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Marilyn Levin

Lives and works in Boston, MA
Born Omaha, NE

Education

1969 MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1964 BA, Boston Museum School, Simmons College, Boston, MA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006 Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
  Simmons College, Trustman Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 Sun Valley Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
2000 Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1999 Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1995 Epistolary Paint: A Visual Correspondence, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1992 Paintings, Montserrat College of Art Gallery, Beverly, MA
1989 Paintings, Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA
1988 Featured Artist, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
  Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA
1985 Paintings, Madeleine Carter Gallery, Brookline, MA
1981 Recent Work, Helen Shlien Gallery, Boston, MA
1979 Window Variations, Boston City Hall Gallery, Boston, MA
1976 Window Views, Wheaton College, Norton, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2002 India Revisited, San Francisco MOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 The Delicate Hand, Tisch Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1994 50 Years of Collaboration, Tisch Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1989 Resonant Abstractions, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
1988 24 Karat Gold, Ruth Siegel Gallerym, New York, NY
1982 New England Women Painters, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
1980 Paper Works, Leah Levy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1979 Art of the State (Artist’s Foundation Fellowship Exhibition), Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
1978 Fresh Images, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
  Mixed Media on Paper, Western Association of Art Museums, Berkeley, CA
1977 Gallery Artists, Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1976 Exchange Show, Westbroadway Gallery, New York, NY
1974 Drawing National, Watson Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
1973 BVAU at MIT, Hayden Gallery, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Teaching

1986-present Instructor, Tufts University/Boston Museum School Joint Degree Program, Boston, MA
1999-2003 Instructor, Boston Museum School Summer Program, Boston, MA
1983 Visiting Lecturer, California College of Art, Oakland, CA
1978-88 Artist-in-Residence Programs, Various Massachusetts Public Schools
1975-76 Instructor, Wheaton College, Norton, MA

Selected Public Collections

San Francisco Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco, CA
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Kresge Collection, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Bank of America Collection, World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
Paine Webber Collection, Boston, MA
Prudential Life Insurance Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Massachusetts Mutual Collection, Boston, MA
Airmo Corporation Collection, Dallas, TX

Public Commissions

MJB Corporation, One-Percent for Art Painting Commission

Awards

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Grant
Massachusetts Cultural Council Professional Development Grant
Atlantic Center for the Arts Fellowship
Recipient, Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship
Brookline Arts Lottery Grant, Artist-in-Residence, Runkle School, Brookline, MA
National Endowment for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence Grants (Various Schools)
Finalist, Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence Grants (Various Schools)
1979, Finalist, Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship

Selected Bibliography

William Corbett Epistolary Paint: A Visual Correspondence, Exhibition Catalogue, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Joyce Cohen, “New Collaborations” Art New England, February 1996
Cedco Publishing, “Women Artists’ Calendar, 1991
Meredith Fife Day, “Recent Works by Marilyn Levin and Peter Mitten, Art New England, 1992
Nancy Stapen, “Levin Bids for Recognition with New Boston Show” Boston Sunday Herald, 1990
Christine Temin, “Local Art Scene” The Boston Globe , April 3, 1986
Lois Tarlow, “Marilyn Levin, Featured Artist” Art New England, 1985 (Cover Interview)
Rebecca Nemser, “Marilyn Levin, Recent Work,” Art New England, March 1981
Robert Taylor, “Images at Brandeis Vital, Engrossing,” Boston Sunday Globe, Nov. 26, 1978
Elizabeth Sher, Mixed Media on Paper, exhibition catalogue, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

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