2014          LACC - Living Arts Counseling Center, Berkely, California, 3-month grant, 

                   supported by the LACC and Stichting Smokkel Maastricht (NL)

2010/2011  Kuona Trust Art Center,  2-month grant with Artist in Residence, Nairobi, Kenya, 

                   supported by the Dutch Fonds bkvb 

2007           Bag Factory Artists' Studios, Johannesburg, 3-month grant with Artist in Residence,

                   supported by the Ford Foundation and the Goethe-Institut South-Africa 

2007           Fonds bkvb, basic grant

2006           Nomination German Video Art Award, Glaskasten Museum Marl, Germany

2003            Fonds bkvb, basic grant

2002            Nomination German Video Art Award, Glaskasten Museum Marl, Germany

2000            Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Germany, 2-month grant with Artist in Residence

2000            Fonds bkvb, basic grant

1999            CAS Art Center, Osaka (coop. Artfoundation Duende in Rotterdam within „Puddles Exchange“)

                    supported by CAS and the Mondriaan Foundation, 2-month grant with Artist in Residence

1997            Nomination for the Dutch “Prix de Rome – Art and Public Space“ with my “Candy TV & Anna Key” project

1997            Austrian Ministry for Culture, Atelierhaus Böcklinstraße, 6-month grant with Artist in Residence, Vienna

1996            Fonds bkvb, basic grant

1995            Künstlerhaus Plüschow, Schwerin, Germany, 3-month grant with Artist-in-Residence and solo presentation

1994             WorldWideVideo Festival Den Haag, main award installation proposal young artists

1989            Butō Dance Japan, video research about the relevance of Butō Dance for a body-oriented pedagogic with active    

                    participation in workshops of the Butō Dancers Kazuo Ohno, Mitsutaka Ishiī, Anzu Furukawa, and Min Tanaka, 

                    with final film presentation University Cologne, supported by the Heilpädagogik department of Prof. Walther Dreher