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Artist Statement
My images are very process-oriented because I love to explore new and different
materials. At the same time, curiosity drives me to find out how a specific
technique will influence a design. After 30 years of printmaking using
exclusively dark monochromatic inks, the world of color is the foiundation for
new works.
With each image, I challenge myself to combine deeply etched copper plates,
highly textured collagraphs and chine collé in ways so that the different
elements complement each other. My use of chine collé and collage stems from a
life-long love affair with paper and papermaking. I often use hand-made
patterned, marbled or richly fibered oriental papers either as a foundation or
as the finishing touch for my multi-plate prints. Layers of monotype inks can be
added to lend volume to the flat planes of patterned plates.
The resulting designs combine organic textures with geometric shapes. Although
my images are quite layered they remain surprisingly subtle. Each image is
unique as my plates are inked up in various colors and combine differently every
time I print them. I find it satisfying not only to create art in this playful
manner, but also to combine my life-long interests of printmaking and
papermaking.
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Biography
Date and Place of Birth: 1946,Chicago, Illinois
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009 - Upcoming Solo Show, New Grounds Print
Workshop, Albuquerque, NM
2008 - Made in New Mexico, Wolverhampton
College, Wolverhampton, U.K.
- Made in New Mexico, Proyecto Ace,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Field Report, Gordon College, Worcester, MA
- Small Prints by Members of Boston
Printmakers, Gallery 297, Bristol, RI
2007 - Three: EES Arts at Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
- The Art of Colored Pencil, Arts
Alliance Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
- Alive With Color, The Art Center at
Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM
2006 - Two to Tango: Abstract Pairs by Nine, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque,
NM
- Suitcase Art, IAPMA Congress,
Steyremuhle, Austria
- Paintings by Pencil Point, Arts
Alliance Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2005 - The Secret Life of Trees, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
- Small Prints by Members of Boston
Printmakers, Art 6, Richmond, VA
2004 - Small Prints by Members of Boston Printmakers, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB, CA
2003 - Small Prints by Members of Boston Printmakers, University of Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
- Small Prints by Members of Boston
Printmakers, University of NH, Durham, NH
- EES Arts Dualities Portfolio, Curry
College, Milton, MA
2002 - Small Prints by Members of Boston Printmakers, Boston Arts Academy,
Boston, MA
- Island Postcards, 10 Days on the
Island, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
- Workshop Traditions: Printmaking in
Boston since 1960, Boston University,
Boston, MA
- Impressions: Prints by EES Arts,
Boston, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
2000 - Dream Line Project for 13th IAMPA Congress, Abbazia Di Spineto, Sarteano,
Italy
1999 - Basic Black & White, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
1998 - Under One Roof: Prints from EES Arts, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset,
MA
1997 - Shifting Grounds, Boston University, Boston, MA
1993 - Here and Now, Clark University Gallery, Worcester, MA
- South End Connects II, South End
Open Studios, Boston, MA
1992 - Working Proof, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
1990 - Prints from Boston, Stampe du Rhin, Strasbourg City Hall, Strasbourg,
France
1989 - EES Arts at Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
1988 - EES Arts portfolio of prints, Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA
1987 - EES Arts at Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
1986 - EES Arts at Bradford College, Bradford, MA
1983 - Printmaking - The works of Levy, Milton, Stevovich,& Thomas, Bradford
College, Haverhill, MA
- Pastel Now - An Anthology of
Contemporary Pastel, BVAU Gallery, Boston, MA
1982 - EES Arts at Mt. Royal Art Center, Montreal, Canada
- Color & Form, City Hall Gallery,
Boston, MA
ONE/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
1980 - Levy/ Robzen at Plum Gallery, Kensington, MD
- Levy/Schreiber at Psychoanalytic
Society, Boston, MA
1978 - Recent Works - Shirley Levy, at Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College,
Salem, MA
1977 - Prints & Drawings - Shirley Levy, at Wright Art Center, Beloit College,
WI
COLLECTIONS:
Proyecto Ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wolverhampton College, Wolverhampton, U.K.
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Duxberry Museum, Duxberry, MA
First National Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
Kutak, Rock and Campbell, Omaha, NB
Worcester Museum, Worcester, MA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CN
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