Toebie van Hattem is a multidisciplinary artist working across photography, film, music, digital art and LivingArt. His practice moves between personal observation, international travel, collaboration with other makers and the recording of human presence through image and sound.

Toebie grew up in an artistic family where creativity, freedom, travel and self-directed development were part of everyday life. From an early age he encountered different cultures and ways of living, which shaped an open, observant and independent perspective. As a child he appeared in the NPO/KRO-NCRV documentary Ik Moet Niks, which offered a public glimpse into his alternative upbringing, home education and free learning path. That early documentation still forms an important layer in his practice: not learning in order to fit into a system, but learning to observe, feel and give form from within.

Since 2019 Toebie has been developing his practice professionally through music, photography, film and audiovisual projects. Much of his work emerges while travelling: in France, the Netherlands, Japan, China, Poland, Romania and Australia. In his photography he searches for moments in which place, human presence and atmosphere briefly come together. Series such as Outer Worlds, Outsider, Romanian Experimentation, Countryside Romania, Love in a Castle and Friends Through Time reveal his gaze as a traveller, maker and outsider who is willing to look closely.

In 2025 Toebie worked in and around Melbourne on a growing body of photographic and visual assignments. He photographed event posters and promotional images for musicians and venues including The Motley Bauhaus, Bar Oussou, Voodoo Lovechild Speakeasy Bar, Balaclava Boogie Music Crawl and Showcase Victoria / Music Victoria Profile – Tobi A.O. Jay. These works show how his visual language functions within live music culture, performance settings and independent creative communities.

Alongside photography, Toebie works in music and video production. He has created music videos and visualizers through WOTC Productions, including Say To Me and PLANT A SEED, and has contributed to audiovisual productions such as Hey!, 2B – Short Film and LOST with Kevin within the context of Chrome Prophecy. His practice is therefore not tied to one medium: photography, sound, rhythm, film and drawing move through one another.

A key recent project is Chrome Prophecy, an art collective and platform that Toebie co-founded in 2025 with fellow artist Kevin Kutzschke. Chrome Prophecy focuses on collaboration between international makers, the sharing of the stories behind artworks and the visibility of creative processes. The project aims to break through isolation within artistic practice and bring art back to direct human connection: maker, work, environment and audience in one shared movement.

Within his photographic practice, Outer Worlds forms a central series. The work emerged during his travels through Japan, Australia and Romania and consists of images that feel as if someone from the outside is looking in. The series shows temporary worlds, human details and cultural fragments that might otherwise pass unnoticed. Outer Worlds is not only a travel record, but an investigation into looking, remembering and being present.

Toebie’s work is personal, direct and unguarded. He is not searching for distant perfection, but for a form of authenticity in which vulnerability, spontaneity and human energy remain visible. His practice is closely connected to the foundations of 2Born2B: freedom, self-direction, mutual coaching, international exchange and the belief that art can be a way to understand oneself and the world with greater care. Toebie is also part of 2Born2B foundation.

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Toebie van Hattem

Born in 2004 in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Resides and works in Melbourne, Australia Utrecht, Netherlands, international

Education/training: Homescholing - private lessons and guides in music culture and art

Art-related contemporary guidance:

Toebie is being mentored by Julien Delagrange, an art historian. Delagrange studied Art Science at the University of Ghent and received his master's degree magna cum laude. He gained extensive experience at institutions such as the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR) and the Jan Vercruysse Foundation (artist estate) in Brussels. Through his work as an art critic, guest lecturer and artist represented by renowned galleries worldwide, he has an impressive network and in-depth knowledge of the art world. The program offers invaluable insights and practical advice for navigating the art world, based on Delagrange's broad experience and connections. Through this guidance, Toebie gains essential knowledge about strategies, industry standards and the unwritten rules that are crucial to him as a person/artist and his growing career.

Professional contributions :

2026: preparing exhibitions - traveling plan - building foundation 2Born2B/Chrome Prophecy

2025: Photographer (event poster), Tsunami & The Spirit Sounds, The Motley Bauhaus, Australia

2025: Photographer (event poster), Community Living Room: Reframing Rejection with Love Tsunamii, Bar Oussou, Australia

2025: Photographer (event poster), Bar Oussou Open Mic & Jam Night featuring Tsunami, Australia
2025: Photographer (event poster), A.O. Jay Tobi & Friends, Bar Oussou, Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia
2025: Photographer (event poster), Balaclava Boogie Music Crawl, Voodoo Lovechild Speakeasy Bar, Australia

2025: Photographer (promotional image), Showcase Victoria Music Victoria Profile – Tobi A.O. Jay (online), Australia

2025: Photographer (private artwork), Eileen M. Yallambie, Melbourne, Australia

2025: Photographer (art series), “Friends Through Time”, Great Ocean Road, Australia

2025: Artist (drawing) “Collective”, Melbourne, Australia

2025: Photographer (collaboration), Kevout Art Profile Portrait, Melbourne, Australia

2025 Artist (drawing), “Delightful”, Melbourne, Australia

2025 Artist (drawing), “Nightly Doodles”, Melbourne, Australia

2025: Videographer (production), “LOST Music video featuring Kevout”, ChromeProphecy Instagram (online), Australia

2025 Artist (drawing), “LOST”, Melbourne, Australia

2025: Photographer (art series), “Love in a Castle”, Transylvania, Romania

2024: Photographer (art series), Untitled 5, Melbourne, Australia

2024: Photographer (art series), Untitled 4, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Japan

2024: Photographer (art series), Untitled 3, Beijing, China

2024: Photographer (art series), “Outsider”, Wleń, Poland

2024: Photographer (marriage ceremony), Jurjen D. and previously Amy P., marriage ceremony for family and friends, Schagen, Netherlands

2024: Photographer (marriage signing), Jurjen D. and previously Amy P., marriage signing ceremony documentation, Schagen, Netherlands

2024: Photographer (art series), “Romanian Experimentation”, Timisoara, Romania

2024: Photographer (artwork), “Sky”, France

2024: Photographer (social media), “Night in Romania”, Timisoara, Romania

2024: Photographer (artwork documentation), Cornelis van Klaveren – Contemporary Art Portfolio, Reilhaguet, Occitanie, France

2024: Production (comedy series), PILOT (online), France

2024: Production (video & music), 2B - Short Film (online) France

2024: - ongoing: LivingArt (art performance), documentary interview and live photography. Amsterdam, Netherlands

2024: Photographer (art series), “Countryside Romania”, Timisoara, Romania

2024: Artist (digital art), “Untitled 2”, Romania

2024 Artist (digital art), “Colors”, Romania

2024: Artist (digital art), “Portrait”, France

2024: Artist (digital art), “Experimental piece”, France

2024 Artist (digital art), “untitled”, France

2024: Artist (digital art), “Faced”, France

2024: Artist (digital art), “Head Space”, France

2022: Production (video & music), WOTC Productions - Say To Me Official Visualizer, (online),France

2022: Production (video & music), WOTC Productions - PLANT A SEED Official Music Video (online), France

2020 Photographer (social media), “A cats day”, Salviac, France

2020: Photographer (social media), “French Nature”, Salviac, France

2019 Production (music video), “Hey!”, Salviac, France

2019 Living Art (interview), Q&A 2B - Ik Moet Niks (online)

2011 - 2019: Living Art, (documentary), NPO Documentary “Ik Moet Niks” (online & theater screenings), Netherlands

2019: Guitarist (music performance), The Moment, Cazals, France

2019: Photographer (social media), “Boat Trip in France, De Dordogne with my grandparents”, Dordogne, France

2018 Photographer (social media), “Reflection of the church”, Salviac, France

2018: Photographer (social media), “Cat”, North Holland, Netherlands

2017: Artist (digital art), “ÆRT”, North Holland, Netherlands

2017: LivingArt (fashion designer), Second prototype in “the works” for a charity fused webshop for positive centred clothing brand North Holland, Netherlands

2017: LivingArt (fashion designer), Working on prototype of a charity fused webshop for positive centred clothing brand, North Holland, Netherlands

2016: Guitarist (music performance), Pop School Your Song, performing Douce Ambiance by Django Reinhardt, North Holland, Netherlands

2015: LivingArt (dancer), Kids Are Dancing Working for The Show….., North Holland, Netherlands

2015: Flutist (musician), 2Born2B with Flute, North Holland, Netherlands

2015: Living Art (Educational Video), Human Rights app promotion by 2B, North Holland, Netherlands

2015: Guitarist (music performance), Pop School Your Song, Kerstshow Toebie, North Holland, Netherlands

2015: LivingArt (mini doc), “World Crossing Cultures Talk 2 Friends / Art/Poem/ Flute and The”, North Holland, Netherlands

2015 Percussionist (musician), WOTC Productions, North Holland, Netherlands

2015: Guitarist (music performance), Pop School Your Song, “Toebie’s eindpresentatie met een liedje van Bob Marley”, North Holland, Netherlands

2012: Living Art, (documentary), Visit the Artist Ibiza 2012, Ibiza, Spain

2012: Artist (digital art), “Kunst van Toebie van vroeger..”, Ibiza, Spain

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https://www.ticketleap.events/events/balaclava-boogie/a-o-jay-tobi-at-voodoo-lovechild-balaclava-boogie

https://showcasevictoria.com.au/music-profiles/tobi-a-o-jay/

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https://www.cornelisvanklaveren.com/Year-year: Major/degree, institution, place, country

Professional contributions (art-related jobs, curatorial contributions, teaching, mentorships, member of a board, etc.):