Ingrid van der Hoeven's work, her Dutch East Indies background and family history have played an essential role from the very beginning.
In 2021, during her stay in an 'Artist in residence' - far from home and in unfamiliar surroundings - she came to realise that her family's origins and the building up of a new existence in this homeland deserved a more pronounced place in her work.
New, independent drawings came about that can also function as a basis for future spatial work.