Bio
Nico Corona (b. 1993, Pomona, CA) is a queer sculptor based in San Francisco. The son of Mexican and Bolivian immigrants, he draws on his working-class background, where limited resources fostered experimentation and imagination. As a self-taught metalworker, he views metal and materiality as both personal and cultural archaeology, a medium to adapt and preserve histories often overlooked.
Corona's process combines curiosity and experimentation through transforming materials into functional and non-functional objects.
Through independent skill building, he designs a collection of objects using welding, metal finishing, wax carving, lost-wax casting, and sand casting. By mixing different processes and experimenting with scale, he works on everything from small wearable designs to furniture.
Currently, he is experimenting with glass. Being a first-generation person and growing up experiencing how building and manual labor improved their family life motivates him to shape-shift materials into relics for my community and future generations.
Selected Work
