Linda Levit
Born, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Education
MA, Hunter College, New York, NY
BFA, SVA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Awards
1986 Pollock and Krasner Foundation Grant
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY
2003 Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden — link
2002 Linda Levit: New Paintings and Works on Paper, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999 Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998 Linda Levit: Paintings, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Paintings Works on Paper, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
1991 Drawings, Lithographs and Paintings, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
1988 Linda Levit Paintings, Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 Khiva Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY
1983 J. Walter Thompson, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2022
Abstract Foreign Affairs, Galleri Weinberger Schandorff, Copenhagen, Denmark — link
2021
Open Studios, October 9–10, Hudson, New York — link
2019
Group Exhibition, Gallery AP Modern, Asbury Park, NJ
2018
Nation VI, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Hygge: Small Holiday Show, Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, NY — link
Seventeenth Annual 5 by 7 Show, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY — link
Nation V, Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY — link
Wish You Were Here 16, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY — link
2016
Cowgirls No. 5, Brik Gallery, Catskill, NY
Sixteenth Annual 5 by 7 Show, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY — link
Wish You Were Here 15, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Wish You Were Here 14, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY — link
Fifteenth Annual 5 by 7 Show, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY — link
2014
Feral Objects, curated by Peggy Cyphers & Lucio Pozzi, Creon Gallery, NY — link
Pink Art Fair, Seoul, South Korea
2013
5 by 7, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
Generations IX, Red/Pink Show, A,I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Winter Salon III - Cozy Winter, Pink Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2012
5 by 7, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
25 Years, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cowgirls, Sideshow, Brik Gallery, Catskill, NY
Paper View 2012, Benefit Party and Silent Auction, organized by Manhattan Graphics Center, Czech Center New York, NY
Pool Art Fair, Pink Gallery, Flatiron Hotel, New York, NY
2011
Pool Art Fair, Miami Beach, Miami, FL
Generations VIII Benefit Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Fracking: Art and Activism Against the Drill, EXIT ART, New York, NY
Cozy Winter, Pink Gallery, Seoul, South Korea — pdf
2010
Grace Project, Door Art Fair, Seoul, Korea, Catalogue
Black & White, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, NY
Wish Your Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Small is Beautiful, Flowers, New York, NY
Broadthinking: Cosmological Map, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
The Clothesline Benefit Art Sale, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
2007
Wish You Were Here VI, A.I.R Gallery, New York, NY
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen Denmark
2006
Generations V, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Wish You Were Here V, A.I.R Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Group Show, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003
Group Show, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002
Generations III, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Carnival, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, YWCA, New York, NY
The Reaches of Abstraction, curated by Corinne Robins, Delaware Art Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY
Group Show, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001
Generations a Millennium, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Dreams, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, YWCA, New York, NY
2000
Wish Your Were Here, a benefit exhibition of fantasy vacation postcards, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, YWCA, New York, NY
1997
Espais Minims, Galeria Dels Angels, Barcelona, Spain
The Bathing Suit Show, curated by Cynthia Gallagher, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, YWCA, New York, NY
The William Zimmer Collection, Reading Museum, Reading, PA
NY Generations, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1995
YWCA Faculty Show, Barnes & Noble, New York, NY
Linda Levit and Cynthia Gallagher, curated by Susan Davis Benjamin, Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University, New York, NY — pdf
Faculty Exhibition, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, YWCA, New York, NY
Reconstructivism, curated by Peter Frank, Space 504, New York, NY
The $800 Show, G.W. Einstein Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Drop Dead Painting, curated by John Ford and Don Hazlit, Art Initiatives and the Igor Foundation, New York, NY
Linda Levit and Eva Weis Bentzon, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark — pdf
Faculty Show, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, YWCA, New York, NY
1992
7 N.Y. Directions in Abstract Painting with Linda Levit, Donald Alberti, Russell Maltz, Olivier Mosset, Saul Ostrow, Winston Roeth and Mark Williams, Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf, Germany; Travels to Galleri Walzinger and Axel’s Workshop Space, Saarlouis, Germany and America House, Berlin, Germany, Catalogue
1991
Selections from the Slide File, Organizational of Independent Artists (OIA), New York, NY
International Grafik (Francis Bacon, Tony Cragg, Richard Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Ciaran Lennon, Linda Levit, Robert Mangold, Robert Motherwell, Mimmo Paladino, Sean Scully, Frank Stella), Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
1990
Abstract Painting (Linda Levit, Ken Feingold, Julie Gross, Paul Pagk), Curated by Robert Morgan, Nahan Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Print Exhibition, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
Andrea Ruggieri Gallery, Washington, DC
Charles Moore Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1989
Flirtation Walk (Linda Levit, Mari Rantanen, Joan Sitzer), Paavo Turtiainen, New York, NY
Mincher / Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New York (Linda Levit, Michael Goldberg, Joan Mitchell, Robert W. Kelly, Russell Maltz), Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
1987
Museum Benefit, Jersey City Art Museum, Jersey City, NJ
Pastel Anthology II, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, curated by Beth DeWoody, Fox and Fowle Architects, New York, NY
1986
Consensus, Exit Art, New York, NY
24x 24, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY
6th Annual Group Show, John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
Artistic License Gallery, New York, New York, NY
Small Scale Abstraction: Painting and Sculpture, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Primal Elements, M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
Benefit Exhibition, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Red Show, curated by Ronny Cohen, Zim Lerner Gallery, New York, NY
Surplus, Exit Art, New York, NY
Linda Levit and Russell Maltz, curated by Tiffany Bell, Condeso Lawler Gallery, New York, NY
The Non-Objective World, curated by Stephen Westfall, Kamikaze, New York, NY
A Summer Place, curated by David Ebony and Jane Fire, Sarah Rentschler Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Exit Art, New York, NY
American Abstraction: Four Currents, curated by Peter Frank, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, Catalogue.
1984
Drawing with Respect to Painting, curated by David Reed, New York Studio School, New York, NY
Group Show, Merrill Lynch, Akron, OH
New Spiritual Abstraction of the 1980’s, curated by Ronnie Cohen, Nora Hamie Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, First National Bank, Cleveland, OH
Art/Music Benefit, Area, New York, NY
Fifteen Abstract New York Painters, curated by Per Haubro Jensen, Susan Montezinos Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
Small Works; New Abstract Painting, Lafayette College / Muhlenberg College, Easton, PA. Catalog
4th Annual Group Show, John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
1983
Benefit for Franklin Furnace, Franklin Furnace, New York, New
3rd Anniversary Group Show, John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
A More Store, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
1982
Benefit for Franklin Furnace, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY
Grommet Art Gallery, New York, NY
Pair Group; Current and Emerging Styles in Abstract Painting, curated by William Zimmer, Art Gallaxy, Jersey City Art Museum, Jersey City, NJ
Group Show, A.I.R Gallery, New York, NY
1981
Arabia Felix, curated by William Zimmer, Art Galaxy, New York, NY
1980
Four Person Show, Soho Center for the Visual Arts, New York, NY
Linda Levit and Russell Maltz, Schmidt Inc., New York, NY
Group Show, Bard College, Proctor, Annandale-On-The-Hudson, NY
1979
New Wave Painting, The PS1 Clocktower, curated by Per Haubro Jensen, New York, NY — link
14 Painters, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Invitational, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
Mind Set; An On-Going Involvement with the Rational Tradition, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
Reviews and Articles
Konkret Kunst, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, exhibition catalogue, 2023 — link
New Observations, #134, Guest Editor: Peggy Cyphers, 2020 — pdf
It’s About Time Women Rule the World by Huffpost, Arts & Culture, 2012 — pdf
Living Architectiure No. 18, 2011* — pdf
Hanne Kjaerholm Houses by Svend M. Hvass, 2007* — pdf
Art Collector’s Home, Bo Bedre, 2003* — pdf
An American in Valkendorfsgade by Michael Hornung, Politiken, October 26, 2002* — pdf
Living with Art, Bolig Ekstra, 2002* — pdf
Seven Artists, One Show, The Towne Crier, 2002 — pdf
The Reaches of Abstraction by Corinne Robins, Delaware Center Arts Gallery, A Publication of the Delaware Arts Alliance, 2002 — pdf
The Bathing Suit Show by Karen Chambers, Artresources.com, 1997
Det Svare Maleri by Ole Norlying, Berlingske Tidende, September 30, 1994 — pdf
On the Same Wavelength, Alt for Damerne, Denmark, October 6, 1994, no. 40, p.13 — pdf
7 New York: Directions in Abstract Paintings by Ulrike Schuck, catalogue, 1992-93* — pdf
Jyllands-Posten, January 1993 — pdf
Inspiration Comes From Life in Berlin, Berlingske Tidende, Denmark, January 22, 1993 — pdf
Saaelouis Stadtrundschau, Germany, January 21, 1993 — pdf
Review by Eva Pohl, Berlingske Tidende, May 10, 1991
Abstract Painting by Peggy Cyphers, Arts Magazine, December 1990, pp 100-101 — pdf
Staerk og Flot by Oystein Hjort, Politiken, June 1, 1989 — pdf
Maltz / Levit, Arts Magazine, p.123, vol. 60, no.10, Summer 1986* — pdf
American Abstraction: Four Currents catalogue by Peter Frank, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY 1985*
Small Works: New Abstract Painting, catalogue, pp 6-8, 1984
Content in Abstract Painting, New Observations, pp 2-3, n. 24, July 1984
Is Abstract Painting Regaining its Popularity? by Victoria Donohue, Philadelphia Inquirer, p. 34, September 14, 1984 — pdf
Responses to Neo Expressionism by Tiffany Bell, Flash Art, pp 40-46, n. 112, May 1983* — pdf
Two Unprovincial Shows at the Jersey City Museum by Vivien Raynor, The New York Times, p.28, October 10, 1982 — pdf
Group Show, New York Reviews, Art News, Volume 1, No. 7, September 1981 — pdf
Art Pick, The Soho Weekly News, p. 30, February 13, 1980* — pdf
Levit / Maltz, The Soho Weekly News, p. 29, December 17, 1980 — pdf
Mind Set by William Zimmer, The Soho Weekly News, p. 20, December 20, 1979 — pdf
*Indicates that work is illustrated
Teaching
1997 Barnard College, Adjunct Professor, Art History Department, New York, NY
1992 Barnard College, Art History Department, New York, NY
1982 Princeton University, Guest Lecture, Princeton, NJ
Committees
1997 –2003 Elsa Mott Ives Gallery Advisory Committee, YWCA, New York, NY
Curated Exhibitions
2002 Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, YWCA, New York, NY, Funky Abstraction, curated by Linda Levit and Jonathan Wahl
Publications
2018 Creative Conversations: Linda Levit, Finnish Cultural Institute, New York and Finland — link — pdf
2003 Zabtuze, Contributor Editor
2002 Zabtuze, Contributor Editor
1984 New Observations, Guest Editor, N. 24, July 1984 — link — pdf
Public Collections
Best and Company, Richmond, VA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY — link
Museum of Modern Glass Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Oppenheimer and Company, New York, NY
Reader’s Digest, Pleasantville, NY
Reading Museum, Reading, PA — link