Trauma art #4 violence in Dutch state and foster care 4 of 10
This archive is a visual testimony of 17 years of state-sanctioned isolation. A part is entitled.
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Prisoner of the state
pastel 50 x 65 cm 2022
Even the joint Fantastike studio in Maastricht appeared to be no safe place.
In 2023 I was demonized because of this work. I decided after the group exhibition in Beek to leave this unsafe place, designated for vulnerable people with a background in mental health care.
No voice
The deportation of a child from it's home
collage 50 x 65 cm
Foster to prison pastel on paper 50 x 65 cm
Dirty Job, bald head get lost!
During my school period I was bullied and beaten. Foster parents refused to wash my clothing and my clothes were like girls. I was insulted with Bible verses by the children I did not belong to
pastel on paper 2023
Poster #MEBOY
Original 80 x 100 on cardboard/ print 30 x 40cm
You don't have to get any position as long as you are who you are
Even making art is an inferior act of existence compared to being boy
The screaming of a dying bird
watercolor on paper 20 x 30 cm
Never pencil and ink on paper 30 x 30 cm
Trapped for life mixed media on paper 20 x 30 cm
Budding boy: YAHYA
unreachable yahya
Acrylic on canvas 30 x 40 cm
Black houses pastels and neo pastel on paper 50 x 65 cm
Stigma ink, pencil and textile on paper 60 x 80 cm
Breakfast for an animal (1979) ink and inkpen on paper 30 x 40 cm
No offlimits in foster care
Pastel on paper 30 x40 cm