Residency by NINA VAN DE VEN at Landpark Assisië

At the initiative of Wobby, Nina van de Ven, a visual artist from Tilburg (NL), gave several workshops at the end of 2025 that inspired two new drawings.

The workshops were given to participants of the daytime activities of De Sam at Landpark Assisië in Biezenmortel, a residential facility for people with intellectual disabilities. During the first workshop, the group worked on cadavre exquis: a drawing game in which multiple people take turns contributing to a single drawing. This resulted in unexpected, often humorous and bizarre fantasy creatures. In the following workshops, individual fantasy creatures and elements from nature were drawn. Based on these results, Nina created two new works in which the participants’ drawings reappear on jackets through patches, buttons, pins, and embroidery.

About the artist

Nina van de Ven’s work creates a personal universe grounded in visual storytelling. She draws on iconography spanning human civilization, combining objects, motifs, and symbols from historical, occult, and everyday sources, rich with references to both history and pop culture. In her drawings, she searches for balance in patterns, freely associating between light, dark, posture, and visual language, allowing the work to evolve throughout the process. Her works have been part of exhibitions in Museum De Pont, Art Rotterdam, PARK and Dutch Design Week Eindhoven.

About Landpark Assisië & De Sam

Landpark Assisië in Biezenmortel is a residential care facility where Prisma provides support to people with intellectual disabilities. De Sam is a dedicated unit within the park that offers residents opportunities to engage in creative activities, including painting, drawing, and crafts. In addition, De Sam operates a shop at Landpark Assisië where these handcrafted creations are for sale.