1953Born 29 June.
1955Moves to Holland.
1956Starts painting.
1961Moves to the U.K.
1964–72Attends Emanuel School, London.
1972–78Studies art in London — Chelsea and Camden.
1979–88Holland.
1988–95United Kingdom.
1996–2001USA.
2001Mainland Europe.
2002–03Canada.
2004Luxembourg, then back to Canada, to date.
2005Turns professional.
2006Opens home studio and launches ludolfgrolle.com; becomes a Permanent Resident of Canada; first Canadian show, at The Lion & The Rose Gallery; signed by Terry Lacosse of Gallery Lacosse; becomes a co-founder of the pre-Simulationist Group.
2007Private exhibition, Manhattan, NY, with representation there by Jill Pazarekas; represented by Lacosse, 2006–2009; joins the Medea Artists Collaborative; accepted into the Winnipeg Art Gallery's Art Rental & Sales; featured artist in Style Magazine and on Style West / City TV; represented by Constant R. Schürmann for Asia Pacific, 2007/8.
2008Collaboration with Michael Collingwood in French Quarter; interviewed by Morley Walker in the Winnipeg Free Press; privately publishes "5 by 5" and "KUNST-WERK"; represented by Jean-Francois Sani for Europe.
2009Shows in Granada (Spain), Milan, Paris and Geneva; "Absinthe II," from the Imprimatura exhibition, is purchased by the Provincial Government of Manitoba.
2010Heart attack, treated at St. Boniface Hospital; collaborative show at the Assiniboine Pavilion on the Park Gallery, curated by Peter Heymans.
2011Signs with Twist and with Gurevich Fine Art; becomes a citizen of Canada; "Art for the Heart" at St. Boniface Hospital Foundation.
2012Paints a six-piece study of The Beatles.
2013"Blue Print for a Gallery."
2014Opens Grollé Fine Art.
2015Participates in Culture Days Manitoba; Grollé Fine Art shows internationally in Poland and France.
2016Sabbatical in Tuscany.
2017Opens another studio; spends time networking in London.
2018Solo show for the month of October at Pulse Gallery.
2019Solo show across Europe and the Mediterranean — France, Italy, Spain.
