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The Instructor
Ms. Levin is proud to be part of a lineage that connects her as an artist and teacher to Jean-Leon Gerome,The Boston School Painters, Tarbel, Paxton and Benson, Ives Gammel, Richard Lack, and her own maestro, Daniel Graves. Dana has taught academic realism since 1999. Upholding the tradition of her education, Dana offers instruction and critiques to her students on an individual basis.
The Artist
Dana Levin began her fine art education at the young age of 14, attending the competitive fine arts summer program, Belvoir Terrace in Lenox, MA. and in high school the prestigious New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. She continued her studies at the prominent Art Institute of Chicago, where her achievements earned her an early graduation with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Seeking to enhance her artistic abilities and proficiency, Levin then moved to Italy to train under painter Daniel Graves, and learn the techniques of the European masters at the Florence Academy of Art. She completed the three-year curriculum and upon graduation was asked to join the school’s drawing and painting faculty for the next five years and is considered to be among one of their most important alumni.
Levin’s search for meaningful subjects for her paintings has taken her throughout the United States, Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, and South America. Her portrait and still life commission work has been focused in the Boston, Massachusetts through New Haven, Connecticut corridor. Additionally, she has been awarded numerous prizes and scholarships from organizations, which include the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, the Art Renewal Center and the John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Fund. Her work has also been published in several prestigious catalogues and magazines.
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EDUCATION
2000 Florence Academy of Art, Florence Italy -Three-year Certificate
1990 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - BFA Painting/Drawing
1986 New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL - Visual Arts
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “Floral Exhibition”
2008 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, “The Figure in American Art"
2007 The Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, “Beyond Beauty”
2007 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, “Summer Salon”
2007 The Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, “Female Artists of New England”
2007 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, “Winter Salon”
2006 The Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, “The Boston School Legacy”
2006 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, “Masters of the Florence Academy of Art, part 2”
2006 Ninth Annual "The Figure in American Art", Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY
2006 The Bert Gallery, Providence, RI , “Flora and Fauna”
2005 The Florence Academy of Art, Corsini Stables, Italy, “First Annual Alumni Exhibition”
2005 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, “International Autumn Exhibition”
2005 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, “Winter Salon”
2004 The Bert Gallery, Providence RI, “In Search of Beauty”
2004 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, “Winter Salon”
2004 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY, “Masters of the Florence Academy of Art”
2003 Westbeth Arts Gallery, New York City, NY, “Still Classical”
2003 The Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, “Vanitas”
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Oil Painters of America, “Eastern Regional Exhibition”, Weatherburn Gallery, FL.
2007 American Artist Professional League, “79th Grand National Exhibition”, Salmagundi Club, NYC.
2007 The Florence Academy of Art, “Third Annual Alumni Exhibition”, Corsini Stables, Italy
2006 The Florence Academy of Art, “Second Annual Alumni Exhibition”, Corsini Stables, Italy
2006 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, “110thAnnual Exhibition”, The National Arts Club, NYC.
2005 Allied Artist’s of America “92nd National Competition”, The National Arts Club, NYC.
MUSEUMS
-2006-2009 Blossoms Art of Flowers: Traveling Exhibition, Susan Kathleen Black Foundation
Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX
Neville Public Museum, WI
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, AZ
The R. W. Norton Art Gallery, LA
The Wildlife Experience, CO
The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, TN
The Spartanburg County Museum of Art, NC
-2003 “Realism Revisited, Florence Academy of Art Exhibition” Traveling Exhibition
Panorama Museum,Bad Frankenhausen Germany
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York City, NY
Century Gallery, Alexandria, VA
AWARDS
2008 Who’s Who in American Art
2008 Who’s Who in Visual Art - 100 Artists
2007 American Artists Professional League- Ridgewood Art Association Award, Excellence in Art
2007 First Place- Portrait Category- 24th Annual Artist’s Magazine
2006 Katharine A. Lovell Memorial Award
2002 John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund
2002 Art Renewal Center International Scholarship Competition
2001 Art Renewal Center International Scholarship Competition
1996 Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco - Merit Scholarship
PUBLICATIONS
Artist’s Magazine “The Year’s Best Art”- December 2007
Artquotes.net, "Interview with American Realist Artist Dana Levin" - May 2007
Artist’s Magazine “Emerging Artists, 20 artists under 40”- March 2007
The Art Renewal Center, “Interview with Artist/Teacher Dana Levin” – February 2007
The Boston Legacy ISBN 0-97113-216-X - Pgs.12,15,35 - 2006
The Providence Journal “Beauty is Academic” - January 2004, pgs. 16,18
American Artist Drawing “Classical Approaches to the Teaching of Drawing” -Fall 2003 pgs,
Realism Revisited ISBN 3-9807182-7-1pgs. 81,156-159, 190, 2003
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005 Founder and Instructor – The New School of Classical Art, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
2004 The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy – Director of Drawing-Sculpture Program
1999- 2003 The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy - Drawing Instructor
2000- 2003 The Florence Academy of Art Summer Program, Florence Italy – Painting Instructor, Drawing Instructor, Assistant Anatomy for Artists, Assistant Renaissance Drawing and Techniques
JURIED MEMBERSHIPS
International Guild of Realism
International Society of Realist Painters
Oil Painters of America
The Copley Society- Associate Member
National Association of Women Artists
The Art Renewal Center- Living Artist
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