Bio
Sharon Levy is from Atlanta, GA and graduated from Bard College with a B.A in studio art in 1999. Upon graduating, she was the recipient of the Bard Fellowship in Sculpture and attended the 1999 summer session at the Milton Avery Graduate School for the Arts, Bard College. She completed her M.F.A. in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego in 2007.
Sharon had a solo museum show of her project “The Wood” at the Santa Monica Museum of Art in 2007. She has participated in group exhibitions in New York, San Diego, Atlanta, Tijuana and Los Angeles. In 2010 as one of ten West Prize finalists, she received an Acquisition Award for her piece “Cookie,” which is now a part of the West Collection, housed in Oaks, PA. She is currently a member of Forum II, an artist cohort/residency through the Torrance Art Museum.
Sharon Levy lives and works in Los Angeles.
Education
MFA – University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, Visual Art
BA – Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Studio Art
Goldsmiths College: University of London - study abroad
Solo Exhibitions
2019 (forthcoming) Canopy, Grand Central Art Center at CSU Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
2007 The Wood, Project Room 1, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
The Wood, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Marcuse Galery, UCSD
2005 New Work, first year show, Visual Arts Facility, San Diego, CA
1999 Pieces, B.A. Thesis Exhibition,The Chocolate Factory, Red Hook, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 (forthcoming) Forum II, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Museum Adjacent, Finishing Concepts, Los Angeles, CA
Generational Aesthetics, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA
1+2=Forum, AMAX Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Blind Courier, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
2012 New Prints 2011/Autumn, Visual Arts Center/UT Austin, Austin, TX
2011 New Prints 2011/Autumn, International Print Center, New York, NY
2010 Ten, The West Collection, Oaks, PA
Art of the New Century, The Paideia Gallery, Atla
2007 MFA 2007, curated by Stephen Hepworth, University Art Gallery, La Jolla , CA
Origin’s The Goal, curated by Darin Klein, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Where: Lui Velazquez, Tijuana, Mexico
Sundown Salon, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Fresh: New Work from UCSD, curated by Rachel Teagle, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
Que Traes?, Estacion Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
Pencil On Glass, Sushi/Voz Alta, San Diego, CA
Outer Space: Sixth College, University of California, San Diego, CA
2000 Mood, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY
Bibliography
2019 Mallinson, Constance, "The Poetics of Place: Blind Courier at the Brand Library" Art and Cake, August 4, 2019
Couzens, Julia, "Sidewalk Realities," Blind Courier catalog essay, August, 2019
2010 Newhall, Edith, “Curator’s Vision Reflected in West Competition’s Finalists” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 25
2007 Gray, Emma , “L.A. Confidential” artnet, October 12
Brooks, Amra, “Must See Art” L.A. Weekly, September 7
Ollman, Leah, “Count the Growth Rings” The Los Angeles Times, September 2
Pincus, Robert, “Into View” The San Diego Union-Tribune, October 20
2005 Pincus, Robert, “Two-Lane Highway” The San Diego Union-Tribune, October 20
Pincus, Robert, “Small Provocations” The San Diego Union-Tribune, March 10
2000 Johnson, Ken, “Mood” The New York Times, February 13
Grants, Fellowships, Awards, Residencies
2019 Forum Residency, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2014 Marblehouse Project at the Quarry Residency (accepted, unable to attend)
2012 Center for Cultural Innovation, Creative Capacity Fund, Quick Grant Award
2010 West Prize Acquisition Award
2009 Alternate, Sculpture Space Residency
2008 Finalist, Art Omi Residency
2006 Artist in Residence, Lui Velazquez, Tijuana, Mexico
Russell Grant Recipient, UCSD Visual Arts Department
2004 Graduate Student Fellowship, UCSD
1999 Bard Fellow, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts: Bard College
1997 Suzanne Clements Zimmer Prize, Bard College
Collections
The West Collection, Oaks, PA
The James Hotel, NY
Teaching
2010 Whittier College, Visiting Professor – Basic Painting Intensive
2009 UCSD, Visiting Lecturer – Basic Sculpture (Making the Object)
2004-07 UCSD, Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record, Intro to 2-D, 3-D, Film History
1995-1996 Bard College, TA, Intro to Drawing, Intro to Painting
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