Trauma Art Counter - Archive Institutional Abuse and State Negligence in Youth care and Foster Care  

So where is God? 

(30 x 40 cm pastel/ print, 1997)

Background: The Trauma Art Counter - Archive

Comprising 500 works, this archive serves as a profound record of a life reclaimed, unmasking the realities of state-mandated care: forced social isolation, despair, the erasure of gender of birth and the enduring injustice of institutional neglect. These pieces emerged from a silence imposed by the state.

My art emerges from a black box of isolation—the direct result of the extreme conditions I endured within the Dutch youth care system. This institutional confinement stripped me of the opportunity for an art education and severed my ties to society. Because I create without formal training or a social safety net, my work remains raw, pure, and unapologetically confronting—a visceral record of true lived experience.

- Acknowledged by the Dutch State (recognition cat.6),  Pleegzorg Nederland and Raad voor de Kinderbescherming. The violation of ECHR3 in 1986 by the Dutch police has been admitted in private talks with officials in 2018, at Nationale Ombudsman.

- Immediately related to the books "Gepleegd" en "Hoe word ik Tim?" published under the pseudonym Jasper Heijting.

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Content Warning

This archive contains raw and  heavy depictions of institutional violence and trauma. For those  people with vulnerabilities, please engage with these works at your own pace and prioritize your well-being.