Prizes
2004: 1st prize Gaverprijs voor schilderkunst, Waregem (B)
2005: 1st prize Provinciale Prijs voor Beeldende Kunsten, Ghent (B)
2011: 1st prize Laureaat Thuis voor een Beeld, Ghent (B)
2015: 1st prize Cultuurprijs, Deinze (B)
Permanent installations in public space
Waregem (B), Tielt (B), Nevele (B), Valkenburg (NL), Maldegem (B), Aalter (B), Tielt-Winge (B), Deinze (B), Brussels (B), Leuven(B), Zottegem(B), Ghent(B), Oostende (B), De Panne (B), Lille (Fr) ...
Temporary installations in public space
Several public commissioned sculptures in Belgium,(Oostende, Brussels, Tielt, Beveren-Waas, Nevele, Waregem, Leuven,...) The Netherlands (Valkenburg, 's Hertogenbosch ) France (Lille, )
Artist-in-residence
2006, The Vancouver-Galgary-Vancouver Project (CAN) , with support of East Flanders Province
2007, RAID-Projects,Los Angeles (VS), with support of the Flemish Ministry of Culture
2015, Isola Comacina (IT) with support of the Flemish Ministry of Culture
Studies
Royal Academie for Fine Arts , K.A.S.K., Ghent (B)
Sint Lucas institute for arts & science, Ghent (B)
Stief teaches painting & multimedia at the Academy of fine Arts (KADE) Deinze.