CV
Education
1995 - 1999
Willem de Kooning Academy, Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art / Interaction Design
1992 - 1995
Technical University of Delft, Faculty of Architecture, unfinished
Exhibitions
2023
No Content, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2022
Repositions, Panke Gallery, Berlin, DE
2021
Van Gogh Inspires: Jan Robert Leegte, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2020
Inside | Outside, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
2019
SCREEN IT - Stadstriënnale, Hasselt, Genk
Clear Obscure, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizens
Iconicity, W. Zuccaire Gallery, New York
Art Rotterdam, Upstream Gallery, Rotterdam
2018
Contemporary Istanbul with Upstream Gallery Amsterdam, Istanbul
Measurements, Société, Brussels
Near enough?, Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam
From ZERO to 2018, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (group)
Stream Capture, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Massachusetts, USA (group)
2017
Volatile Truths, Rainbow Unicorn, Berlin (group)
Electronic Superhighway, MAAT, Lisbon, PT (group)
Open Codes, ZKM Karlsruhe, DE (group)
Dadaclub.online, Galerie Charlot, Paris, FR (group)
Materialising the Internet, MU, Eindhoven, NL (group)
Remake of Robert Smithsons Spiral Jetty in Minecraft and Random Selection, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL (group)
Sculpting the Internet, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
2016
On Digital Materiality, online exhibition at Carroll/Fletcher, London, UK (solo)
Monochrome, The Société, Brussels, BE (group)
Digital Landscapes, Amsterdam Art Fair 2016 with Upstream Gallery (group)
Electronic Superhighway, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (group)
Shifting Optics III, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, NL (group)
Gym of Obsolete Technology, W139, Amsterdam, NL (group)
New World, Link Cabinet, Link Art Center, online (solo)
0/1 // assume both, Cimatics, Brussels, BE
Van Gogh Mini’s, MOTI, Breda, NL
2015
Splash page feature, Rizome.org
Veenkoloniën, public art assignment, NL
Platformas de la Imaginación, lleon, Mexico City, MX
Expeditie Land Art, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, NL
Sublime Landscapes in Gaming, Rijksmuseum Twente, Enschede, NL
Anonymous Materials, Ithaca, GR (group)
We Make Carpets & Jan Robert Leegte, Tetem, Enschede, NL (duo)
‘Internet Yamiichi / Black Market, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam NL (group)
2014
non-art, ‘Pixxelpoint’ festival 2014, Nova Gorica, Slovenia (festival)
Born Digital, MOTI museum, Den Bosch, NL (group)
Jan Robert Leegte, Cloaque, WEB (solo / group)
Internet Yami-ichi, iMal, Brussels BE (group)
Data Culture, New Horizons Festival, Rotterdam, NL (group)
Into Thin Words, Like a Little Disaster, Ventura Palace, Bari, IT (group)
KLAAR!, De Vishal en Oude Kerk, Haarlem, NL (group)
BrowserBased goes Hyperlocal!, Powera, Berlin, DE (group)
Out of Office, Matthew Britton, WEB (group)
Net-Recycling, Nomade Art Space, Hangzhou, CH (group)
Born Digital, Link Art Center, Paddle8, WEB (group)
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Route Du Nord:Roodkapje, Rotterdam, NL (group)
HyperLocal, de Ruimte, Amsterdam, NL (group)
2013
New Collection, MOTI museum, Den Bosch, NL (group) - acquisition of ‘Remake of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty in MineCraft’
Notes on a New Nature, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (group)
Mountains, Drop Shadows, Source Code and Stuff, Joey Ramone Gallery, Rotterdam (solo)
Show Off, Paris, FR (group)
Dutch Treat, Post DADA, Berlin, DE (group)
local non-access, KM Temporaer, Berlin, DE (group)
Sassy, Jaap Sleper Gallery, Utrecht (group)
Google Maps as a Sculpture, Domain Gallery, WEB (solo)
You don’t need to be a Sailer to find an Island, NNM gallery, Lima, PERU (group)
Young Internet Based Artists, Wrong Bienale Pavilion Anthony Antonellis, WEB (group)
Random Selection in Random Image as Screensaver, Screen Saver Gallery, SOFTWARE, (solo)
Remake of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty in Minecraft, Neverland Space, WEB, (solo)
2012
Mostra Collettiva Edtiva, Bubblebyte,org (group)
Kunstvlaai, Attraction of the Opposites bay, Amsterdam (group)
2011
Attraction of the Opposites, Cukosa, Rotterdam (festival)
Point of Presence, Truck Gallery, Calgery, CA (group)
Notes on a New Nature, 319 Scholes, NY, USA (group)
Six Degrees of Separation, CBK, Den Bosch, NL
Art Amsterdam Fair, Joey Ramone Gallery, Amsterdam (group)
2010
Circling the Prey, HB Galerie, Rotterdam, NL (solo)
Arti 10 Artfair, HB Galerie, Rotterdam, NL (group)
White, Yellow, Blue, and Black, one Coincidence, and one Object, Galerija Galzenica, Velika, Croatia (group)
Slot Machine, Zoete Broodjes, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
2009
Fluid Architecture, NIMK, Amsterdam, NL (group)
Reverse Engineering, Capricious Space, New York, USA (group)
'Contemporary Semantics Beta (A delicious day), Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL (group)
Jan Robert Leegte, HBgalerie, Rotterdam, NL (solo)
Route du Nord - Zwaanshals Galleryroute, HB Galerie, Rotterdam, NL (group)
2008
Unfinished Business / Dutch Abstracts, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz, AT (group)
First Selection, Club Internet, WEB (group)
Under the Surface, RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden, NL (group)
Leegte, De Grunerie, Oegsteest, NL (duo)
Wilde Metafysica, Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag, NL (group)
Cleotronics 08, ACAF, Alexandria, Egypt (festival)
Hello, Goodbye, Nieuwe Video, Haarlem, NL (group)
2007
Plastic, The White Hotel, Brussels, BE (group)
Leegte, Mediaruimte, Brussels, BE (solo)
2006
Jan Robert Leegte, ACAF, Alexandria, EG (solo)
Earational 2006, Den Bosch, NL (festival)
Gogbot, Enschede, NL (festival)
Toekenningen 031, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam, NL (group)
Sainte Victoire - denken naar abstractie - #3, SAFE, Dalfsen, NL (group)
Digital bodies, Reuten Gallery, Amsterdam, NL (group)
Sensorium, Montevideo, Amsterdam, NL (group)
Overstijgen, Transcending the Medium, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz, AT (duo)
scrollbars, Planetart, Enschede, NL (solo)
untitled (ornaments), Ovalhalle, Museum Quartier, Vienna, AT (solo)
Three Spaces, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, NL (solo)
2005
Ultrasound, Huddersfield, GB (festival)
Jan Robert Leegte, De Verschijning, Tilburg, NL (solo)
Techno2, Montevideo, Amsterdam, NL (group)
Drie manieren om naar hetzelfde te kijken, PAKT, Amsterdam, NL (group)
Scrollbars, Medialounge / The Media Centre, Huddersfield, GB (solo)
2004
Uitgelicht 4, Fonds voor beeldende kunsten, vormgeving en bouwkunst, NL (group)
groupshow
Eindeloze Werken, curator: Jan Maarten Voskuil, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, NL (group)
2003
Lopend Beeld 2, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, NL (festival)
Untitled, included in showroom, http://www.medienturm.at, Graz, Austria (edition)
groupshow
Leegte, Luining, van der Spek, Zapf Dingbats, The Hague, NL (group)
Abstraction Now, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, AT (groupshow)
artcart, http://www.artcart.de, DE (solo)
2002
Non Members Only, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL (groupshow)
MTV mobile, MTV Japan, JP, 2002 (assignment)
Performance, NoorderZon festival, Groningen, NL (festival)
2001
Last Birthday Party, de Balie, Amsterdam, NL (group)
lopend beeld, nieuwe vide, Haarlem, NL (group)
File - Electronic Language Festival, Sao Paolo, BR (festival)
untitled[scrollbars] included in artbase, http://www.rhizome.org, USA (collection)
pandaemonium, the Lux, Londen, GB (group)
shower http://www.pavu.com, FR (group)
2000
site:specific, W139, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
andernorts, http://www.andernorts.de, DE (group)
netgallery
artcart, http://www.artcart.de, DE
netAffects, kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, NL (group)
script, http://www.blindsound.com, KR (group)
'video-positive'-festival 'The Other Side of Zero, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, GB (festival)
1999
degrees feet inches, http://www.dfi.org.uk, GB (group)
Curatorial, research, commissions
2018
Cultural Matter, public programma at LIMA, Amsterdam, NL
2015
The Lima Collection 2015 / medium specific, curator and presentation, LIMA, Amsterdam, NL
Internet Yami-ichi / Black Market, curator at De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
Post-Internet, mini symposium, curator / organizer at ArtEZ, Arnhem, NL
2014/2015
Game Fund, Advisory committee member
2014
Data Culture, curator at New Horizons Festival, Rotterdam, NL
Creative Industries Fund E-culture, temporary advisor
2013
The Digital Space, curator workshop Gerrit Rietveld Academy
2012-present
Browser Based, research group net related art www.BrowserBased.org
2010
Research programm, lectoraat kunst in de publieke ruimte, Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL
2008
Unfinished Business / Dutch Abstracts, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz, AT (curator)
2005/2013
Chairman of the curatorial commission Art et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
2004
The Anatomy of the Now, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL (curator)
Lectures, workshops, teaching
2015
Artist talk, MOTI museum, Den Bosch, NL
Artist talk, Showroom MaMa, Rotterdam, NL
Artist talk, ‘Internetional’ Symposium, Rotterdam, NL
Artist talk, ‘Post Internet’ mini symposium, ArtEZ, Arnhem, NL
Masterclass ‘Internet Art’, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, NL
External assessor graduations Artscience BA and MA programme, The Hague, NL
2014-present
tutor / lecturer, KABK Academy, The Haque, NL
2013-present
tutor / lecturer, ArtEZ Academy, Arnhem, NL
Artist talk, Setup, Utrecht, NL
2010
Artist talk, Rotabs, Rotterdam, NL Artist talk, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, NL
2009
Artist talk, ‘The Dropshadow Talks', Berlin, DE Artist talk, NIMK, Amsterdam, NL
2008/2015
tutor / lecturer, Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL
2007
workshop internet art + lecture, ACAF, Alexandria, EG
2006
Artist talk, Planetart, Enschede, NL
Artist talk, Ovalhalle, Museum Quartier, Vienna, AT
2005
Artist talk, PAKT, Amsterdam, NL
Artist talk, Medialounge / The Media Centre, Huddersfield, GB
2003
Artist talk, Royal Art Academy The Hague, NL
8
week course on netart, Willem de Kooning academy, Rotterdam, NL
2002
Artist talk, 'Lazy Marie', Begane Grond, Utrecht, NL
1999
Lecture, HTS ICT, Hogeschool Rotterdam, NL lecture, Willem de Kooning academy, Rotterdam, NL
Grants / residencies
2009
Artist in Residence, Kunstlerhaus Buechsenhausen, Innsbruck, AT
2006
Artist in residence, ACAF, Alexandria, Egypt (funded by Mondrian Fund)
Project grant, Mondrian Fund
2005
Artist in residence, MuseumQuartier, Vienna, AT (courtesy: MedienTurm)
2003
Startstipendium, Mondrian Fund
Travelsubsidy, Mondrian Fund, (for Abstraction Now, Vienna)
Reviews, interviews and publications
2013
Jan-Robert Leegte: Minecraft, Maartje Knepper, Kunstbeeld
2013
A quest for silence and bewilderment in Minecraft’s vast expanses, Annet Dekker, Metropolis M
Negative Entropy: Jan Robert Leegte’s Remake of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty in Minecraft, Giampaolo Bianconi, Rhizome.org
An Interview with New Media Artist Jan Robert Leegte’, Michelle Kasprzak, Akimbo.ca
2011
Content, Form, Im-material, Cont3xt.net
2010
The One Idea, One Result Method, Interview with Cont3xt.net
2009
Unfinished Business, catalogue of the groupshow 'Unfinished Business' in Graz, AT
GLITCH, Designing Imperfection’, Thames and Hudson
2006
Varoom magazine nr.2, London, GB
Origina magazine 2006 february edition, Mexico City, MX
2004
E-Project Vol.2, Paopaws, Taipei, TW 'Abstraction Now' catalogue, Vienna, AT
Uitgelicht 4 catalogue, Amsterdam, NL
2003
Eindeloze Werken, catalogue, Haarlem, NL
2002
Netkunst, Lucasx 2002 No. 1 (author: Josephine Bosma)
2001
Animatiewerelden zijn opeens kunst, De Volkskrant, 2 november (author: Merlijn Schoonenboom)
2000
Liverpool Roundup, dropping to zero, Log Illustrated Magazine winter 2000 (author: Alice Angus)
andernorts . elsewhere, am Ort (catalogus 'andernorts'), 2000 (author: Mario Hergueta)
, HTV de IJsberg jul/aug 2000 (author: Jan Robert Leegte)
'', HTV de IJsberg jul/aug 2000 (author: Jan Robert Leegte)
talk & read insight, Eyestorm 4/7/00 (author: Jon Thomson)
1999
Crackle & Pop, Art Monthly 1999 No. 231 (author: Jon Thomson)