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”.
Nuts Society and Practical Studio
Nuts Society and Practical Studio is an artists’ collective formed in 1998 that undertakes socially committed interdisciplinary projects. The Society has collaborated with a range of creative practitioners including tattooists, graphic designers and book makers. Their interactive projects have included using aerobics to teach new perceptions of the Thai alphabet. Nuts Society and Practical Studio participates in the 2008 More to Love project by selling a range of specially created PlusEqual products to benefit HIV-NAT.
www.nuts-society.org
www.plusequal.org