Michael Levin artwork from Elliott Louis Gallery

Michael Levin

Media/Press Bio Video Exhibitions: Evidence click to view video

Michael Levin’s photographs have gained International attention. American fine art magazine FOCUS declared “Michael Levin’s captivating images are soulful and evocative; he is truly one of the rising stars in the world of photography”. He has won numerous prestigious awards including ‘Fine Art Photographer of the Year’ award at both the 2009 and 2007 Prix de la Photographie in Paris, as well as 1st place in the Fine Art and the Professional Fine Art categories at the 2006/07 International Photography Awards in New York.

Using long exposures, Levin pulls his world taut, so that what remains in the landscape feels essential and revealed. There is a deceiving simplicity in his images, as if these places need only to be found to be realized. Places simple and totemic. It is Levin’s own pure sensibility which arranges this view, which finds these small moments and gives them weight and value and timelessness.

Levin is particularly smart at capturing the smooth skin of light, the way it rolls over a place in the course of minutes rendering his subjects in their own private beauty. He illuminates these common places with new intent, making his images both transfixing and transformative.

Presently living in Vancouver, Canada, Levin travels extensively to capture his sharply-observed black and white photographs.

To view the Press Release for Michael winning 2009 photographer of the year, click here.

Printable Version of Artist Statement and Bio.

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Solo Exhibitions

2010    TBD, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, TX
             TBD, Weiss Gallery, calgary, AB
             TBD, Ga;erie Art Mayence, Mainz, Germany
2009    Elemental, The Weiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
             New Works, Thornwood Gallery, Dallas, Texas (December)
             Elemental, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008    New Works, Watermark Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
             Photographers’ Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
             Untitled, Galerie Art Mayence, Mainz, Germany
             Elemental, New Work, Lando Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2007    Luminance, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC
             Bewegung und Stille, Galerie Art Mayence, Mainz, Germany
             Taizen, photographs from Japan Wallspace Gallery, Seattle, U.S.A.
2006    REVEAL, Watermarks Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
             Of Movement and Stillness, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC
             Reveal, LACDA, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
             The Shape of Light, Photographers Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
             Reveal, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC
             Two person show, Art Mayence, Mainz, Germany
2005    Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC     The shape of Light, Snap Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2004    No.4 Gallery San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Group Exhibitions

2009    MIX, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver, BC
             Kunstler der Galerie, Art Mayence, Mainz, Germany
             Group Show, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
             AAF Paris, France, Samuel Frederick Photography
             AAF London, England, Samuel Frederick Photography
             Spring Show, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2008    Traverse, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
             New Works, Photographers’ Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
             Emerging Artist Show, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, U.S.A.
             Versus, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC
             Toronto International Art Fair, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2007    Here & Now, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
             Photographers’ Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
             Best of IPA’s, Farmani Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A
             Toronto International Art Fair, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2006    Perception, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON     Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
             Angkor Photography Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia
             Coningsby Gallery, London, England
             Photographers Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
             Best of IPA’s show, Splashlight Studio, New York City,  U.S.A.
             Lando Gallery, Edmonton, AB     Feature wall at the Photo San Francisco Exhibition
             Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC
2005    Galerie Art Mayence, Mainz, Germany
             Viewpoint, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
             Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
             Artsweek, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON
2004    Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC
             Snap Gallery, Vancouver, BC
             No.4 Gallery, San Diego, U.S.A
             Contact 2004, Move Up, Toronto, ON

Publications

PDN Photography Annual 2009 Award winning book - Zebrato
AOP Association of Pro Photographers Magazine (UK) cover, Jan 2009
Silvershotz magazine, interview, Australia, 2009  SHOTS Magazine, USA, 2009   Image magazine (UK), Issue 400, cover image, 2009
AG Magazine (UK), Zebrato review, 2009 Black and White Photography (UK), cover image and 13 page interview, 2009
The World’s Greatest Black & White Photography Volume I, 2008
Applied Arts Photography Annual, award winning “portfolio” selected, 2008  Mainzer Kultur, Critical Review, 2007 Photographer’s Companion Magazine, U.S.A., 2007
Photographer’s Companion Magazine, China
Applied Arts Photography Annual, award winning “portfolio” selected, 2007
The World’s Greatest B&W Photographs Book, 3 images chosen, 2007
Photo Selection Magazine (April/May) Cover and interview with images, 2007
Showcase TV’s “The L Word”, 2007 season Cityline Television show, Monday March 20, 2006,
Toronto, ON Focus Fine Art Magazine – August, 2006 Collections Magazine, Toronto, Ontario - Fall 2005 issue
Subterrain Magazine, Portfolio & essay – September 2005 issue
Gordon J.Scillingford Publications- cover photo - summer catalog, 2005
MBWA- annual catalog - cover, 2005
Aesthetica Magazine- March 2005 issue, photograph, Floating Vancouver Sun, photograph and review, 2005
PhotoEd photography, essay and selected images, 2005
B&W Photography Magazine, award-winning image, 2005
Collections Magazine, interview and selected images, 2005 Lucie Awards Book, 6 award winning images published, 2005 Esthetica magazine (UK), 2004
Schillingford Publications, annual catalogue, cover and back image, 2004
Manitoba Book Publishers, annual catalogue, cover and back image, 2004

Awards

2009   PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, Fine Art Photographer of the Year
             PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, 1st place abstract category
             PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, 2nd place book category (Zebrato)
             PDN Photo Annual, New York, U.S.A., top photography books of 2009 (Zebrato)
             Shots Magazine, U.S.A., Award winning photograph, Sunrise (East Sea)
             International Photography Awards 1st place in the Fine Art Category (Abstract)
             International Photography Awards 1st place in the Professional Fine Art Category (Other)
             International Photography Awards 2nd place in the Professional Fine Art Category (Book)
2008    Applied Arts Magazine - Photography Annual award winning series from Iceland
             Top 50 Photographers – Critical Mass Award
2007    PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, 1st place in the Professional Fine Art Category
             Honourable Mention at the Environmental Photography Awards
             Photographer’s Forum Magazine short listed for the 2007 Photographer of the Year
2006    International Photo Awards 1st place in the Professional Fine Art Nature Category. * Finalist for
             Photographer of the Year
             International Photo Awards 1st & 2nd in the Professional Waterscapes Category.
             Gold Light Award, 1st place
             Black & White Spider Awards  6 nominations for “Fine Art Photographer”  off the Year in Landscape
             and Architecture categories
             Overall winner in “Seascapes” Photolife Magazine
             LACDA Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts 1st Place overall International
2005    International Photo Awards 1st place in the Professional Fine Art Category.
             International Photography Awards (USA), Honorable Mention in the Landscape category
             B&W Photography Annual Single Image Contest (USA), Merit Award
             Nocturnes Photography Award (USA) Honorable Mention

Art Fairs

2009   Samuel Frederic Photography, AAF London, UK
             Kevin Longino Fine Photographs, PHOTO LA, Los Angeles, CA
             Samuel Frederic Photography, AAF Amsterdam, NDL
             Samuel Frederic Photography, GENT, Brussels, Belgium
             Kevin Longino Fine Photographs, Architectural Digest Show, New York, NY
             Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, CONTACT, Toronto, ON
             Samuel Frederic Photography, PARIS PHOTO, France
2008    Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, International Art Fair
             Affordable Art Fair Paris, France
2007    Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto International Art Fair
2006    Wallspace Gallery,PHOTO NEW YORK, New York City
              Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts,Toronto International Art Fair
              The Workshops,New York City, PHOTO EXPO PLUS  PHOTO SAN FRANCISCO,
               San Francisco, U.S.A.
              Peeled Eye Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, London, U.K.
              Photo-Eye, Gallery,PHOTO LA, Santa Monica, U.S.A.
2005    Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts,Toronto International Art Fair

Printable Version of Artist Statement and Bio.

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