1943 Born in Dordrecht, Holland 1953 His family emigrates and lives in Southern California 1956 Lives in Dordrecht for six months, and returns to America 1962 Moves to Zwijndrecht, on the riverside across from Dordrecht 1963 Back to Long Beach California and Studies art (ceramics) and Language (Russian) at California State University at Long Beach 1965 Meets the Dutch environmental sculptor Joop Beljon during a sculpture symposium on the campus in Long Beach. Returns to Holland at the end of the year 1966 Studies for a teaching degree in art at the Tilburg School of Art 1967 Makes first work composed of different units, calculating their proportions to have the same volume 1968 Receives his first commission for a large bronze work, discoid form 1969 Graduates and enters the last year of sculpture class at the Rotterdam Art Academy 1969 First one man exhibition of sculpture in the office of Dicke Architects in Dordrecht 1969 Teaches at a secondary school in Zwijndrecht for two years 1969 Receives his first commission for an environmental land art project, garden and fountain, for the DSW plant in Dordrecht 1970 Graduates and receives the Rotterdam Art Foundation Threshold Prize 1970 Meets Henry Moore and his wife Irina for the first time in Forte Dei Marmi, Italy 1971 Start of membership of various organizations and government committees 1971 Visits Irina and Henry Moore at their summer house in Forte Dei Marmi 1972 became a member of the board of the Dutch Sculptors'Association 1972 First work, perpendicular cylinders 2, in which he uses a transitional stage as the final work 1972 Makes lines on the surface of curved glass planes in order to create spatial linear forms 1973 Receives a grant from the Arie Scheffer Foundation 1973 Works in Plexiglas with Vera Röhm in Darmstadt, Germany 1974 Works in marble in Querceta, Italy, at Henraux, where he is introduced by Henry Moore 1976 Makes first works without a closed interior, having open curved planes, called the planes, junction series 1977 Is professor of sculpture at the Rietveld Art Academy in Amsterdam for two years 1978 Participates in the Tenth Sculpture Conference in Toronto, Canada 1979 Secretary of the Dutch Sculptors' Association for five years 1979 Marries Lidwien Kuster 1981 Professor of sculpture at the Royal Academy of Art in Den Haag for two years 1981 Meets the glass artist Andries Copier in Delft 1981 Member an later chairman of the Stipend Committee for Artists and Architects of the Dutch Ministry of Culture for three years 1982 Designs and builds his studio after four years of preparation 1982 Together with Jan Jelle Stroosma he visits Truus Schröder-Schröder in the house that she and Gerrit Rietveld built 1983 Corresponds with Charles Biederman 1983 Joost Baljeu visits his studio for the first time 1983 Chairman of the East West Forum, a sculpture symposium with Japanese and Dutch artists participating in Dordrecht, The Netherlands 1983 Meets Queen Beatrix formally at the opening of the East West Forum in Dordrecht Holland 1984 President of the Dutch Sculptors' Association for two years 1984 rijksgecommiteerde (second examiner) Royal Art Academy of Art, The Hague NL 1984 Designs a bridge in Dirksland, Holland 1985 member (treasurer) of the board of the Janjelle Stroosma Stichting (Foundation) Dordrecht NL 1985 Travels to Medellin, Colombia to meet and pick up the two adopted daughters Carmen and Julia 1986 Princess Juliana unveils his Durrer monument, primum movens ultimum moriens in Amsterdam. Meets the Princess and Prince Bernhard 1986 First meeting with Donald Judd in Mönchengladbach; a year later in Eindhoven 1987 Start of yearly work in Finish Lapland, above the polar circle, working in wood again 1987 Corresponds with and visits Annie Oud, the widow of J.J. P. Oud, several years until her death 1988 Together with Wim Smits he visits Donald Judd in Eichholteren, Switzerland 1989 Meets with Charles Biederman, in the car driving from a conference in Vlissingen to Dordrecht Holland 1990 Divorces 1990 Constructs his stainless steel work Opening the Arctic Circle in Kemijörvi, Finnish Lapland 1990 Executes photographic light sculpture aurora borealis on the Pyhö Tunturi in Finland 1990 Six Dutch sculptors: van Bennekum, Glandorf, Goerres, van Loo, Schole and Wubben write a letter to Kemijörvi attempting to discredit him, purportedly as board members of Dutch Sculptors' Association. A year later the problem was resolved with the board itself 1992 Marries Marjo Heikkinen, in Kemijörvi 1992 Is secretary of the Dutch Sculptors' Association for a second time 1992 Birth of Oskar in Turku Finland 1993 Birth of Vincent in Zwijndrecht Holland 1993 Takes the initiative to develop a sculpture park along the river banks near Zwijndrecht 1994 Participates in a panel discussion Konkrete Kunst und öffentlicher Raum, Haus Dacheröden in Erfurt 1994 Is asked to submit a design for a park on the Suvantoranta in Kajaani, Finland 1994 Conducts a workshop ORANJE LANDSCHAP on landscape design, studying the river Wien in Vienna Austria 1995 the Landscape & Art Network visits land art projects of Lucien den Arend in South Holland 1996 Realizes the Drecht Riverbanks Sculpture Park which is opened on June the 5th by Queen Beatrix 1996 Birth of Vera in Zwijndrecht, Holland 1997 Visits Bulgaria in preparations of an exchange between Bulgarian and Dutch art 1997 organizes the first biennial in the sculpture park Outside In, Finnish Contemporary art 1997 develops his own domain on internet http://www.st-ives.net presenting the site selected art with professional artists from around the world 1998 coordinates an exchange between Dutch and Bulgarian artists - SEA North Sea Black Sea; the first exhibition being in Varna Bulgaria 1999 coordinates the second exhibition, SEA (Black Sea North Sea), which is preceded by a symposium in the Open Air Museum OPAM which is opened by His Majesty King Simeon II of Bulgaria and Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands 1999 receives the Bulgarian decoration in the 1st class Order of The Knight of Madara 1999 has two one-man shows in Helsinki and Lahti, Finland 2000 leaves the Dutch Sculptors' Association 2000 Victory is removed by the populist Mayor Vreeman of the Dutch town of Zaanstad 2000 participates in Struktur und Form in der Musik von Johann Sebastian Bach (Structure and form in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach) in Erfurt Germany 2000 lecture - Die Erkundigung der Grenzbereiche zwischen Landschaftsarchitektur und bildende Kunst - at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich (ETH), of Zürich Switzerland - other lecturers were Vito Acconci, Magdalena Jetelova, Dani Karavan, Andy Goldsworthy, Bernard Lassus, Peter Latz, Franco Zagari - view the invitation (pdf file) 2003 moves with his family permanently to Penttilö in Kangasniemi Finland 2003 second prize - MUOTIALA, Tampere, environmental art competition 2004 accepted as a member of the Suomen Kuvanveistöjöliitto (Association of Finnish Sculptors) 2005 cultural ambassador for Unesco - IHE Institute for Water Education ... and water became art 2006 AIESM manager for Finland 2006 permanently installs his large works on the grounds of Penttilö in Kangasniemi Finland - establishes Penttilö Open Air Museum 2006 travels to Denver USA on invitation by the city and county of Denver to make a proposal for the Justice Center Campus 2006 travels to California and visits the Watts Towers, for which he is maintaining a website - and visits the Giant Sequoias in Sequoia National Park Lives and works in Kangasniemi and Kemijörvi, Finland and Zwijndrecht, Holland