|
1981 |
Member an later chairman of the Committee
for Artists and Architects of the Ministry of Culture for three years |
|
1982 |
Designs and builds his studio after four
years of preparation |
|
1982 |
Together with Janjelle Stroosma he
visits Truus Schröder-Schräder 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 Kemijärvi, Finnish Lapland |
|
1990 |
Executes photographic light sculpture
aurora borealis on the Pyhä Tunturi in Finland |
|
1990 |
Six Dutch sculptors: van Bennekum,
Glandorf, Goerres, van Loo, Schole and Wubben write a letter to Kemijärvi
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 Kemijärvi |
|
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 |
