1999 Santa Fe Indian Market, Traditional Pottery, First Place
  - Non-Traditional Pottery, Second Place
• 1999 Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show, Pottery, Best in Show, First Place
  - Micaceous Pottery, First Place and Second Place
  - Up and Coming Potter, First Place
• 1999 Taos Invites Taos Invitational Show, Pottery, Honorable Mention
• 1998 Taos Pueblo Art Show, Pottery, Second Place
• 1998 Santa Fe Indian Market, Micaceous Pottery, First Place and Second Place
• 1998 Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show, Micaceus Pottery, First Place and Third Place
• 1996 Santa Fe Indian Market, Micaceous Pottery, Second and Third Place
• 1995 Art of Taos Biennial, First Place