Hobie Minnebreuker
1997, Netherlands
Artist statement
In my work, I explore the human body as both boundary and bridge—a form that simultaneously protects and reveals. This tension between strength and vulnerability lies at the heart of my practice. Through the physical, craft-based process of photogravure, I give digital images a tactile dimension; each print carries the traces of presence, time, and imperfection.
To me, the body is not a fixed entity, but an open, fragmented narrative in constant motion. No image is ever final—they are traces, impressions that shift depending on how we look, how we project, how we feel. Every step in my process, from digital origin to hand-inked plate, is a deliberate choice to invite chance, rupture, and resonance.
I strive to create images that remain in motion—that don’t offer answers, but invite questions. That continue to resonate in their imperfection, like a whisper of something you think you recognize but can never fully grasp.
Exhibitions
2025
Encontros da Imagem - International Photography and Visual Arts Festival PT (group)
Kunstroute Halderberge (group)
NOCKNOCK Studio, Amsterdam (group)
Mécanique Générale, Luma Arles FR (group)
GalleryLane, Breda (group)
De Salon, Oudenbosch (solo)
2024
Pennings Foundation (talentwall)
2023
Artzaanstad, Zaandam (group)
Cult Creche, Art Rotterdam Week (solo)
2022
DE BOUWPUT, Amsterdam (solo)
NOCKNOCK ArtFair Amsterdam
NOW SHOW, Sint Joost Photography and Film, Breda
2021
NS16, Tilburg
ARTIST BOOKS
2024 INDRUK, self published - 200 copies
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2025
Finalists of EI Photobook Award 2025
2024
Artist in residence
2022 Oct/Nov, AGALAB Amsterdam
PRESS
2024 - BN de Stem, 'Elk lichaam vertelt een verhaal' Oudenbossche kunstenaar Hobie viert imperfecte lijven
2023 - Noordhollands dagblad, Met deze drie Zaanse foto-exposities hebben fotografieliefhebbers wat te kiezen
2023 - PS PAROOL, In heel Amsterdam zitten kunstenaars verstopt: ‘Een residentie haalt je uit je context’
Education
2018 - 2022 Photography and Film BA, AKV|St.Joost Breda
2020 - 2021 Educatieve Minor Hoger Beroepsonderwijs BA,
Hogeschool Rotterdam
CONTACT
e-mail: hm-fotografie@outlook.com
tel: +31 (0)6 4731 9120