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Lynne Leegte

Lynne Leegte (b. 1965, Luton, UK) is a visual artist working across sculpture, installation, and photography. Her work is marked by tranquility and melancholy, evoking themes of transience and reflection. Using materials such as alabaster, textile, and paper, she explores fragility and ephemeral beauty. Leegte considers herself a sculptor in the broadest sense, creating both intimate, hand-carved objects and large-scale, site-specific installations.

Her sculptures often feature alabaster, a translucent stone that captures light and reinforces the delicate atmosphere of her work. This sensitivity to light and texture extends into her mostly staged photography, which is reminiscent of Dutch Golden Age landscapes.

Leegte lives and works in Oostzaan, the Netherlands. Her work has been exhibited in various national and international museums and locations. Including: Museum MORE, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Museum ‘t Valkhof, Leiden University Medical Center, Allard Pierson Artis Library Amsterdam and CODA Museum, Palazzo Ducale in Genoa (IT) and Abbaye Saint André in Meymac, (FR). Her installation Fenster was acquired by the city of Lippstadt (DE). She has also participated in major art fairs such as PAN Amsterdam, Art Rotterdam and Unseen.

Collections include: Museum MORE, AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lichtpromenade Lippstadt (DE), LUMC Leiden, Light Art Collection Amsterdam, Boekentoren – University of Ghent (BE), Museum ’t Valkhof Nijmegen, Mennonite Singelchurch Amsterdam and Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn. Most recently, she completed The Residents, a permanent sculpture for the new Amsterdam University Library. Fifty-seven books carved in alabaster are set into the wall of the main staircase - a quiet gesture referring to place, history, and memory.