Show Your Hope

Between 2003 and 2020 we have collected almost 1000 paintings from artists all over the world. They all made a painting about Hope, the universal and positive emotion.

News: we have decided to finalize the activities.
In October 2022 we will organize the last exhibition with all the painings at VDLART Gallery in Eindhoven City during the Dutch Design Week.

Pulic (live-streamed) talks during DDW on the following dates. Click on the date to go to the live stream (when active):

vrijdag 21 oct	19.00-21.00 met Hans Matheeuwsen
zondag 23 oct	14.00-15.00 met Stef van IJzervreter
woensdag 26 oct	19.00-21.00 met Thom Aussems en Jean Paul Close
zondag 30 oct	14.00-15.00 met Aref Damee

We shall also publish a new catalog with all unpublished paintings and stories made by international artists, as they were told on stage during our theatre performances.
The following translations can be downloaded (soon):
NL (not yet available)
D (not yet available)
F (not yet available)

Thank you all for these wonderful years. Thank you artists, thank you audience, thank you organizers, and thank you all who have helped!

The world is still full of hope but Mr. Martin is going to focus on reality now.

In the meantime, take a moment to watch part 1 of the Show Your Hope Final Grand Presentation on the right.
For more, visit our

Youtube channel

Click here to view live-stream of DDW public talks (when available)

Show Your Hope is an art project that serves as a communication project between the participating artists, the audience, and you

Interview Martin Voorbij

Show Your Hope introduction film in Istria

Show Your Hope in Banja Luka

Mr Martin travels around the world giving blank canvasses to artists and asking them to visualize their idea of Hope. When the painting is finished, Martin collects the Story behind it order to share it during one of the mobile exhibitions, or at his home in the Inkijkmuseum in Eindhoven. Over 1000 stories have been collected since 2003.

This website serves as the digital archive for the Show Your Hope project and as a tool to keep you up to date of its current whereabouts.
The old website, with all of the historical information of this project, can be found here

Over 1000 paintings showing Hope have been collected since 2003