Born 1960 in Moscow, U.S.S.R. Lives and works in New York City. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS| 2009 | LARISSA GOLDSTON GALLERY, New York, NY (upcoming) | | 2007 | LORCAN ONEILL GALLERY, Rome, Italy | | 2006 | LARISSA GOLDSTON GALLERY, New York, NY | | 1997 | JACK TILTON GALLERY, New York, NY | | 1995 | JACK TILTON GALLERY, New York, NY | | 1991 | GALLERY FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, Ohio University, Lancaster, Ohio |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2008
| "Stable Scrawl", Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York NY
| | 2007 | "The Beholder's Eye," The Salmagundi Club of New York, New York, NY | | 2006 | "Nostalgia", Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY | | 2005 | "Portraits on Paper," Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY | | 2004 | "Group Exhibition," Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome, Italy | | | "Portraits," Esso Gallery, NYC | | 2003 | "Painting-The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1," Galleria Alberto Peola, Turin, Italy | | 2002 | "Artists to Artists," Ace Gallery, NYC. | | 2001 | "First There Was A Drawing," Fine Arts Gallery,The College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM | | 2000 | Performing Arts Benefit Exhibition", Matthew Marks Gallery, NYC | | 1999 | "Not Quite Real", Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX | | 1998 | "People, Places and Things," Marianne Boesky Gallery, NYC | | 1997 | "Art on Paper: 33rd Annual Exhibition," Witherspoon Art Gallery | | | "Post Construction," Veknin and Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA | | | "Color Detour," Curated by Faye Hirsch, Apex Art, NYC | | 1996 | "Painting into Photography, Photography into Painting," Miami Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL | | | Benefit Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art | | | Benefit Exhibition, White Columns Gallery, NYC | | 1994 | "Mirage," Richard Anderson Gallery, NYC | | | "On Paper," The Sculpture Center, NYC | | | Group Exhibition, Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, NY | | 1993 | "Return of the Cadavre Exquis", The Drawing Center, NYC | | | White Columns Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, NYC | | 1992 | "Emerging Sculptors", The Sculpture Center, NYC | | | "A Paper Trail", curated by Pat Owens, Berland/Hall Gallery | | 1989 | "Before or After: Form and Function," White Columns | | | "Form and Material," New Jersey Center for Visual Arts,Summit, NJ | | | "Group Exhibition," Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY |
HONORS AND AWARDS| 2003 | Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome | | 2002 | Penny McCall Foundation Award | | 1998-99 | Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Studio Grant | | 1985-87 | Katherine J. Horwitch Grant, Jewish Foundation | | 1983 | Anna Louise Raymond Traveling Fellowship, Art Institute of Chicago |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY| 2007 | Somerstein, Rachel, "Not-So-Still Lifes", ARTnews, June | | 2005 | Yablonsky, Linda, "Matvey Levenstein", ARTnews, April | | | Goodbody, Bridget, "Matvey Levenstein", Time Out, November | | 2003 | Cersosimo, Sabatina, Galleria Alberto Peola: Correire dell'Arte: November | | | Fassi, Luigi, "Turino Sette in Uno", Flash Art, October | | | Kuspit, Donald, "Matvey Levenstein at Jack Tilton" | | 1997 | Review, Artforum, Vol. XXXV No. 10, Summer | | 1996 | Bravo, Ormando Alvarez, El Nuevo Herald, December 21 | | 1996 | Turner, Elisa, The Miami Herald, December 22 | | 1995 | Levin, Kim, The Village Voice,"Voice Choices". May 9 | | | Hirsch, Faye, Artforum, Vol. XXXIV No. 1, September, "Matvey Levenstein at Jack Tilton Gallery," Review | | | Cembalest, Robin, Forward, Vol. LXXXXVIII, No. 31,009, January 6, Page 9 | | 1992 | Faust, Gretchen, Arts Magazine, New York in Review, April | | 1991 | Cantor, Sybil, Dialogue Magazine, Interview, January | | | Suratman, Elita, Lancaster Eagle Gazette, Sunday, January 13 | | 1990 | "Art Today" Art Video News, Volume 1, #2 | | 1989 | Raynor, Vivian, New York Times, October 1 | | | Watkins, Eileen, Star Ledger, September 29 |
EDUCATION| 1987 | Yale School of Art, MFA in Painting/Printmaking | | 1983 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA | | 1977-79 | Moscow Architectural Institute, U.S.S.R. |
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