H+F
Han Nefkens started to collect art in 2000. The H+F Collection, named after himself and his partner Felipe, is in long-term loan to various museums in The Netherlands and abroad. Nowadays Han Nefkens is not only active as a collector but also as an initiator of international art projects, often in collaboration with museums and other art institutions.
Fundació Han Nefkens
The Han Nefkens Foundation is a private non-profit organisation that was set up in Barcelona in 2009 with the aim of promoting the production of contemporary artworks. The mission is to stimulate artistic creation in Barcelona by offering international artists an opportunity to create artworks and interventions in the city, and to promote other fields of contemporary creation.
Han Nefkens
According to Han Nefkens, sharing is the antidote to loneliness, and he does so through his artistic and anti-AIDS projects and his writing. In 1995, he made his debut with the autobiographical novel Bloedverwanten (“Parents”), which was followed by Twee lege stoelen (“Two empty chairs”, 2006) and De gevlogen vogel (“The bird flew”, 2008). Nefkens also writes short pieces, “vignettes”.
Kamol Phaosavasdi
Kamol Phaosavasdi studied in Los Angeles but later returned to Bangkok, where he established a considerable reputation in the 1980s. His politically charged conceptual installations and performances deal with social abuses and environmental issues. Recurring themes in his work are pollution and the large-scale sex industry in Thailand – he has previously carried out work related to HIV and prostitution. Phaosavasdi is a pioneer of new media art in Thailand, working with video and digital media and exploring the effects of light on space. He lectures in media art at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Kamol Phaosavasdi is a participant in both the 2004 Access for All and 2008 More to Love projects.