Matvey Levenstein
Matvey Levenstein
October 14 - November 12, 2005






Born 1960 in Moscow, U.S.S.R. Lives and works in New York City.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007     LORCAN ONEILL GALLERY, Rome, Italy (upcoming)
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 EXHIBITIONS

2007     "The Beholder's Eye," The Salmagundi Club of New York, New York, 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.
Larissa Goldston Gallery