Willy van Bussel (selftrained) is born in the Netherlands in 1951 and has been making ceramics for 40 years now. He runs his studio in Heeze. Besides ceramic shows/workshops and  residencies in a lot of countries his work is in several collections all over the world. He exhibited in Germany, Belgium, France, Austria, UK, Tsjech, Spain, India, China, South-Korea, Japan, Indonesia  and the Netherlands.

He is a  professional member of the Dutch Ceramics Association and a member of the International Academy of Ceramics.