Trauma art#5: Trauma Art and the Body 163- 185
Over the years, the process of reclaiming one’s original identity also came to encompass the body—the vessel for that specific identity during childhood. This body of work emerged as a way to personally process the extreme hatred directed at the body, coming from both foster parents and the child welfare organization. Images from this process.
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Dutch Diversity
Blue arch
Blue moon
Who is afraid of red?
167. Balancing on his gender
pastel on cardboard 70 x 100 cm
With Bimbam, Pietertje and Dombo
Hero of the school
Gender balance
Happy with blue balls
That girl with her jumping rope is so funny
Every dot is love
I am ('born this way')
Gender divided by three is Six
Dutch Upside Down Gender
176. Emasculated gæsten
Collage 50 x 65 cm 2022
A Candle in the dark
Wrong stairs
Body Ghosts
Victory over foster care
I used my 63-year-old body as a canvas to reconstruct and reclaim the true self as a boy, over 50 years after the destruction in the youth care system. Pastel and ink on paper 2025 30 x 40 cm
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2025
Mixed media size A3 paper
2024 TURN YOUR BODY INTO A BOY
Pastel on paper 20 x 30 cm 2022 A new perspective of 'self'
