Name

Wal Van Heeckeren

Culture

Australian | Dutch

Gender

Male

Birth date

1944

Birth place

Eindhoven, The Netherlands View on map Close map

Movements

United States, Australia from 1968

Occupations

Decorative / design artist | Jeweller

NGA IRN

25117

Context

Australia

Biography

Wal Van Heeckeren
Wal Van Heeckeren was born in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in 1944. He studied at the School for American Craftsmen at the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York and also in New York gained an Associate of Applied Science and a Bachelor of Fine Arts.  He has won several awards and exhibited both in Australia and the United States.