Angela Mia, FNSS, MSA (American Women Artists), ARC Living Master™
Angela Mia is a figurative sculptor whose bronze works capture the emotional depth of the human experience. Her figures— defined by expressive faces and lifelike movement— reflect life’s moments of meaning, often shaped by connection, memory, and love.
Angela Mia began sculpting as a child, first as a toddler with the mashed potatoes on her high chair and later in the clay-like earth of her childhood backyard. From a young age, her mother recognized her gift and encouraged her to pursue her passion.
Angela went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude from Clarion University of Pennsylvania and continued her studies at the University of Madrid.
With the birth of her first child, she found her calling— sculpting children as they are meant to feel: joyful, unguarded, and fully themselves. Moments of imagination, freedom, tenderness, and love remain central to her work.
For 30+ years, Angela’s sculptures have resonated with audiences around the globe, and are exhibited and collected internationally.
Today, her art continues to evolve, with select sculptures reimagined as jewelry that is made to be worn as a sentimental piece of art.
From her home studio in Dallas, Texas, Angela spends her days creating with her two loyal dogs laying by her feet.
Her husband (Costel), and the five grown children they share (Alexa, Adiana, Federico, Dominick, and Emma), are her brightest source of joy and inspiration.
Public Commissions and Installations
August 2024 Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas TX
September 2023 West Edwards Historical District, Edmond, OK
May 2022 EmilyAnn Gardens, Wimberley, TX
August 2021 WA State Women’s Commission
May 2021 Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee, WI
Jan 2019 & May 2020 Rotary Sculpture Garden, Joplin, Missouri
December 2020 City of St George, UT
May 2020 Enchanted Princess Cruise Ship by Holland America
September 2019 Chiba University, Kaschiva-shi Chiba, Japan
July 2018 Stonebrook Business Park, Frisco, Texas
June 2018 Main Marketplace, Little Elm, Texas
June 2018 NW Arkansas Children's Hospital, Fayetteville, Arkansas
March 2018 USA Children's and Women's Hospital, Mobile, Alabama
November 2017 Hedemarken Friskole, Adalsbruk, Norway
November 2017 BancFirst, Edmond, Oklahoma
May 2016 CityLine, Dallas, Texas
November 2015 BancFirst, Edmond, Oklahoma
January 2014 University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas
September 2013 Little Rock Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas
May 2012 Beatrice Community Hospital, Nebraska
October 2011 Stillwater Center for Domestic Violence, Oklahoma
September 2011 Bergstrom Corporation, Neenah, Wisconsin
March 2009 City of Sheridan Public Arts, Wyoming
January 2008 Claxton Elementary School, Greensboro, North Carolina
October 2007 Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
September 2007 Cattle Barons-American Cancer Society, Plano, Texas
February 2007 Lena Pope Home, Fay Jones Plaza, Fort Worth, Texas
December 2006 Seabridge Marketplace, Oxnard, California
November 2006 Hackberry Creek Park, Highland Park (Dallas), Texas
September 2006 Steam Pump Village, Tucson, Arizona
April 2005 Providence Memorial Hospital, El Paso, Texas
February 2005 Santa Ana Courthouse, Orange County, California
June 2003 Las Palmas Marketplace, El Paso, Texas
January 2003 The Highlands of Flower Mound, Texas
October 2002 Candlelighters Foundation, El Paso, Texas
September 2001 Plaza El Paseo Shopping Ctr, Laguna Beach, California
September 2000 Chapel Hill Lifestyle Center, Fort Worth, Texas
October 1999 Huebner Oaks Lifestyle Center, San Antonio, Texas
July 1997 FEMAP Foundation Hospital, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Museum Exhibitions, Juried Shows, and Awards
Best Sculpture Award, American Artists Professional League All Members Juried Exhibition 2026
Fine Art Connoisseur Award, American Artists Professional League, Timeless Juried Exhibition 2025
Honorable Mention - 3D, Studio Texas Competition 2025
First Place, Women Artists of the West’s The Late Show 2025
The Drake Award, Homeland: Women Artists of the West's 55th National Show at Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Clarksville, TN
2024 Outstanding Achievement in Sculpture Award, AWA Expanding Horizons Juried Show, Loveland Museum, CO
2024 AAPL Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NY, NY
Juror’s Choice Award 2023, American Women Artists’ Pushing Forward Reaching Back Juried Exhibition at Brookgreen Gardens
People’s Choice Award 2022, National Sculpture Society’s 89th Annual Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, SC
Alfrieda Montana Memorial Award, 89th Anuual Juried Exhibition of the Hudson Valley Art Association
Second Place Award for Sculpture, The American Artists Professional League Spring Show
Elected Fellow of the National Sculpture Society
National Sculpture Society's People's Choice Award for 2021, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
Award of Excellence, Lifting the Sky AWA Exhibition
Celebration: Curated exhibit at the Museum of Biblical Art, Dallas, TX
The International Artists Professional League 93rd Grand National Exhibition
Sculpture in the Park Annual Juried Art Show, Loveland, CO
San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX
National Sculpture Society's People's Choice Award for 2020, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
The International Artists Professional League 92nd Grand National Exhibition
National Sculpture Society's 87th Annual Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
Looking West Exhibiton, Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat Springs, CO
Performance in Sculpture, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa, Florida
Art Renewal Center (ARC) 2018-2019 International Salon Finalist
Best in Show Award, Texas Visual Arts Association, Dallas, TX
Full Sun: American Women Artists Illuminate the Haggin Museum, Stockton, California
Art Renewal Center (ARC) 2017-2018 International Salon Finalist
Under a Vast Sky: Tucson Desert Art Museum, Tucson, Arizona
Art Renewal Center (ARC) 2016-2017 International Salon Finalist
Art Renewal Center (ARC) 2015-2016 International Salon Competition Honorable Mention
American Women Artists Signature Bronze Medal
Season Performance in Sculpture, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa, Florida
Art Renewal Center (ARC) 2014-2015 International Salon Competition Honorable Mention
Sculpture at the River Market, Little Rock, Arkansas
Art in the Square, Southlake, Texas
Performance in Sculpture, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa, Florida
American Women Artists National Juried Competition
National Sculpture Society Straz Center Exhibition, Tampa, Florida
ArtCAN Juried Exhibition, Atlanta Ballet Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Award of Merit - American Women Artists National Juried Competition, Fredericksburg, Texas
Cottonwood Art Festival, Richardson, Texas
Art Renewal Center (ARC) 2012-2013 International Salon Competition Finalist
American Women Artists National Juried Competition, Tubac: Best in Show and Best 3-D Work
National Sculpture Society’s 79th Annual Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
Art Renewal Center (ARC) 2011-2012 International Salon Competition Purchase Award
Art Renewal Center (ARC) 2011-2012 International Salon Competition Honorable Mention
Art Renewal Center (ARC) names Angela a Living Master.
43rd Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair by The Guild of Artists and Artisans, Ann Arbor, Michigan
American Women Artists National Juried Competition, Dallas, Texas
Education
1992 BFA Summa Cum Laude, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
1990-1992 University of Madrid, Spain, Undergraduate Student Exchange
1992-1993 University of Madrid, Spain, Post-graduate
2000-2005 Artist Workshops in Loveland, CO and Richard MacDonald Studio, Carmel, CA.