Heath Krieger was born and raised in Riverside, California. He discovered pottery at the age of fourteen and never looked back. Heath attended Brooks Institute of fine Arts in Santa Barbara for a short time before opening his own pottery shop in Solano Beach, which he ran successfully for five years. The relative tranquility of Prescott, Arizona lured him away from Southern California in 1978.

The southwestern landscape continues to inspire and influence Heath’s work. His juniper wood ash glazes, boulder-like sculptural forms and figurative, kachina-like sculptures all draw their inspiration from the natural history of Northern Arizona. Heath’s mastery of Oriental brushwork showcases both his glazing techniques and his various influences, transforming animals and plants into stylized objects of beauty and simplicity.

For more than thirty years, Heath Krieger has produced unique works in metal and clay, showing in galleries from California to New York.

In addition, Heath teaches ceramics at Prescott College, plays jazz saxophone and teaches jazz improvisation.