Art

Art is a way to stimulate self-reflection, to stimulate our perspective of time and space where self reflection is always in reflection to another, to the world around. 

Art, activism, stories reflect on us and the other way around.

Far across the distance and the spaces between us .Calais France 2015-2025. FR

Performance “the elephant in the room” (part one) November 2022  Amare The Hague NL
Performance “the Elephant in the room, the lack of sense of necessity ” (part two) Museum Arnhem, June 22 - July 14 2024 Arnhem NL
Art installation during Art park II treehouse NDSM September 2024  Amsterdam NL
Performance “All the mess we leave behind” treehouse NDSM 11 November 2024 Amsterdam NL.
Performance “The weight we carry is what we leave behind” April 18 2025 Amsterdam NL
Art installation “The fragility of peace in the shadow of violance” Berlin art week September 11-14 2025 Berlijn DE
 

See Art and activism for more.

Ctrl-alt-del,

Ctrl-alt-del, a soft reboot.

2020 - 2021, years that felt as a soft reboot, with all the knowledge and experience I’ve gained so far at that moment.


New steps in a familiar world, with the focus on the environment, where art and activism come together.

Combining all my passions, about art, nature, landscaping and food, a diverse blend in my one man company with so many inspiring people in all kind of ways around me, and I couldn’t do it without all of you. 
It’s adventure it’s research, it are the cross pollinations in life.

Johannes-Harm Hovinga @ Studio Hovinga, 

Where it all started..

Fragmented society 2 Trier D, 2013

In 2012 the organisation of the Elephant parade in Trier Germany contacted me to be part of this outdoor exhibition and auction in Trier Germany in 2013 to raise awareness for need of elephant welfare and conservation, 


For this I made this work based on Fragmented society 1.


The orange shoaling fishes on the elephant are a representing of the people in our society who are very well connected trough social media by facebook, twitter, instagram.. But more and more people stand alone in our fragmented society, and we are more 

divided than ever. 

Fragmented society 1 Emmen NL, 2012

Where it all started in 2012, temporarily mural 70m2, Emmen the Netherlands.