ABOUT US
Tim, Alex, King Sven, Rainbow Remi, Jimmy Eight, Jimmy
Jimmy (2026)
About Jimmy
I am immy Groen (1962, he/him, non ‑binary, boygender, plural) and I work from my home studio, based in Gulpen-Wittem (NL). I am illustrator of the work of Dutch poet Lennart Willems and have published under the pseudonym Jasper Heijting. As a child in foster care, my creativity was completely supressed and developed since 1992 as a necessity to transform a shared inner world into visual work.
Most of the recent work is created from our Realm of Boys, a place against the adult domain, where only little boys rule and live, and where we saved our true identity.
Four out of seven equal co-identities from this Realm of Boys - Tim, Alex, King Sven, and Rainbow Remi -create unique, defiant works, where age and fluid identity converge. Our collaborative work is the ultimate victory over the systematic suppression of our creativity and existence during our childhood.
A counter - archive of about 600 artworks created between 2019; and 2025 about state- sanctioned violence was published on this website as a strong protest against the Dutch policy of erasure, marginalization, suppression and total exclusion of the voiceless. Since April 2026 this website is archived as digital heritage by the National Library of the Netherlands.
About Tim
Tim (2015, he/him, 3 years old; تيم ) has been creating artwork since 2021 from his world of flowers, insects, toy figures, and lovely stuffed animals. Tim really likes drawing with his crayons. From his memory, he contributes to projects like 'Tim draws back' and 'Unseen diversity'. He calls himself the 'Protector of all insects' and loves to draw and rescue these creepy-crawlies. Tim's favorite animal is a cat, and he loves flowers—especially daisies and red roses. His favorite food is semolina pudding.
About Alex
Alex (2016, he/him, 3 and 7 or 8 years old; أليكس ) has been creating artwork since 2021 from his deeply layered world. He is especially interested in vehicles, knights, toy tools, and exploring nature, and loves to have fun with his best friend, Tim. His favorite animal is a sheep, and in later life, he wants to become an astronaut. His favorite food is French fries.
In his artistic work, Alex primarily creates bold outlines in oil pastels. He is highly expressive, drawing directly from his physical memories and a world of dark shadows, which he masterfully transforms into portraits, figures, and images of random imaginary vehicles and brave knights.
About King Sven
King Sven (2025, he/him, 2 years old) started creating in 2025. He makes raw scratches on paper, marking the very 'spirit of creativity,' which Jimmy then shapes into defined figures. The lines he produces are pure and honest- without any other meaning but expression. He makes us wonder if expression always has a meaning, or could be 'just there for joy'. He contributes to the XL -drawings in the series "We is what we are".
Sven loves to play with Alex with their toy cars. Sven, who is our "King Sven" is the two-year-old version of Baby Sven. Baby Sven, in turn, is the child of Tim and Alex.
About Rainbow Remi
Rainbow Remi (2026, he/him, 2 years old) made his first scratches that are always circle shaped, often colored by Jimmy. He has a very special position being Rainbow Remi, who surpasses the traditional rainbow in pride. Where a rainbow is a half circle, excluding those people that do not fit and are not welcome because of their diverse identity, Remi's Circles of Hope stand for radical inclusion for all people no one excluded.
Being introduced in the studio with Tim and Alex he immediately wanted to draw. Our little rainbow also contributes to the XL -drawings in the series "We is what we are" as a sign of pride. He loves to play outside in the sun, especially with Tim who is his best friend. His favorite food is colored candy.
About Jimmy EIGHT
Jimmy -Eight (2004, he/ him, 8 years old) is guiding the entire creative process. In the background he is the leader of the creative group including the 'adult' Jimmy.
Jimmy Eight emerged in 2004 and was mainly creative between 2004- 2006, making simple nature art from stones, wood and bones he found in the forest. With his mother, who is a roe deer, he loves to play with all the animals of the forest, who are his best friends .
Jimmy Eight features in two books, describing the friendship with his thirteen years old Mesolithic friend Arban during the Mesolithic: The time beyond the Forest Lake and The Oracle of Kerr, both written in 2012. Arban was the main leader of the successful website Arbannig about archaeology (2011-2016)
Expositions
2026 Pasaasj group expo Schunck Museum Glaspaleis, Heerlen (NL)
2025 SoHo galleri, online gallery Västerås (S)
2024 Anita Fleerackers Gallery, group exhibition featuring Tim and Alex, Gierle (B)
2023 Verbeelding group exhibition Fantastikè Town Hall, Beek (NL)
2022 All‑In event BFF#13 organised by Fantastikè featuring Tim and Alex, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (NL)
2022 On the Edge duo exhibition with Jo Coort by Fantastikè, Cultural Stage Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht (NL)
2021 Fantastikè atelier Group exhibition, Maastricht (NL)
Fantastikè atelier Maastricht
Jimmy in the joint atelier of Fantastikè in Maastricht, 2022
Between 2020 and 2023 Jimmy was a member of the joint Fantastikè atelier, meant as "a safe place for creative people with a mental vulnerability".
Here he worked with great pleasure and it marked some regional exhibitions, like the successful exhibition in the Cultural Stage Lutherse Kerk in Maastricht in 2022, a joint expo called "On the Edge" with Jo Coort.
However. In November 2023, there was hate speech in the joint atelier about the work "Prisoner of the state" (see trauma archive #4 number 124) leading to a very unsafe situation. This the reason Jimmy left the joint atelier of Fantastikè in January 2024.