Gwen Heeney

Gwen Heeney (1952–2016) was a British ceramist, sculptor and academic, known particularly for sculptures created from bricks.

Heeney studied ceramics at the School of Art and Design at Bristol Polytechnic from 1971 to 1974.

She studied at the Royal College of Art from 1987 to 1989 under Eduardo Paolozzi, gaining an MA, and during 1988 worked in Sweden with Ulla Viotti [sv]; after this time she produced large scale works, using architectural brick.

[1][2] From 1989 she was a research fellow in architectural ceramics at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, where she lectured until 1997.

[1][2] Heeney's's works include the following: "Taliesin", in Llanfair Caereinion, was commissioned by Powys County Council and dates from in 1996.