My Story

I am Ingeborg Steenhorst, a visual artist, photographer and fashion designer. Things I love are visiting musea and castles, books, music, films, horse riding, animals and hiking in nature. Beside my passion in photography and visual art, I work parttime as nurse in the field of home care.

The historical city  's-Hertogenbosch in the south of the Netherlands, is where I reside together with my very musical and also creative husband Rob and our cats 'Mini' and 'Maxi'. Close to home I have a nice atelier/studio space where I can fully express my creativity. From a young age I was busy drawing, painting and making 'things' from textiles, beads and all kinds of natural and unnatural materials. Besides ethnic and historical art and culture, I get a lot of inspiration from nature. Like nature itself, my work is versatile and contains a rich array of colours, atmospheres and distinctive details. After completing educations graphic and fashion design, as a freelancer I started to realize various assignments as a freelancer from designing logos, artworks and backdrops for bands, designing and manufacturing corsages, (wedding)outfits, hats and accessories up to the complete styling of artists and designing theatrical costumes for stage productions.

Since 2020 I have also started to actively further develop myself as a photographer. I regularly go into nature to photograph all the beautiful things I see there. I publish my photos as stand-alone images and as series and I also process 'parts' of my photo's into digital photo artwork. Next to nature and landscape themes, I create surreal portraits in which my costume designs play a role. In addition to the photography, I am experimenting with body painting and I create hand-painted and embellished wall hangings that act as atmospheric backgrounds for the portraits. In themselves, however, these wall hangings are also unique textile artworks.

"Being a versatile artist, I find the use of one technique or discipline too one-sided, which is why I like to combine various art disciplines."

Creating sustainable

Involved with nature and the environment, I mainly create sustainable through the reuse of textiles and materials and a combination of up- and recycling techniques with traditional needlework. I prefer to work with vintage textiles, vintage clothing and jewelry parts, natural and recycled materials and found or donated 'treasures'. In this way I make artistic outfits, theater costumes, headdresses, masks, accessories, textile jewelery, footwear, decorative objects and wall hangings. Manufacturing can take days, weeks and sometimes even months and results in creations full of details, layers and 'hidden' stories.

Commisions

- Custom made (wedding)outfits, accessories and hats for private customers,
- Several formal 'Prinsjesdag'  hat desigsn for female Dutch politicians,
- Fascinator hat designs for Dutch TV and media personality Marijke Helwegen
- Exclusive costumes, headdresses and masks for musictheatre productions like rock opera 'Karmaflow', Aerialart.de  and Ijstheater BV.
- Exclusive custom outfit and accessory designs for international rockbands and artists such as Floor Jansen (Nightwish), Epica, Xandria, Anneke van Giersbergen, Lacuna Coil, Cristina Scabia (Lacuna Coil/Jurylid 'The Voice' Italy) and many more.
 

Exhibitions

2019:
Boel Bazaar, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
DOK7 Art Fair, Havenstraat, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
Gemeenschapshuis Budeldorplein, NL
2018:
Galerie Albert Van Abbehuis, Eindhoven, NL
Prinsjesmarkt 2018, Plein, Den Haag, NL
Art Fair Kunstmanifestatie 2018, Sint Anthonis, NL
2017: 
Maker Fair 2017, Klokgebouw, Eindhoven, NL
Galerie Albert Van Abbehuis, Eindhoven, NL
Willem Twee Concertzaal, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
Weddingfair 2017, Tram Museum, Den Haag, NL
Sheguang Hu Couture Salon, Doetinchem, NL
2016:
FEMME event edition 2016, Effenaar, Eindhoven, NL
2015: 
FEMME event edition 2015, Effenaar, Eindhoven, NL
2014: 
FEMME event edition 2014, Effenaar, Eindhoven, NL
Galerie Albert Van Abbehuis, Eindhoven, NL
Weddingfair 2014, Sint-Vitus Kerk, Naarden, NL
2013:
MFVF edition 2013, Oktoberhallen, Wieze, B
2012:
MFVF edition 2012, Oktoberhallen, Wieze, B
Love & Mariagge Beurs 2012, 's-Hertogenbosch
2011:
Marine Gallery, Zeebrugge, B 
Modefabriek 2011,  RAI, Amsterdam, NL
Love & Mariagge Beurs 2011, RAI Amsterdam
Summerfair, Doorn, NL
Summerfair, Mijnsheerenland, NL
2010:
AFSH Kunst en Antiekbeurs, Brabanthallen, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
2009:
NHV Hat designer Expo 'Hoeden in het Paleis; , Escher Musuem,  Den Haag, NL
Dutch Design Week, TAC Art Centre, Eindhoven, NL
Kunstroute 2009, Sint Anthonis, NL
2008:
NHV Hat designer Expo 'Hoeden in het Paleis', Escher Musuem,  Den Haag, NL
Maranatha Kerk, Dordrecht, NL
Kasteel Heeswijk, Heeswijk Dinther, NL
NHV Hat Designers Expo, Keukehof, Lisse, NL
Chapeau voor Buren 2008, Buuren, NL
JOLI Interior, fashion and art galery, Zelhmen, NL
2007:
NHV Hat Designers Expo, Keukehof, Lisse, NL
Chapeau voor Buren 2007, Buuren, NL
2006:
WISH Lifestyle Fair, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
Ara Art Fair, Zwijdrecht, NL
Chapeau voor Buuren 2006, Buuren, NL
Summer Darkness Festival, Tivoli, Utrecht, NL
Hoedendag Arcen, Kasteeltuinen Arcen. NL
2005:
Art Fair, Ahoy, Rotterdam. NL

Art Fashion Shows

2018:  
Galerie Albert Van Abbehuis, Eindhoven, NL
2016:  
Willem Twee Concertzaal, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
FEMME event, Effenaar, Eindhoven, NL
2015:
FEMME event, Effenaar, Eindhoven, NL
2014:
FEMME event, Effenaar, Eindhoven, NL
Art Event 'Kunstlijn Haarlem', de Lichtfabriek, Haarlem, NL
2011:
Zomerfair Doorn, NL
2009:
Waalre's Museum, Waalre, NL
Chapeau voor Buuren, Buuren, NL
2008:
Kunstmanifestatie 2008, Town Hall, Sint Anthonis, NL
Sheguang Hu Couture show, Sint-Catharina Kerk, Doetinchem, NL
Sheguang Hu Couture show, Keukenhof, Lisse, NL
JOLI Interior, fashion and art galery, Zelhmen, NL
2007:
Ball du Masque, Amsterdam, NL
Weddingfair, Schiedam, NL
Miss China Europe Election, Circus Theater, Scheveningen, Den Haag, NL
Toermalijn Cruise Boat, Rotterdam. NL
2006:
Van Top Tot Teen, Nederlandse hoedenvereniging i.s.m. Craft Industry Board (HBA), NL
Fashiongala 2006, Hostellerie “De Hamert”, Wellerlooi, NL
'Gothic Lolita Fashion Show' Summer Darkness Festival, Utrecht, NL