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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 for eight years. 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. 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
2007 “Floral Exhibition”, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 “Winter Salon”, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY
2006 “The Boston School Legacy”, The Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2006 “Masters of the Florence Academy of Art, part 2”, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY
2006 “Flora and Fauna”, The Bert Gallery, Providence, RI
2005 “First Annual Alumni Exhibition” The Florence Academy of Art, Corsini Stables, Italy
2005 “International Autumn Exhibition” Ettinger Gallery
2005 “Winter Salon”, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY
2004 “In Search of Beauty”, The Bert Gallery, Providence RI
2004 “Winter Salon”, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY
2004 “Masters of the Florence Academy of Art”, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City, NY
2003 “Vanitas”, The Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2003 “Still Classical”, Westbeth Arts Gallery, New York City, NY
2003 “Realism Revisited”, Panorama Museum, Bad Frankenhausen, Germany, Hirschl and Adler
Galleries, NY
2002 The Bert Gallery, Providence, RI
1999 The Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
1999 The Lenox Library, Lenox, MA
1995 Artworks Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 Art Institute of Chicago, Undergraduate Show, Chicago, IL
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2007 American Artists Professional League Annual Competition
2006 23rd Annual Artist’s Magazine Competition, Finalist in four categories
2006 “Second Annual Alumni Exhibition” The Florence Academy of Art, Corsini Stables, Italy
2006 “110 annual Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club”, New York City, NY
2005 Allied Artist’s of America Annual Competition
AWARDS
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
Motif Magazine “Dana Levin and the New School of Classical Art” - February 2007
The Boston Legacy ISBN 0-97113-216-X - Pgs.12,15,35 - 2006
Artist’s Magazine “Emerging Artists, 20 artists under 40”- March 2007
The Providence Monthly “A New Standard”- August 2005
Arts Media “RI Pics” - Winter 2004, pg.18 The Providence Journal “Beauty is Academic” - January 2004, pgs. 16,18
Jewish Voice and Herald “Painters from Florence” - January 2004, pg.32
American Artist Drawing “Classical Approaches to the Teaching of Drawing”
Fall 2003 pgs,
“Realism Revisited” Pgs. 81,156-159, 190, 2003
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005 Founder and Instructor – The New School of Classical Art, Providence Rhode Island
2004 The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy – Director of Drawing-Sculpture Program
1999 to 2003
The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy - Drawing Instructor
2003 The Florence Academy of Art Summer Program, Florence Italy – Painting Instructor
2002 The Florence Academy of Art Summer Program, Florence, Italy – Drawing Instructor
Assistant Instructor – Anatomy for Artists
2000 and 2001
The Florence Academy of Art Summer Program, Florence, Italy
Instructor - Academic Drawing
Assistant Instructor - Renaissance Drawing and Techniques
1999 Belvoir Terrace Summer Program, Lenox, MA - Drawing Instructor
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
International Guild of Realism
International Society of Realist Painters
Oil Painters of America
Who’s Who in American Art
Who’s Who in Visual Art - 100 Artists
National Association of Women Artists
The International Society of Realist Painters
Oil Painters of America
The Art Renewal Center
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