Biography-
Jeff Van de Walker was born in Illinois. When Jeff was young, his family moved to Minnesota. There, Jeff had an opportunity to observe his father's engineering projects and a budding creator was formed. From a young age, Jeff was involved with the creation of various three-dimensional projects often involving grand visions, vast schemes and a crew of fellow pre-teens to execute the work. Jeff graduated from the College of Associated Arts in St. Paul, MN with a B.S. in Fine Arts. While attending the College of Associated Arts, Jeff became more interested in metal as a medium and had an opportunity to experiment with several forms of metal fabrication. Jeff completed his residency at Smith Foundry in Minneapolis: it was there that Jeff's passion for iron truly ignited. During and after college Jeff went to work for North American Carousel where he was able to refine his skills as an ironworker and fabricator. Jeff currently works for Adobe Systems, Inc. developing Photoshop software.
Jeff lives in North Saint Paul with his wife and young son (another budding sculptor). Jeff produces his sculpture in his custom studio which he built on his home site. Jeff continues to show his work locally and fulfill commissions
North St. Paul, MN 55109
Phone: 6519686759 Cell:
jvandewa@comcast.net
Email this link to family and friends (direct gallery access):
http://www.mnsculptors.com/jeff.van
Visit the artist's website:
www.javosironworks.com
Jeff Van de Walker was born in Illinois. When Jeff was young, his family moved to Minnesota. There, Jeff had an opportunity to observe his father's engineering projects and a budding creator was formed. From a young age, Jeff was involved with the creation of various three-dimensional projects often involving grand visions, vast schemes and a crew of fellow pre-teens to execute the work. Jeff graduated from the College of Associated Arts in St. Paul, MN with a B.S. in Fine Arts. While attending the College of Associated Arts, Jeff became more interested in metal as a medium and had an opportunity to experiment with several forms of metal fabrication. Jeff completed his residency at Smith Foundry in Minneapolis: it was there that Jeff's passion for iron truly ignited. During and after college Jeff went to work for North American Carousel where he was able to refine his skills as an ironworker and fabricator. Jeff currently works for Adobe Systems, Inc. developing Photoshop software.
Jeff lives in North Saint Paul with his wife and young son (another budding sculptor). Jeff produces his sculpture in his custom studio which he built on his home site. Jeff continues to show his work locally and fulfill commissions
contact:
jeff van de walker
2302 7th St NNorth St. Paul, MN 55109
Phone: 6519686759 Cell:
jvandewa@comcast.net
Email this link to family and friends (direct gallery access):
http://www.mnsculptors.com/jeff.van
Visit the artist's website:
www.javosironworks.com