- 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