Jan Robert Leegte: links
A sourced, growing bibliography for the Dutch net artist (born 1973): his own works, the institutions and galleries that hold and show him, the interviews and the press. Each entry is one line and a link. This archive feeds the AB[500] reference work.
Works & the artist's own sites
Official portfolio, a chronological archive of works from the 1997 scrollbar pieces to 2025.
leegte.org ↗The artist's running list of exhibitions and events.
leegte.org/index-events ↗Scrollbar Composition (2000), the live web work whose scrollbars jump at random, now in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam collection.
scrollbarcomposition.com ↗JPEG (2022), the project page defining compressionism: vanilla JavaScript triggering the browser's compression algorithm.
jpeg.leegte.org ↗Window (2022), compositions built from standard HTML DOM elements, an homage to 1997 interface aesthetics.
window.leegte.org ↗Waves, a generative web work in the artist's online series.
waves.leegte.org ↗Web (Doteunmc), a browser-based work by the artist.
web.leegte.org ↗In the AB[500]: Art Blocks
JPEG on Art Blocks, 275 editions, Art Blocks Presents, 2022.
artblocks.io/collection/jpeg ↗Window on Art Blocks, 404 editions, 2022.
artblocks.io/collection/window ↗Museums & institutions
Van Gogh Museum solo presentation Compressed Landscapes, part of the Van Gogh Inspires series, 2021.
vangoghmuseum.nl ↗The Van Gogh Museum's press release announcing Leegte's digital work.
vangoghmuseum.nl (press) ↗European Patent Office art collection, on the real-time landscape simulators including Performing a Landscape (2020).
epo.org ↗Digital Canon entry on Scrollbar Composition (2000) and its place in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
digitalcanon.nl ↗Rhizome ArtBase, the preservation record of Leegte's net.art including untitled[scrollbars].
artbase.rhizome.org ↗Galleries & exhibitions
Upstream Gallery (Amsterdam) artist page, biography and selected exhibitions.
upstreamgallery.nl ↗Joint Upstream Gallery and Office Impart presentation at Art Basel Zero 10, Basel, June 2026.
Art Basel Zero 10 ↗Sculpting the Internet, a solo exhibition on digital materiality at Upstream Gallery.
Sculpting the Internet ↗Mountains and Drop Shadows, Upstream Focus presentation of the generative drop-shadow works.
Mountains and Drop Shadows ↗Inside | Outside, a Leegte exhibition at Upstream Gallery.
Inside | Outside ↗Upstream Gallery announcement of the Window release on Art Blocks, 2022.
Window release ↗An NFT group exhibition curated by Jan Robert Leegte for Upstream Gallery.
NFT exhibition (curated) ↗Upstream Gallery on Compressed Landscapes at the Van Gogh Museum.
Compressed Landscapes (gallery) ↗Upstream Gallery on Leegte presenting Wanderer and Ornament at Paris Photo 2025 with Office Impart.
Paris Photo 2025 ↗VERSE exhibition page for Mountains and Drop Shadows, London, 2023.
verse.works (exhibition) ↗Neumeister Bar-Am exhibition page for Google Maps as a Sculpture (2017), Würfel BLN, Berlin.
neumeisterbaram.com ↗MutualArt listing for the Mountains and Drop Shadows exhibition.
mutualart.com ↗Interviews
Rhizome interview with Leegte on CONT3XT.NET and his sculptural engagement with the virtual.
rhizome.org ↗FAKEWHALE in conversation with Leegte on his career, first net art, and references to Dan Graham and Bruce Nauman.
log.fakewhale.xyz ↗FAKEWHALE on the curated release of Walled Garden and its model of shared spatial ownership.
log.fakewhale.xyz ↗VERSE journal interview, Leegte on pushing the boundaries of net art.
verse.works/journal ↗GalleryViewer interview, digital media as subjects in their own right.
galleryviewer.com ↗OFFICE IMPART interview with the artist on his practice and digital materials.
officeimpart.com ↗Press & criticism
Hyperallergic on how Leegte's algorithmic images channel Van Gogh.
hyperallergic.com ↗ArtDependence on the Van Gogh Museum's presentation of Compressed Landscapes.
artdependence.com ↗ArtsTalk Magazine on the Van Gogh Museum presentation.
artstalkmagazine.nl ↗Furtherfield on Sculpting the Internet and digital materiality.
furtherfield.org ↗Carroll / Fletcher Onscreen feature on the artist.
carrollfletcheronscreen.com ↗LI-MA symposium report citing Wanderer (2025) as a model for self-archiving through blockchain.
li-ma.nl ↗Profiles & archives
Wikipedia entry on the Dutch net artist, biography and exhibitions.
wikipedia.org ↗Le Random artist profile, biography and generative works.
lerandom.art ↗net-art.org profile of the artist.
net-art.org ↗Rhizome tag archive collecting coverage of Leegte.
rhizome.org/tags ↗Pixxelpoint festival profile, on Scrollbars (Floor Piece) (1999) and the move to gallery installation.
pixxelpoint.org ↗MOTZKO documents ten collected works by Leegte, including Window, Web, JPEG, Ornament, and Walled Garden.
Jan Robert Leegte at MOTZKO ↗Video
Compressed Landscapes, video on the Van Gogh Museum project.
youtube.com ↗