Awards / Residencies / Grants
2023: Qingdao (China) - Silver Sand Beach - Art & Music Residency (China)
2019/2020: Project Grant China - GAGgroup.nl, Amsterdam Art Fund (The Netherlands)
2020: Pop songs in response to COVID - Composition grant, Dutch Embassy UK
2018: Music Production Fund - Sena (The Netherlands)
2015: Artist in Residence - Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Swatch Group Shanghai (China/Switzerland)
2015: Sound Research Grant - Amsterdam Art Fund (The Netherlands)
2014: Composition Scholarship - Performing Arts Fund (The Netherlands)
2014: Performance Grant USA - Dutch Culture (SXSW Austin, CMJ New York, Culture Collide San Francisco & Los Angeles)
2014: Official Artist Selection SXSW (USA)
2013: Performance Grant China - Modern Sky Entertainment Beijing (Strawberry Festival Shanghai & Beijing)
2012: Performance Grant Canada - Performing Arts Fund NL (NXNE, Toronto, Sled Island, Calgary)
2010: Performance Grant China - Performing Arts Fund NL
2010: Official Dutch Artist Selection - World Expo Shanghai - Dutch Culture Centre Shanghai
2009: Official Artist Selection SXSW (USA)
2009: Performance Grant USA - Performing Arts Fund NL
2008: Performance Grant China - Goethe Institut Germany (Guangzhou)
2007: LiveXs new talent award - LiveXs magazine (Holland)
2005: Parool Popprijs - Het Parool (newspaper - The Netherlands)
2005: John Lennon Talent Award - John Lennon Talent Award Germany
Memorable Performances / Shows / Exhibitions / Concerts
Please note that the following list is a selection of the many shows, performances, exhibitions, and concerts performed by George van Wetering / Monokino.
013: 2007 (Tilburg)
Alternative CNY Cinetol: 2018, 2020, 2023 (Amsterdam)
Chinese New Year Festival: 2011 (Rotterdam)
CMJ: 2014 (New York)
Culture Collide: 2014 (San Francisco, Los Angeles)
Dauwpop: 2007 (Hellendoorn)
Gigant: 2017 (Apeldoorn)
IDFA: 2008 (Amsterdam)
Melkweg: 2017 (Amsterdam)
Midi Music Festival: 2006 (Beijing)
Modern Sky Festival: 2010 (Beijing)
Noorderzon Festival: 2012 (Groningen)
NXNE: 2011 (Toronto)
Over het IJ festival: 2006 (Amsterdam)
Pianos: 2009 (New York)
Parkpop: 2007 (Den Haag)
Paradiso: 2005, 2018 (Amsterdam)
Power Station of Art: 2017 (Shanghai)
Rockbund Art Museum: 2015 (Shanghai)
Sled Island Festival: 2012 (Calgary)
Strawberry Festival: 2013 (Beijing & Shanghai)
Sugar Factory: 2016 (Amsterdam)
Swatch Art Peace Hotel: 2015 (Shanghai)
SXSW: 2009, 2014 (Austin)
The Works Art & Design Festival: 2011 (Cleveland)
Uitmarkt: 2009 (Amsterdam)
Van Abbemuseum: 2012 (Eindhoven)
Van Gogh Museum: 2016 (Amsterdam)
Wintertuin Festival: 2005 (Nijmegen)
World Expo: 2010 (Shanghai)
Yu Gong Yi Shang: 2008 (Beijing)