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
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, OH

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009	Talk Dirty to Me, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
	Party at Chris's House, Curated by Phong Bui, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008	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, New York, NY
2003	Painting-The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1, Galleria Alberto Peola, Turin, Italy
2002	Artists to Artists, Ace Gallery, New York, NY
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, New York, NY
1999	Not Quite Real, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
1998	People, Places and Things, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
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, New York, NY
1996	Painting into Photography, Photography into Painting, Miami Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
	Benefit Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
	Benefit Exhibition, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
1994	Mirage, Richard Anderson Gallery, New York, NY
	On Paper, The Sculpture Center, New York, NY
	Group Exhibition, Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, NY
1993	Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
	White Columns Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY
1992	Emerging Sculptors, The Sculpture Center, New York, NY
	A Paper Trail, curated by Pat Owens, Berland/Hall Gallery
1989	Before or After: Form and Function, White Columns, New York, NY
	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

2009	Bui, Phong. "Matvey Levenstein in Conversation with Phong Bui," The Brooklyn Rail (April 2009)
2007	Somerstein, Rachel. "Not-So-Still Lifes," ARTnews (June, 2007)
2005	Yablonsky, Linda. "Matvey Levenstein," ARTnews (April, 2005)
	Goodbody, Bridget. "Matvey Levenstein," Time Out November, 2005)
2003	Cersosimo, Sabatina. Galleria Alberto Peola Correire dell'Arte (November, 2003)
	Fassi, Luigi. "Turino Sette in Uno," Flash Art (October, 2003)
1997	Kuspit, Donald. "Matvey Levenstein at Jack Tilton," Artforum Vol XXXV No. 10 (Summer 1997)
1996	Bravo, Ormando Alvarez. El Nuevo Herald (December 21, 1996)
1996	Turner, Elisa. The Miami Herald (December 22, 1996)
1995	Levin, Kim. "Voice Choices," The Village Voice (May 9, 1995)
	Hirsch, Faye. "Matvey Levenstein at Jack Tilton Gallery," Review Artforum Vol. XXXIV No. 1 (September 1995)
	Cembalest, Robin. Forward, Vol. LXXXXVIII, No. 31,009, (January 6, 1995): 9
1992	Faust, Gretchen. " New York in Review," Arts Magazine (April, 1992)
1991	Cantor, Sybil. Interview, Dialogue Magazine (January, 1991)
	Suratman, Elita. Lancaster Eagle Gazette (Sunday, January 13, 1991)
1990	"Art Today," Art Video News, Volume 1, #2 (1990)
1989	Raynor, Vivian. New York Times (October 1, 1989)
	Watkins, Eileen. Star Ledger (September 29, 1989)

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.