References
Across organisations, healthcare settings, schools, communities, public events and the ARTKOM studio, people have entered creative processes that made space for connection, reflection and shared meaning.These stories offer a glimpse into what artist-led participatory art can make possible.
Featured
A selected group of collaborations that show the depth, range and organisational relevance of ARTKOM's practice.
Live Art · Healthcare
Roche Diagnostics
2019 · Leuven, Belgium
A live participatory art activation for Roche Diagnostics International, developed in collaboration with DAFT Creative Production. Participant images were projected onto canvas, guests contributed to the work, and the process led to a final personalised painting and hand-finished reproductions.
Teams · International
Melexis
2021 · Belgium
An artist-led team retreat for Melexis international site managers, using shared creative process, music, material exploration, open air sessions, informal wine & food experience to create connection across cultures and time zones.
"I believe this kind of activity should become an integral part of the HR agenda to support innovation, inclusivity, collaboration and a new sense of connection."
Teams · Education
KU Leuven Library / PBIB
2022 · Leuven, Belgium
A team atelier for KU Leuven Library, held after a difficult period. A collective art process in which participation developed gradually, trust grew alongside the work, and a shared visual outcome carried the experience of the day.
"As progress was made on the project, trust also grew between us. The shared experience helped us reconnect and revealed what becomes possible when everyone brings something unique."
Leadership · International
Unlocking Eve
2021–2023 · Switzerland · Slovenia · Canada · UK · Davos
A long-form international collaboration with Unlocking Eve across Switzerland, Slovenia, Canada, the UK and the SDG Tent at the World Economic Forum in Davos, as painter, participatory artist, creative director and artistic collaborator shaping a visual language, participatory experiences and public presentations.
"You defined the Unlocking Eve visual system in a way that will continue to shape its image."
Live Art · Conference
Roche Pharma Belux
2021 · International conference
A commissioned artist collaboration for ROCHE Pharma, combining large-scale paintings, an artist talk and participatory creative sessions for bringing artistic presence into a healthcare organisation around shared values and mission.
Public Events · Artistic Collaboration
Cardo Brussels
2024 · Brussels, Belgium
An ongoing artistic collaboration with Cardo Brussels combining exhibition-making, live artistic presence and participatory art experiences within a cultural hospitality context, bringing painting practice into dialogue with guests, gatherings and place.
Live Event Painting · Public Events
Break The Ice Forum · at Cardo Brussels
2025 · Cardo Brussels, Belgium
Live event painting at the Break The Ice Forum, hosted at Cardo Brussels, a participatory canvas taking shape alongside the programme, inviting delegates into shared marks and offering a visible trace of the day.
Section two
Further experiences across organisations, healthcare, education, communities, public events and the ARTKOM studio.
Organisations & Teams
TAUW
A team session using painting and shared creative process to strengthen connection and shared experience within a professional context.
Arts & Health
Arts in Balans
An artist-led creative practice inviting doctors and healthcare professionals into presence, reflection and reconnection through material process.
Education & Community
Green School South Africa
Creative inquiry with students and community inside a progressive learning environment: participation, expression and shared making rooted in place.
Education & Community
!Khwa ttu, South Africa
A site-specific artistic process in dialogue with land, ancestry and collective memory inviting local children into play, expression and embodied participation.
Public Events & Talks
Cardo Brussels
A hospitality-context collaboration exploring how artistic presence and creative encounter can enrich guest experience and cultural connection.
Arts & Health
De Binnentuin
Small-group creative sessions inside a psychotherapeutic context, offering an artistic, non-verbal space alongside clinical care.
1:1 Atelier
John Watts
A one-to-one atelier collaboration in colour and material, a sustained personal creative practice shaped in the studio.
1:1 Atelier
AN DEROOST
A one-to-one atelier practice moving from mental over-work into material process, using paint as a way of thinking with the hands.
Studio Ateliers
Group Atelier · Mindful Painting Game
A recurring group atelier and mindful painting game offering an ongoing studio space for personal creative practice.
Public Events & Talks
Arts, Music & Wine
A recurring public event combining artistic encounter, music and shared gathering, bringing creative practice into a cultural public setting.
Public Events & Talks
European Open Science Cloud · EOSC
A live, time-bound collective portrait ritual inside an international assembly, inviting participants to contribute presence and marks to a shared image.
Public Events & Talks
Daft by Nature
A collaborative artist residency rooted in shared presence, landscape and creative exchange, culminating in a public presentation.
Section three
Three quiet voices from different contexts, chosen for what they show about ARTKOM's practice.
"As progress was made on the project, trust also grew between us. The shared experience helped us reconnect and revealed what becomes possible when everyone brings something unique."
"I believe this kind of activity should become an integral part of the HR agenda to support innovation, inclusivity, collaboration and a new sense of connection."
"You defined the Unlocking Eve visual system in a way that will continue to shape its image."
Selected partners & contexts
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ARTKOM partners with organisations, teams, institutions and communities to create artist-led participatory processes shaped around their context.
Selected collaborations are shown as examples of artist-led participatory practice. Each process is shaped around the context, people and question of the partner organisation or community.
