About Jimmy ENG
As a child all my creativity was oppressed and severely punished. My very controversial childhood in the Dutch youth care system left me with permanent physical and severe psychological injury. My life turned out to be mixed in ages and different identity parts, which was explained in 1998 when I received the label dissociative identity disorder. However, I never received treatment or support for it, so I turned to creativity as a corner pillar in my life: as a way of processing, to portray and as storytelling.
Tim and Alex are two creative little ones who share my identity- or I share theirs. Our works show how creativity brought me much joy and fulfillment in life as a personal victory over the complete suppression of my creativity in my youth.
The work of Tim and Alex are not children's or adult's drawings, they are made from a mix in ages and identity.
In order to give my work a broader layering and depth, I decided in 2025 to work more in multimedia, and to make the connection between art and different disciplines such as archaeology and physics. I work on challenging projects both at home in the Netherlands and at the art academy in Tongeren in Belgium to continue to develop myself.
PROJECTS AND SERIES
2020-2023 Violence in the youth care system
2021- present Tim and Alex, joint works in mixed media
2021 The Arab world, watercolor
2022 Caricatures of emotions, pastel drawings 50 x 65
2021-2024 Queer Identity Young Boys, portraits
2023 Leaves, pastel and ink drawings
2023-2024 Non-Inclusive Lives Matter
2025 Phantoms, digital and handcraft mix
2025 - Micro Worlds
2025- Old Tools, New Art