Robert Kleyn is an interdisciplinary artist born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and based in Vancouver, Canada. Beginning in the 1970s, he was active in early photo-conceptual and projection-based art in Vancouver, and developed a visual arts practice rooted in time-based media, encompassing film and video, photography, slide projections, performance, and architectural interventions. He has published criticism, curated, and has also worked in film and theatre.