Hanna Miadzvedzeva

Hanna Miadzvedzeva is a visual artist specializing in ceramic sculpture. Originally from Belarus, she relocated to Poland for political reasons and now lives and works there. Hanna creates abstract ceramic sculptures that evoke meditative landscapes and emotional states, drawing on the rhythms of nature and her own experiences of solitude and reflection. Her work explores self-perception through form, where scale is intentionally ambiguous, inviting viewers to see both the vastness of aerial terrains and the intimacy of forest floor details. She studied ceramics at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts, where she completed her bachelor’s, master’s, and graduate studies, and later taught for seven years in the Academy’s Ceramics Department.

Since 2019, she has actively participated in international symposia, exhibitions, and residencies, including the Guest Artist Residency at the Senter for Keramisk Kunst in Ringebu, Norway (2024); the Foundation Bruckner Residency in Carouge, Switzerland (2024); the European Ceramics Festival Terralha in Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, France (2024); and the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Residency in Japan (2024), among others.

Miadzvedzeva has received several awards for her work, including First Prize at the 2024 European Ceramic Context (Bornholm, Denmark); the Dowstone Special Award at the Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale (China, 2023); the Gold Prize at the 1st Yatai Lotus Mountain Prize (Changchun, China, 2019), and a Residency Prize a the Officine Saffi Award 5, (Milano, Italy). Hanna’s artworks are held in several public collections, including the Guangdong Shiwan Ceramics Museum (China), the Mark Rothko Art Centre (Latvia), the Keramik Kunst Museum (Germany), or the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park (Japan).

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