Bridget Heriz was born in 1949 in Germany, where her father taught at the British Army of the Rhine school at Plön. She returned with her family to Suffolk in 1954. Following a foundation course at Goldsmiths in 1973, Heriz studied at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design from 1974 to 1977. Her subject matter, in particular the human figure, is explored with exceptional energy and invention through sculpture in clay, plaster, cement and bronze, and in recent years in wire, paper, card and board, and in drawings and watercolours. Her figures are filled with experience and emotion. ‘Massed on the shelves in her studio,’ writes Amanda Geitner, ‘they are like a benevolent crowd, quietly and attentively witness to the artist’s life…’