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"Peaceful Protector #2" by Mo Golden
6 x 3 inches
Stoneware ceramic & food safe glazes
$180
Artist Statement:
My work is rooted in a lifelong personal exploration of belonging, home, and otherness. Just as my process is place making for me, my art holds the intention to cultivate a sense of belonging and arrival in others. Originally from Maryland, I’ve spent most of my life by the Chesapeake Bay and the Puget Sound. These inlets feel like gentle resting places, where the abundance of the ocean can be accessed without the harsh intensity of the coast. I see the images I create as gentle resting places too. They're full of complexity and depth, but without harshness. They offer the viewer into a world of wisdom and insight, through tenderness and whimsy.
Drawing on my studies with Marilyn Frasca and Rob Esposito at The Evergreen College, my artistic process is intuitive, where the image emerges before any ideas or associations. I have developed a way of working in ceramics and paint on canvas that honors the image as a guide that can reveal subconscious information. Using multiple translucent layers of color, I build the image gradually, creating complex visual worlds with a sense of depth, movement, and grace. Art making has always been key to my own learning, which inspired me to complete Masters in Experiential Education from George Washington University. I apply this expertise in learning design and art as Co-owner of award-winning game design studio, Heart of the Deernicorn and as Co-owner/Creative Director of Studio Golden, a design studio specializing in hand-made functional art objects.
About the Artist:
Mo Golden is an artist and entrepreneur based in Olympia, Wa. She and her husband own Studio Golden, a design studio specializing in hand-made, one-of-a-kind, functional art objects, and the award-winning table top game company, Heart of the Deernicorn. In 2018, Mo co-founded Gold Herring, where she served as Creative Director and Lead Illustrator until 2023.
Mo works in figurative and abstracted styles, and in paint as well as ceramics. The through line in her work is an exploration of belonging, home, and otherness. She carries the intention to cultivate a sense of belonging and arrival in others through her work.
Mo holds an MA Education and Human Development from The George Washington University, where she focused on immersive arts programming as tools for identity formation and cultural competence. She holds a BA from The Evergreen State College, where she had many influential teachers, including Marilyn Frasca (visual art) and Rob Esposito (somatic movement, performance), Sean Williams (ethnomusicology). Mo has completed graduate certificate training in Expressive Arts in Argentina and Switzerland and led immersive arts programming in Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Nicaragua, the US.