Heather Personett

Teaches at Grand Central Atelier

Heather Personett (b. 1988) is a figurative sculptor in Brooklyn, NY. She attended State University of New York at Fredonia where she received her BFA in Illustration and Animation in 2010. Following her graduation, she continued study under ceramicist Hide Sadohara and sculptor Robert Booth which began a transition from two dimensional study to three dimensional arts. She went on to receive her masters at the New York Academy of Art where she earned an MFA in Sculpture in 2014. She was a recipient of several Merit Awards as well as the Carrara Stone Carving Residency, and continued to work in stone as an apprentice for several years. She currently works as a freelance sculptor and a portrait sculptor at Studio EIS in Brooklyn.

Teaching Part-Time Program(s): Anatomy through Figure Sculpture Portrait & Figure Sculpture