Leon Keer
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Leon Keer (born 1980) is a Dutch pop-surrealist artist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leonkeer.com/category/paintings/mixed-media/|title=Mixed media Archieven|website=www.leonkeer.com}}
He has created work on canvas and (3D) artwork on the streets across the world. Leon Keer is a leading artist in anamorphic street art. His art has been showcased in Europe, the United States, Russia, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, New Zealand, and several Asian countries. In addition to using optical illusions, he often presents his art by adding new technologies, such as augmented reality and video mapping. The art is temporary, but the images are shared all over the world via social media.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leonkeer.com/|title=Leon Keer|website=leonkeer.com|access-date=February 24, 2019}}
Leon generally paints contemporary themes which involves environmental concerns and raises questions about the livability in this world.
Career
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Leon Keer designs and creates 2-D, 3-D and 4-D street art in the Netherlands and abroad. The 3-D Lego terracotta army is one of those creations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2011/11/12/nederlanders-tekenen-3d-terracotta-lego-leger-op-straat-a1450742|title=Nederlanders tekenen 3D terracotta LEGO-leger op straat|website=NRC}}[http://www.curatedmag.com/news/2011/11/10/leon-keer-–-3d-lego-street-painting/ curated (daily news).] It was painted at the 2011 international Sarasota Chalk Festival.
At the 2010 festival in Sarasota, he made a surreal street painting with Little Red Riding Hood and Alice in Wonderland together, fighting against evil.{{cite web |url=http://www.chalkfestival.com/?p=1456 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-12-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426022359/http://www.chalkfestival.com/?p=1456 |archivedate=2012-04-26 }} International Sarasota Chalk Festival in Florida.
The anamorphic painting Piggy Bank was Keer's Japanese debut in 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/3d-street-art-leon-keer-chalk-graffiti-piggy-bank-in-japan_n_3047494|title=Incredible 3D Street Art|date=April 9, 2013|website=HuffPost}}
Keer created "Ego Leonard",{{Cite web |title=Ego Leonard© |url=https://www.leonkeer.com/ego-leonard/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Leon Keer |language=en-US}} a supposedly anonymous guerilla artist.{{Cite web|url=http://www.egoleonard.com/|title=egoleonard.com|website=www.egoleonard.com}}
Leon Keer exhibited a solo show, "Forced Perspective", at Wanrooij Gallery Amsterdam.{{Cite web |url=https://www.leonkeer.com/solo-show-forced-perspective-at-wanrooij-gallery-amsterdam/ |title=Solo show 'Forced Perspective' at Wanrooij Gallery Amsterdam |website=www.leonkeer.com |date=May 1, 2021}}
References
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External links
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- {{Official|https://www.leonkeer.com}}
- [http://www.isupportstreetart.com/interview/leon-keer-the-3d-explorer-talks-to-issa/ Leon Keer – The 3D explorer talks to ISSA]
- [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/feb/01/3d-street-art/ 3D street art: a question of perspective]
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