Tonger presents Ina Fekken and Egbert Jan Brink | January 31 - February 22, 2026

About this activity.

Ina Fekken
In 1992, I graduated as an independent visual artist from the Minerva Academy in Groningen. Prior to this study, I completed a degree in environmental science at the Agricultural College. This has shaped the underlying themes in my work. The inescapable influence that humans have on nature/the environment is my central motif.

I connect social themes with the fragile material of paper. Each time, the theme is the same: my deep concern about how we as humans interact with nature. It is also my greatest motivation for making art. Climate change, the decline in biodiversity, and the looming silence (Rachel Carson - Silent Spring) pain me and leave me feeling powerless. Being an environmental artist gives me strength, and I hope I can convey that feeling to the viewer.

Specially for this exhibition, I'm creating the installation "Droomschap" (Dreamscape), a multitude of inflated paper cushion shapes, through which you can wander.

Other of my work will also be on display (see images).

Egbert Jan Brink
Black on White

In his large-format drawings and smaller graphic works, Egbert Jan Brink explores the boundaries of feasibility and control. His starting point is often a chance discovery from a sea of ​​history: a colonial photograph, a topographical map, or a marginal note. For him, history and imagination are two sides of the same coin. Using charcoal, ink, paintstick, or lithographic crayon, he moves scratchily between abstraction and figuration. The sea, geology, birds, mythological figures, and architectural structures dominate his universe, a somewhat murky world in predominantly black and white.

Egbert Jan trained as a historian and attended the Drawing Inventions Academy. He exhibits regularly both within and outside the province.

Kunstroute op het Hogeland.

Location.

Kunstruimte Tonger
Tongerwei 4
8834 XC Baard