Leonard van Munster

Leonard van Munster (born February, 1972, Zwolle), is a Dutch contemporary artist making Site-specific and Subject-specific work.

Life and art

"Private room 02" - 2004-2006

During this time, he was commissioned in 2004, to create a piece for the toilets of cultural centrum the Balie in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The result was "Private Room 02", Talking toilets (4) The toilets are equipped with all sorts of sensors. Not only talking to the visitor about how to behave, but also mixing up facts found on google.

Recent work

2008, Abstede Damacy, object in neighborhood in Utrecht based on the game Katamari Damacy

2007, Great apes, exhibition in Second gallery. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

2006, Gran False, Geranium deluxe, Ragga tone selecta; installations for group show about mobile phones. Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL.

2005, Back up, a 3D game and installations build out of the game. Library Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL.

2004, Under Heaven, a 9 meter high tree with tree house on the 50 meter high "Stedelijk Museum". Amsterdam, NL.

2004, Under Heaven, build a fata morgana under a viaduct in Amsterdam Bijlmer.With palm trees, banana trees and a waterfall. NL.

2004, Private room 02, talking toilet, de Balie, Amsterdam, NL.

2002, Blind Poetry, projections from a car equipped with video projector, Moscow, Russia.

Dept

Dept was an art/design collective from 1996 till 2001. Existing out of P. du Bois Reymond, M. Klaverstein and L, van Munster.

DEPT created graphic design, installations and video works.They created art installations combining electronic and traditional media, and created large scale media-environments for art performances and large club events.The dept site is incorporated in Graphic Design Museum Breda in 2008.

2000 - My Bricks Rule, interactive installation for the exhibition "For Real" in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

- BEZET, designs for plastic bags, purchased by MOMA, San Francisco

- Project 2000, videoclip for a Dutch band,

1999 - FUSION ATTACK, solo exhibition for MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven

- On the short list for Most Beautiful Books 1998, for Cold Fusion catalogue, exhibited in Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

- Radical Mixing, audio performance during Serial Drillers evening in Club de Ville, Amsterdam

- BIG SWITCH, installation for telephone company KPN Amsterdam

1997- two stamps designed for the PTT post company the Netherlands

1996- Design flyers and internet site for club Roxy in Amsterdam

External links

* [http://www.Donleo.org Examples of work, list of shows and literature]
* [http://www.stedelijk.nl/oc2/page.asp?PageID=894&version=0 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam]