Oscar Gonzales Quezada, Mata Ortiz corrugated bowl

Oscar Gonzales Quezada is Consolacion Quezada's oldest son. After he finished school at 14, he started working in the orchards. This was not long before his mother began working with the clay. She soon was teaching him, and he sold his first pot that year. However, he went back to work in the orchards and made pots on a part-time basis. He married his wife, Concha, and moved to other areas looking for conventional jobs. Finally, he returned to Mata Ortiz and began the work as a full-time potter. He does both polychrome and black pieces. Concha helps him, particularly with polishing. The couple moved to Nuevo Casas Grandes in the late eighties.

Parks, Walter P.; The miracle of Mata Ortiz: Juan Quezada and the potters of northern Chihuahua, Coulter Press, Riverside, 1993: 138.
Lowell, S.; The Many Faces of Mata Ortiz, Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, 1999: 167.