| Works in ceramics and glass | |
| 1945 | Born in Amsterdam, February 8 |
| 1962/66 | Art studies at the Rietveld Academy, ceramics section, Amsterdam |
| Choice of Solo and Group Exhibitions | |
| 1970 | Dutch Ceramics in Czechoslovakia (travelling exhibition) |
| Confrontation IV, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam | |
| 1971 | Atelier 9, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam |
| Dutch Ceramists, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam | |
| 1973 | Contemporary Ceramics, Voorschoten, Warmond |
| 1975 | Het Kapelhuis, Amersfoort |
| 1977 | Concorso International Ceramica, Faenza, Italy |
| 1978 | Overview Exhibition, van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn |
| Third Spiezer Ceramics Exhibition, Spiez, Switzerland | |
| 1979 | Museum het Princessehof, Leeuwarden (with Lucebert) |
| 1980 | John Wortel/Anne van der Waerden, DHV Raadgevend Ingenieursbureau, Amersfoort |
| Unica of Contemporary European Ceramists, Flehite Museum, Amersfoort | |
| 1981 | Review Exhibition, De Moriaan (of Museum het Kruithuis), Den Bosch |
| Review from 1978, van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn | |
| German/Dutch Aplied Arts, Frankfurt, Germany and Gemeente Museum Arnhem | |
| Dionyse International, Sint Pieters Abdij (project of Museum voor Sierkunst), Ghent, Belgium | |
| New Wheel-made Ceramics of Anne van der Waerden, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 1983 | Second Review Exhibition of work since 1981, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn |
| 1985 | Dutch Ceramics, Elleboog-Church (project of Kapelhuis), Amersfoort |
| 1986 | Ceramics 86 , Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam |
| 1987 | Tao in Clay, International project, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem |
| 1988 | Presentation in the show cases of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam |
| Review Exhibition of collaborating artists Anne van der Waerden and Kees Hoogendam, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam | |
| New Art Forms, Chicago International, Chicago, USA | |
| 1990 | Contempory Dutch Delftware, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem |
| Zeitgenussische Keramik, Keramion, Frechen, Germany | |
| Decoratio, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | |
| Contemporary Dutch Delftware, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft | |
| 1991 | Leerdam Unica, National Glass Museum, Leerdam |
| Contempory Dutch Delftware, Gemeente Museum Roermond | |
| Ceramics inspired by Architecture, Museum Arnhem | |
| 1992 | Leerdam Unica, Nationaal Glas Museum Leerdam |
| 1993 | Collection Benno Premsela, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam |
| Leerdam Unica, Nationaal Glass Museum, Leerdam | |
| 1994 | Solo presentation of glass objects, Museum Van der Togt, Amstelveen |
| Galerie Rob van den Doel, Den Haag | |
| 1995 | Daffodils and glass, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem |
| 1996 | Solo glass presentation of Lingams, Showcases Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem |
| 1996/97 | John Wortel/Anne van der Waerden, Stedelijk museum, Vianen |
| 1997 | Overview exhibition, Gemeente Museum Vianen |
| 1998 | Premsela Present, Designers for a Designer, Galerie Binnen, Amsterdam |
| 1999 | Overview of ceramics from the 20th century, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam |
| 2000 | De meesters, de Boog, IJsselstein |
| 2008 | Galerie Carla Koch, Amsterdam |
| 2015 | Clay!, Haags gemeente museum (now Kunst museum), Den Haag |
| 2018 | John Wortel/Anne van der Waerden, Stedelijk museum, Vianen |
| Work in Public Collections | |
| Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem | |
| Museum Arnhem | |
| Groninger Museum, Groningen | |
| Haags gemeente museum (now Kunst museum), Den Haag (6 items were purchased between 2015 -2019) | |
| Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo | |
| Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam | |
| Museum het Kruithuis (now Design museum), Den Bosch | |
| Museum voor Sierkunst, Ghent, Belgium | |
| Museum ’t Princessehof, Leeuwarden | |
| National Glass Museum, Leerdam | |
| Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium | |
| Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag | |
| Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | |
| Stedelijk Museum Schiedam | |
| University Museum, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Van Reekum museum (CODA), Apeldoorn (now housed in collection Gelderland) | |
| Scholarship | |
| 1982 | Travel grant Peru to study the ceramics of Shipibo Indians |
| Work acquired by the government | |
| 1985 | Prime Minister Lubbers presents 2 ceramic objects to Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan and to President Chun Doo Hwan of South-Korea. |
| 1991 | Queen Beatrix buys a glass object as a state presents for an official visit to Japan. (see foto) |
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| Teaching Periods | |
| 1985 | Academy of Arts, St. Joost, Breda |
| 1986/87 | Royal Academy of Art and Design, ‘s-Hertogenbosch |
 Working in de clay quarry with initiator of the project colleague Anne Ausloos and our art students of Breda; we are making in midst of tons of clay, objects that are constructed as kilns (ovens) that fire themselves  | |
| Monumental Design | |
| 1976 | Truncated pyramid, sculpture in blue glass, 3 m high, Water Purification Station Rijn- Kennemerland, Jutphaas. |
| 1989/90 | Two objects, cubes 40/40 cm made of and filled with ABN-counter glass what became redundant as separation, for ABN in Zeist and Roosendaal |
| 1993 | Object in glass for VSB-bank, Haarlem |
| 1994/95 | Object in glass for Main VSB-bank for the Netherlands , Utrecht |
| Projects and design | |
| 1989 | Contemporary Delftware, cooperationship and confrontation between ten visual artists from different disciplines and two dutch ceramic factories: Tichelaar in Makkum and the Porceleyne Fles in Delft, a project of the European Ceramics Work Centre |
| 1991/94 | Design of Unica, production in cooperation with dutch glass factory “Royal Leerdam” |
| 1993 | Installation of 2 burial mounds “East-West”, during symposium concerning a cultural exchange with middle-european countries, Oude Kerkje, Kortenhoef |
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| 1994 | Working period in European Ceramics Work Centre in s-Hertogenbosch: |
| Big objects in wet clay/melted glass/marble (see foto) | |
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| 1993/95 | Unique vases and massief formed objects (in hot glass) in co-operation with Bohemian Glass Craft Studio ‘Ajeto’ in the Czech Republic |
| 1995 | A series of vases commissioned by Museum Kröller-Müller Museum Otterlo as a gift for outgoing Commissioners, executed by Studio ‘Ajeto’ in the Czech Republic |
| Choice from publications | |
| Book: Nederlandse Keramiek 1900/1975, Mieke Spruit | |
Book: Nederlandse Keramiek 1975/1985, Mieke Spruit Original text | English text | |