Wilhelmina-ring

The  Wilhelmina-ring is a bi-annual lifetime achievement award granted to a prominent Dutch sculptor. The prize was initiated in 1998 by the Foundation Wilhelmina-ring to memoralize that year Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was inaugurated as queen 100 years earlier. By awarding the prize the Foundation Wilhelmina-ring want to encourage the interest in Dutch sculpture. The prize consists of a specially designed ring, an exhibition at the CODA art center in Apeldoorn, and a commission by the municipality of Apeldoorn to produce a sculpture, to be placed in the Sprengen Park.

Prize winners

 * 1998 : Joop Beljon ; ring design: Lara Kassenaar ; sculpture De versmelting (The fusion), unveiled on 7 June 2000.
 * 2000 : Joep van Lieshout ; ring design: Cees Post ; sculpture Apedoorn, unveiled on 15 October 2001.
 * 2002 : Jan van Munster ; ring design: Jan Matthesius; sculpture Ik (I), unveiled on 13 November 2003.
 * 2004 : Carel Visser : ring design: Ralph Bakker ; sculpture Meer (Lake), unveiled on 26 April 2006.
 * 2006: Maria Roosen ; ring design: Cees de Vries ; sculpture Boomsieraad (Tree Jewellery), unveiled on 3 December 2008.
 * 2009: John Körmeling ; ring design Dinie Besems ; sculpture The Origin of 1 Metre, unveiled on 13 December 2013.
 * 2011: Piet Slegers ; ring design Beate Klockmann ; sculpture Kringloop (Recycled), unveiled on 28 June 2013.
 * 2013: Hans van Houwelingen ; ring design Truike Verdegaal ; sculpture (data missing)
 * 2015: Auke de Vries ; ring design Lucy Sarneel
 * 2017: Eja Siepman van den Berg ; ring design Katja Prins
 * 2019: Tirzo Martha

In the years 2002 and 2004 also a prestigious prize was awarded.