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Do you want to give attention to mental health, experience 366 feelings and feel the power of art? Do you want to share that with for your employees, customers, students or clients?
Please let me know: together we can design a tailor made exhibition, talk, workshop or event. Or book the one hour talk, two hour workshop, half day experience or one day training. And if you like to share feelings by buying a book? Please feel free to order or contact me.
de kunstfabriek
sunday december 28 and
monday december 29 2025 12:00h-17:00h
An end-of-year exhibition featuring various artists in an industrial setting: That’s Kunstfabriek. And especially at the start of a new year, a calendar book is the perfect way to start an emotional journey into 2026.
All studies are also for sale, and there’s work by many other great artists, such as photographer Carla Leijen. Meet @ Boschstraat 8, 6442 PB Brunssum
signing session
saturday october 18
2025 15:00h-17:00h
Book signing session during Dutch Design Week 2025 at Good Day Conceptstore, Leidingstraat 6 in Eindhoven. Meet and greet with Coen and have your copy signed. Find here the marvellous collection of this brand new design store.
And enjoy the rest of the largest design event in Northern Europe, with over 3000 designers and 350.000 visitors each year: the Dutch Design Week.
workshop
thursday september 18
+ thursday october 2 2025 19:00h-21:00h
You can create a piece of art from your emotion. Coen van Ham will guide you through your personal creative journey to feelings. This time you are welcome at Coen’s atelier, Hoogstraat 301 in Eindhoven.
We have some places left. Price for this two hour workshop? 80 euros including coffee and tea, working materials, a signed copy of the book ‘poetry of feelings’ and of course your own piece of art.
meet and greet
saturday september 6 2025
13:00h-16:00h
Lazy saturday afternoon: Join for a meet and greet and book sign session by the artist Coen van Ham at Galerie Persoon. He’ll tell you everything about the project and the process. And don’t forget to make a selfie with Coen to share on your socials 🙂
exhibition
wednesday september 3 until saturday november 8 2025 12:00h-17:00h
A selection of all 366 studies in a tasteful experience in ‘THE BOX’: a small pop up museum. Experience all studies, presented in a pinkish shaded room. Drop by and buy a study or a book at Galerie Persoon, Hees 4D
5521 NV EERSEL
signing session
sunday august 17 2025
11:00h-17:00h
Book signing session at the art market at castle Aldenghoor, Kasteellaan 11, Haelen (Limburg, The Netherlands). Meet Coen and 70 other artists, have a drink, buy a book and have it signed. Or buy a piece of art for an extra affordable price.
eindhoven pride
saturday june 14 – sunday june 22 2025
About three quarters of the queer community has had a mental issues in their lives. Dutch queer organisation COC reported that ‘homo’ is the most used swear word in Dutch schools. Queer youth are bullied four times more often and attempt suicide almost five times more often than average.
We are proud that this exhibition is part of the Eindhoven Pride Week.
finissage
sunday june 22 2025 12:00 – 17:00h
The last day of the solo exhibition. Time to look back, celebrate and end the start of this journey ‘poetry of feelings’. The last day to see all works together and find your favorite, to have a look and buy a book.
If you buy a study today, you can take it with you at the end of the day.
signing session
saturday and sunday june 21 + 22
2025 13:00h-14:00h
Meet and greet and book signing session by the artist Coen van Ham. He’ll tell you everything about the project and the process. And don’t forget to make a selfie with Coen to share on your socials 🙂
queer lecture
saturday june 21 2025 15:00h – 16:00h
Enjoy this special queer lecture (in Dutch) by artist educator Patrick Verhoeven. He currently works at Museum W as an art educator. He is also involved in art-theoretical research and has started the ‘queer beeldbank‘: a digital depository of works of art that shows the diversity within LGBTI+ art.
A lively afternoon with a pink mood starting with the question: what does make art queer art? And what’s your favorite (queer) art or artist. Meet some other art lovers and visit the exhibition.
sensoride
friday june 20 2025 11:00h – 12:00h
This morning we open the exhibition with the group meditation ‘sensoride’. A hypnotic trip to your inner feelings, your inner voice. To discover what you feel. An intense and healing session, with music, sound, smells, taste and feelings.
You can experience Coen van Ham today in this workshop ‘sensoride’ in his role as a certified NLP coach, educated in hypnosis, organisational and family constellations and more.
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dance workshop
thursday june 19 2025 20:00h – 21:30h
A free workshop intuitive dance or dance improvisation by Olga Coolen. How about feeling your body move, driven by the emotions drawn from the artworks around you? Experience how the art works tell your body to move floating the feelings.
In this workshop Coen van Ham starts with a short introduction. After that, Olga Coolen takes you away in a session full of sensation, feelings, movement and joy. All in your own way, with your own body as a compass.
art workshop
wednesday june 18 2025 19:00h – 21:00h
You can create a piece of art from your emotion. Coen van Ham will guide you through your personal creative journey to feelings.
We have a few places left. Price for this two hour workshop? 80 euros including coffee and tea, working materials, a signed copy of the book ‘poetry of feelings’ and of course your own piece of art!
art workshop
tuesday june 17 2025 19:00h – 21:00h
You can create a piece of art from your emotion. Coen van Ham will guide you through your personal creative journey to feelings.
We have a few places left. Price for this two hour workshop? 80 euros including coffee and tea, working materials, a signed copy of the book ‘poetry of feelings’ and of course your own piece of art!
artist talk
sunday june 15 2025 15:00h – 16:00h
An informal artist talk by art historian and curator Pim Hoff MA (in Dutch). Pim works as a fundraiser, curator and copywriter in the culture sector and wrote an introduction for the book ‘poetry of feelings’.
Pim talks with Coen about the project, backgrounds’, Van Hams paintings of nudes and the emotional layers beneath the skin. Next to the artistic influence of artists like Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Euan Uglow.
signing session
saturday and sunday june 14 + 15
2025 13:00h – 14:00h
Meet and greet and book signing session by the artist Coen van Ham. He’ll tell you everything about the project and the process. And don’t forget to make a selfie with Coen to share on your socials 🙂
informal opening
friday june 13 2025 16:00h – 20:00h
An informal opening moment for everyone at the start of the Pride Week Eindhoven.
So drop by and have a look at all 366 studies, chat, and drink in an informal setting.
official opening
thursday june 12 2025 17:00h
Book presentation of ‘poetry of feelings’ at Kruisruimte Eindhoven, and official opening of the exposition by professor of Art and Healthcare prof. dr. Tineke Abma and art historian and curator Pim Hoff MA.
For donors, sponsors and invitees only.
‘The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose is to give it away’.
Pablo Picasso
team
Coen van Ham
Coen van Ham (1971) is a Dutch painter, designer and inspirer. Visuals are his language, emotion is his narrative. In his work, he reflects on personal identity, human emotions and social value(s). Visuals are his language, emotion is his narrative. With his nude portraits, Coen van Ham follows in his own expressionist manner in the footsteps of great masters such as Willem de Kooning, Francis Bacon and Adrian Ghenie and others.
Tineke Abma
Prof. Dr. Tineke Abma is Professor of Art and Healthcare at Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management. She is also a professor of Geriatric Participation at Leiden University Medical Centre and Executive Director of Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing. Her work has been recognised with the Crebolder Award for its social impact on citizens, organisation and policy. She has published books and prolifically in scientific journals, on the positive effect of art on physical and mental health.
Pim Hoff
Pim Hoff MA (1987) studied history and art history and specialised in post-1945 social economic history and pre-1650 arts and crafts, and career-wise also in contemporary visual arts. He works as a fundraiser, curator and copywriter in the culture sector. He also occasionally acts as an art dealer for private buyers and in the art trade. Hoff has contributed to several publications by contemporary artists.
Patrick Verhoeven
Patrick Verhoeven (1975) developed his expertise in the cultural field as an art educator. He looks for opportunities to make art appreciation accessible. This has led, among other things, to the ‘Art Viewing’ project. He currently works at Museum W as an art educator. He is also involved in art-theoretical research and has started the ‘queer image bank’: a digital depository of works of art that shows the diversity within LGBTI+ art.
Rick van Strien
Rick van Strien (1990) was born in Zundert and studied at the Stedelijk Instituut voor Sierkunsten en Ambachten (SISA) in Antwerp, Belgium, and at the St. Joost School of Art and Design in Breda, Netherlands, from which he graduated in 2016. Rick lives and works in Meppel (Drenthe, Netherlands). During a session lasting twelve hours, artist Rick van Strien found Coen’s personal shade. Coen chose that soft, fleshy and tangible warm pink as the basic colour for this project and book.
Siem Maasdijk
Siem Maasdijk is a young and talented Dutch creative and movie maker. He created for example the introduction movie for the project ‘poetry of feelings’ and was your daily personal guide during the exhibition.
At this moment Siem creates a short documentary of this project. An interview with Coen van Ham about backgrounds, choices and above all: feelings.
