Portfolio
A series about children in the Dutch Youth Care System, forcibly separated from their Holy Madonna that had to bond horizontally with random infants and peers in state children's homes, leading to lifelong consequences for sexuality, identity and relations.
Jimmy Groen | 2021-2024
SERIES: "Queer soft rebels"
Queer identity starts in childhood. In a series of portraits, iconic use of colors and symbols demonstrate the large diversity behind the facade of the 'common child'
Jimmy Groen, Tim, Alex | 2025-2026
SERIES:"They are everywhere but nobody knows who they are"
People, marginalized and voiceless because of their gender or identity are everywhere, yet nobody knows their stories. Tim and Alex draw everyday scenes in which they (suddenly) appear.
Since 2021, Tim and Alex make work together with Jimmy, in a special category: mixed ages and mixed identity
Drawings made in the background of the unique identity of Tim and Alex
Drawings created by Jimmy in dialogue with the poetry of Lennart Willems — outsider‑leaning, intuitive and close to the marginalized.
Portraits of young boys based upon the classical world, telling their unique stories
Large drawings in pastel about emotions
Landscapes in different materials and techniques
Climate change, human influences: the leaves show us the impact of our actions. The trees become susceptible to disease. Leaves fallen in the summer of 2023, in ink and pastel
Watercolor drawings based upon the Arab world
Jimmy Groen | 2019-2025
TRAUMA ART ARCHIVE
An extensive private collection (about 500 works, including 13 photographs from childhood and later life) created in solitude, documenting institutional betrayal. With a visual analysis of police violence and work from lived experiences in the youth care system.
Een uitgebreide privécollectie (500 werken, waaronder 13 foto's van mijn jeugd en latere leven) gemaakt als verwerking, die institutioneel verraad documenteert. Met een visuele analyse van politiegeweld en werk vanuit geleefde ervaringen in het jeugdzorgsysteem.
Jimmy Groen | 2024-2025