ABOUT 
Heather O'Brien grew up in Michigan and started her career as a painter before focusing on ceramics. She has shown her work in museums and galleries throughout the United States and her work is part of the permanent collection of The White House. In addition, her work is in many private collections worldwide, including: Japan, Taiwan, China, France, England, Canada, Spain, and the Netherlands.
Her work has received recognition and awards, most notably the National Society of Arts and Letters Ceramic Prize, and she was selected as one of Ceramics Monthly's "Emerging Artists 2003". To celebrate 1000 years of porcelain, in 2004, one of her pieces was selected to travel to Jingdezhen, China as part of the exhibitions highlighting exceptional work in contemporary porcelain. Her work can be seen in the popular books, "500 Cups" and "500 Pitchers".