-
info
Custom bowling ball made for Het Resort exhibition at Bowlcentrum Groningen.
-
info
RSVP Please, the__servers, The Hague. Series of 12 company mugs for bankrupt companies, from Toys R Us to the VOC. photo: Hannah Schleifer, Baroeg Mulder
-
info
Hand-made armor in the form of a NorthFace puffer jacket and Adidas pants.
-
info
National soccer jerseys for ancient civilizations wiped out by climate change.
-
info
Sportswear line to spark conversations about mental health in gyms.
-
info
A blank world-map relabeled by children.
-
info
Billytown, The Hague
-
info
A marathon (42.2km) run from Vincent van Gogh's house in Arles (FR) to his mental asylum in St. Remy.
-
info
A stone-carving deep in the Swartberge mountains, South Africa, where there is no cellular service.
-
info
-
info
NART Venice Embassy Residency. Location: Kulgu, EE, facing the EE/RU water border. Two ordinary fisherman's garages are transformed into a live cinemas using a camera obscura. One overlooking the reservoir separating Estonia from Russia, bringing the beauty and tension of Baltic Poetic Realism of the 60's into the present moment. A slow, meditative yet quietly-political cinema where common people and the natural environment were the heroes.
-
info
I Still Care, Eurocenter Zuidas, Amsterdam. Installed on a cable processor in the Zuidas, Amsterdam. Participants could add a custom iCalendar to their phone which would notify them of related climate conferences in the area, as well as mundane tasks such as taking out recycling.
-
info
A situation-specific social sculpture for a university graduation, each kite carrying a phrase from r/LifeAfterSchool Reddit thread. i.e. "What if I never own a house?" "What if I get bored of my job?" "I'll be okay."
-
info
NART Venice Embassy Residency. Location: Kulgu, EE, facing the EE/RU water border. Two ordinary fisherman's garages are transformed into a live cinemas using a camera obscura. One overlooking the reservoir separating Estonia from Russia, bringing the beauty and tension of Baltic Poetic Realism of the 60's into the present moment. A slow, meditative yet quietly-political cinema where common people and the natural environment were the heroes. A boat would appear on screen, which would then take visitors to the 2nd location.
-
info
A massage chair is installed in the basement of the former U.S. Embassy in the Hague, in a room covered with insulation material. The chair contains a playlist of U.S. produced songs all titled Seeing Stars. Blurring the lines between pleasure and discomfort, the U.S.'s double ability to detain and entertain. The first ever massage chair was built from the rubble of Osaka City following American bombardment in WW2. WEST, The Hague
-
info
Creating a space to collectively contemplate extinction, the beginnings and ends of life on a grand scale. NEST, An Idle Escape
-
info
A recreation of Kolman Helmschmidt's 1510 armor for MacBook Pro. Thinking through notions of bravery and eternal rest in our current Neo-liberal capitalist era. NEST, An Idle Escape
-
info
NEST, An Idle Escape
-
info
A Museumkaart preserved in pine amber.
-
info
The archive as a masterwork of analytical cubism. Its systems, tones, absurdities, tender moments. National Archive, (Post)human Imaginaries
Websites
Social media
Curriculum vitae
Education
-
2020 - 2024Bachelor Fine Art Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten diploma
exhibitions
-
2025POWERPOLYP Kunstpodium T Tilburg, Netherlands Master/Apprentice Programme Group
-
2025FreshCacao 2024 Cacaofabriek Helmond, Netherlands Cacaofabriek Best of Graduates Programme Group
-
2025Carts Before Horses Stigter van Doesburg Amsterdam, Netherlands Group
-
2025Please RSVP the__servers The Hague, Netherlands Group
-
2025Stigter van Doesburg & Martin van Zomere (Le Plafond) ArtIsland Art Fair Ejmuiden, Netherlands Group
-
2024In The Meantime, Kiekencentrale Antwerp, Belgium Group
-
2024Meander Billytown The Hague, Netherlands Group
-
2024De Wasstraat NAP+ Art Fair Amsterdam, Netherlands Group
-
2024Between the Lanes Het Resort Groningen, Netherlands Group
-
2024Frans van Hoek & Sigrid Spierenburg Maldoror Gallery The Hague, Netherlands Duo
-
2024Graduation Show 2024 Royal Academy of Art The Hague, Netherlands Group
-
2023Nothing Happens Unless You Make It Happen NART Narva, Estonia NART Venice Embassy Residency Solo
-
2023Hortus Conclusus Wintergarden KASK Antwerp, Belgium Group
-
2023Everything That Grows Underground WEST The Hague, Netherlands Pregraduation Show Group
-
2023I Still Care Eurocenter Zuidas Amsterdam, Netherlands Group
-
2023Grenzenloos Galerie Windows 47 Haarlem, Netherlands Group
-
2023Hortus Colclusus KASK Wintergarden Antwerp, Belgium Group
-
2023But s/he endorsed the sheen Vrij Paleis Amsterdam, Netherlands Group
-
2022Mmmmmmmarshmallow Cube Exhibition Research Lab The Hague, Netherlands Group
-
2022An Idle Escape NEST The Hague, Netherlands Group
-
2022(Post)human Imaginaries National Archive The Hague, Netherlands Group
International exchanges/Residencies
-
2024
-
2024
-
2023Narva Art Residency Narva, Estonia NART Venice Embassy Residency www.nart.ee/en/artists/frans-van-hoek-%E2%8E%9Cvenice/
Awards and grants
-
2023INCO Aspire Social Entrepreneurship Grant INCO Amsterdam, Netherlands