0 1 ▁he ▁founded ▁and ▁directed ▁the ▁a for ement ioned ▁Het ▁Apol lo h uis , ▁in ▁E ind h oven . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Board ▁of ▁the ▁Federation ▁of ▁Art ists ▁Associ ations ▁( BB K ), ▁and ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁artists ▁un ions : ▁O B K ▁and ▁V BB K Z N ▁( 1 9 6 9 – 1 9 8 1 ). ▁As ▁an ▁artist - in - res idence , ▁he ▁has ▁stayed ▁at ▁the ▁Ex pl or ator ium , ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁USA ▁( 1 9 9 3 ), ▁at ▁the ▁Y ellow ▁Spr ings ▁Institute , ▁Ch ester ▁Spr ings , ▁USA ▁( 1 9 9 4 ), ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁A om ori ▁Contempor ary ▁Art ▁Centre , ▁A om ori , ▁Japan ▁( 2 0 0 2 ). ▁The ▁artist ▁has ▁l ately ▁received ▁the ▁No ord - B rab ant ▁Cultural ▁Award ▁( 1 9 9 6 ), ▁Award ▁best ▁exhibition , ▁Galerie ▁K lat ovy / K len ová ▁( 2 0 0 0 ) ▁and ▁Honor ary ▁M ention , ▁Prix ▁Ar s ▁Electron ica , ▁Lin z ▁( 2 0 0 4 ). ▁Paul ▁Pan hu ys en ▁was ▁inv ested ▁Comp an ion ▁of ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁Lion ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁known ▁sound ▁install ations ▁of ▁this ▁artist ▁were ▁made ▁with ▁strings , ▁crossing ▁the ▁spaces ▁in ▁different ▁ways , ▁and ▁later ▁played ▁by