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”.
Top Changtrakul
An MA graduate from San Francisco, Changtrakul works with many different themes and media. He has recreated markets in galleries, turned an art centre into a recreational ‘gym’ and produced drawings of a highly fantastical nature. He participated in the 2004 Snow Show in Finnish Lapland. A planned solo show for 2008 takes on the theme of death. In 2006 Changtrakul was commissioned by ArtAids to work with HIV-infected teenager Bua on an animation of her paintings, which was screened at that year’s international conference on HIV organised by HIV-NAT in Bangkok. Top Changtrakul is a participant in the 2008 More to Love project.
www.topchangtrakul.com