HIMMELSBACH (1983) is a community-driven artist, idea generator, and occasional social realist. His work manifests in monuments to unwritten histories and futures, playful campaigns, and guerrilla interventions that challenge and disrupt collective assumptions.
His work is part of the collections of Museum De Domijnen in Sittard and the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. His projects have been featured in NRC Handelsblad, Het Parool, and RTL Nieuws, and he has exhibited in Amsterdam, Berlin, Ghent, and New York. Recently, he won the Museum Het LAM’s Art Entrepreneur Award and the broadcaster Omroep MAX’s television contest ‘De Nieuwe Vermeer’.

I Do Believe In You

During a solo exhibition in Moira-Utrecht, I used the gallery space as my home base to give Utrecht an ultimate ‘visual pat on the back’ during the cold winter months. In large numbers, I printed and pasted the Sinterklaas (Dutch Santa Claus like celebration) poster with the text “I Do Believe In You” on the […]

Asylum seekers are okay!

The idea behind this project arose with the question of what needs to change in the Netherlands at the moment and what is really worth paying attention to. The harrowing stories of refugees who have to live for years hopeless in detention centers under the direst circumstances led to the idea of embracing a message […]

The Shrinkfestival

Artist in residence Terhole, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, The Netherlands. How do you tackle the exodus in demographic areas such as Zeeuws Vlaanderen? Together with Tabo Goudswaard, I was invited to develop a strategy in the project “Krot of Kans (Shack or Chance)” together with sociologists, housing associations, sustainability researchers, photographers, writers and other artists. The aim was […]

Only the worst gives me feelings

Every political election, I have my doubts about the ritual of electing a representative of the people. Voting for a representative who comes close to me in terms of ideas feels like too little impact for me. In the video “Only the bad gives me the feeling I can make a difference”, I examine the […]

I’m engaged with your misery

‘I’m engaged with your misery’ is my first successful attempt to perform in public space.
Once I felt being locked up in my studio, in my creative reserve; the art world. There was a huge distance between me, the artist, and society, a feeling of spectatorship.
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