Mirka Golden-Hann

Mirka Golden-Hann was born in the former Czechoslovakia and came to live in England in Summer 1993.

In July 1999 she graduated from the University of Westminster’s renowned Harrow ceramics course with BA (Hons). In August 1999 she received the ‘Best Student’ Craftsman Magazine award at Hatfield House International Festival – Art in Clay. In summer 2000 she finished setting up her workshop and built her first outdoor salt-glaze kiln.

Since then Mirka has exhibited her work in various galleries in the UK and participated in prestigious ceramics fairs and shows across the UK and Europe.

Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, she completed with distinctions her MA Design Ceramics degree at the Bath Spa University in 2009. Mirka is a published maker and an experienced teacher. Currently she is the resident artist at Salisbury Arts Centre.

"My focus now is principally on colour. I hope to achieve a shift in the audience’s expectation of ceramics by contesting and challenging its traditional parameters of colour, surface, utility and aesthetics. In order to do this effectively I have reached out and away from ceramics and looked for inspiration in the study of colour theory. The new body of work is designed to communicate new potential for colour in ceramics; not just in the range of colours attainable but also in its ability to express a concept beyond that of common utility. Aspects of colour theory in action."