1959
born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
1978-1983
Royal Academy of Art and Design, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
1984
Startstipendium-grant, Ministery of Culture of the Netherlands
1985
Werkbeurs-grant, Ministery of Culture of the Netherlands
1987
Prix de Rome, encouragement-prize for young artists in the Netherlands
2000-2001
Artist in Residence at the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, USA
2002
Artist in Residence at the Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY, USA
2019
Pollock Krasner Foundation grant
2019
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation grant
2020
Wingless Dreamer, UK, finalist in the best illustrator award 2020
2021
Arts Mid-Hudson Decentralization Grant 2021, USA
2022
Creatives Rebuild New York grant, USA
2023
NYCSA/NYFA fellowship
Hans van Meeuwen