ARTKOM
ARTKOM creates artist-led spaces for individuals, teams and care contexts to pause, reconnect and give form to what matters.
Through guided making, reflection and shared artistic processes, ARTKOM works with individuals, teams and care communities in the studio and within organisations.
Founded by painter and participatory artist Nicky Myny, with 15 years of professional experience at the intersection of art, facilitation and Arts & Health.
Previous contexts
01, Practice
Three artist-led pathways, each shaped for a different audience, context and moment.
When life feels full and you need space to slow down, create and hear yourself again.
Open ateliers and one-to-one studio sessions for slowing down, making with your hands and reconnecting with creative practice. No artistic experience needed.
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When teams need to reconnect, navigate change or make culture more tangible.
Team ateliers, leadership offsites, wellbeing days, conference activations and long-form residencies around culture, transition and shared themes.
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When people working in care need meaningful ways to reflect, connect and give form to what their work carries.
Arts in Balance (NL) offers experiential wellbeing for doctors and care teams, combining psychological expertise with artistic ways of working for reflection, resilience and mental balance.
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02, Why it matters
Participatory art invites people to engage beyond words. Through gesture, colour, material, rhythm and shared attention, people can connect with themselves, others and a theme in a different way.
The practice is informed by Arts & Health research, offered alongside care, not instead of it.
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03, Principles
ARTKOM is guided by evidence-informed principles of participatory art. They shape how we design ateliers, team experiences and residencies around welcoming conditions, active involvement, expression and shared human presence.
Read Our Approach →04, Previous collaborations
ARTKOM has worked with corporate, academic, cultural, care and community partners, from pharmaceutical and semiconductor leadership teams to a university library, a hospital-facing peer network and a heritage centre in South Africa. A selection of contexts below.
Collaboration
Corporate art partnership with keynote, artist residency, murals and commissioned works.
Collaboration
Keynote and participatory art intervention with Unlocking Eve, exploring integrated leadership and change in healthcare.
Collaboration
Experiential wellbeing for physicians, combining psychological expertise and artistic practices to support reflection, resilience and mental balance.
Previous contexts also include Unlocking Eve, Cardo Brussels, !Khwa ttu.
05, Meet the artist
Nicky Myny is a painter, participatory artist and founder of ARTKOM Arts & Health. Her practice grew from a personal encounter with art during illness, developed over two decades into professional Arts & Health work.
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06, Begin
Whether you are looking for a meaningful experience for your team, a reflective arts-based programme for care professionals, or an intimate atelier experience for yourself, ARTKOM offers creative spaces where connection and meaning can take form.