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”.
Toeingam Guptabutra
Toeingam Guptabutra’s theme is time and its different meanings in Eastern and Western cultures. She works with sound and other time-based media. She has been working in mixed media since 2002 when she had her first solo show at the Bangkok University Art Gallery, winning critical acclaim. In 2005, she received her PhD in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts & Design in London. Her current practice in Bangkok is concerned with visual art – not only with its production, but also its research and theory. Guptabutra is a participant in the 2008 More to Love project.
www.toeingam.com