Heidi Preuss Grew (b. 1970 near Chicago, Illinois) divides her time between Portland and Salem, Oregon when she is not participating in artist symposia or residencies.  She is presently Associate Professor of Art at Willamette University.  Her handbuilt ceramic sculptures combine animal and human imagery that straddle real and fictional worlds.  Often her works are accompanied by large scale drawings, ceramic wall installations, or, more recently, with what she calls porcelain paintings.  Her figurative sculptures have been exhibited nationally and internationally, including in the Portland Art Museum, Contemporary Crafts Museum in Portland, the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Wisconsin, the Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan, the Keramion Museum in Frechen, Germany, and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. 

Preuss Grew is recipient of a 2002 Oregon Arts Commission Artist Fellowship and was honored in 2007 with election into the International Academy of Ceramics.  Her past work and research has been supported by grants from the following: the Illinois Arts Council, the Regional Arts and Culture Council of Portland, the Hewlett Foundation, and Fulbright-Hays.