Silvia Levenson
Born in Buenos Aires in 1957
Resides in Lesa (IT) and Buenos Aires
public collections
· Musée Mudac | Lausanne | CH
· Toledo Museum of Arts | Toledo | US-OH
· Fine Art Museum | Houston | US-TX
· New Mexico Museum of Art | Santa Fe | US-NM
· Corning Museum of Glass | Rakow Commision | Corning | US-NY
· Bullseye Glass Company | Portland | US-OR
· Tikanoja Art Museum | Vaasa | FI
· Alexander Tutsek-Foundation | München
· Musée-Atelier du Verre | Sars-Poteries | FR
· Glasmusset Ebeltoft | DK
· Ernsting-Foundation | Coesfeld | DE
· Museo Leon Rigaulleau | Buenos Aires
· Coleccion Casas de las Americas | CU
· Comune di Castelvetro | Castelvetro | Modena | IT
· Fondazione Remotti | Camogli | IT
· Fondazione Banca San Gottardo | IT
· Museo di Storia ed Arte | Sondrio | IT
· Glas Museum Fraueneau | DE
· Museo del Vetro | Altare | IT
selected solo exhibitions
2016
· Departures and Arrivals (with Dafna Kaffeman) | lorch+seidel | Berlin
· Identidad Desaparecida | Museo del Vetro | Murano | IT
2015
· Who in the world am I ? (with Luca Lanzi) | lorch+seidel | Berlin
· Identidad Desaparecida | Sala Silvina Ocampo
Consulado General y Centro de Promoción
de la República Argentina en Barcelona
· Without Camouflage (with Dafna Kaffeman)
Curated by Davira Taragin
Museum of Craft and Design | San Francisco | US-CA
2014
· Without Camouflage (with Dafna Kaffeman)
Curated by Davira Taragin
David Owsley Museum of Art | Muncie | US-IN
· SOFA Chicago Art Fair | with lorch+seidel
· Identidad Desaparecida
Casa por la Identidad de Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo
Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires | AR
· A Subject to Avoid
David Richard Gallery | Santa Fe | US-NM
· Without Camouflage
Two-artists-exhibition with Dafna Kaffeman
Curated by Davira Taragin
David Owsley Museum of Art | Municie | US-IN
· The Secret Order | Bullseye Gallery | Portland | US-OR
2013
· Rehenes - Ostaggi
Two-Artists-Exhibtion with Elisabeth Aro
Curated by Giulia Giovanardi and Alexandra Gracco Kopp
Sala Santa Rita | Roma
· Not Neutral (with Mindy Weisel) | lorch+seidel | Berlin
2012
· Life Strategies | David Richard Gallery | Santa Fe | US-NM
· Camouflage | Galleria Luciano Colantonio | Brescia | IT
2011
· Everything is OK | Galeria Solange Guez | Buenos Aires
2010
· El plan era perfecto | curated by E. Aro
Sansalvatore Artproject | Modena | IT
· I Feel in Balance | Fondazione Durini | Milano
2009
· Io Ti Perdono | Galleria Traghetto | Roma
· Piccoli Ulisse | Sansalvatore Artproject | Modena | IT
2008
· You Are Not Living Alone | Bullseye Gallery | Portland | US-OR
· The kitchen, el corazon de la casa (with Natalia Saurin)
Galeria Montoriol | Barcelona
2007
· Happy Forever | Caterina Tognon | Venezia
2006
· Something’s Wrong (with Natalia Saurin)
Galeria Arthobler | Porto | PT
· Piccoli Ulisse | Festival della Letteratura | Mantova | IT
· Plaza de Mayo | Galleria Traghetto | Roma
· Algo anda mal (video with Natalia Saurin) | Argentine Embassy | Roma
2005
· I See You Are a Bit Nervous (installation and video with Natalia Saurin)
Bullseye Gallery | Portland | US-OR
2004
· Toys & Games (project with Galleria Caterina Tognon) | Art Miami
· Sit down! | Olivier Houg | Lyon | FR
· Emergencias | project with Galleria Caterina Tognon) | FIAC | Paris
2003
· Piccolo Ulisse | Galleria Caterina Tognon | Bergamo | IT
· Games and Fairy Tales | Bullseye Gallery | Portland | US-OR
· Bambina Spinosa | Arthobler Gallery | Porto | PT
· Sogni d’Oro | Galleria Silvy Bassanese | Biella | IT
2002
· Silenzio, Bambini | Caterina Tognon | Venezia
· Toys | Galleria San Salvatore | Modena | IT
2001
· Bambina Spinosa | Centro Arte Contemporanea Cavalese | IT
· Piccoli Tesori | Galeria Esther Montoriol | Barcelona
· Correre ai Ripari | Museo del Credito Valtellinese di Sondrio | IT
· Correre ai Ripari | Fioretto Arte Contemporanea | Padova | IT
· Bambina Cattiva, Gemine Muse | Museo Archeologico | Padova | IT
· Piccoli Tesori | Galleria Maria Cilena | Milano
2000
· Bambina Cattiva | Galleria Caterina Tognon | Bergamo | IT
· Design by Silvia Levenson | Braggiotti Gallery | Amsterdam
· Haute Glass | Bullseye Gallery | Portland | US-OR
1999
· Fashion Glass, Spring-Summer 1999 | Galleria Maria Cilena | Milano
· Fashion Glass | Glasmusset Ebeltoft | DK
· UK Gallery | Cologne
1998
· Cenetta Intima (table for two) | Bullseye Gallery | Portland | US-OR
· Braggiotti Gallery | Amsterdam
1997
· Non Guardarmi Così, Tesoro (with F. Martinez) | Galleria Care/of | Milano
1996
· Cannibalisme des Sentiments | Musée-Atelier de Verre | Sars-Poteries | FR
· Levenson/Northbrook | Bullseye Gallery | Portland | US-OR
1995
· Il Viaggio | Mercato del Pesce | Milano
· Valijas transparentes | Centro Recoleta | Buenos Aires
· Galleria Caterina Tognon | Bergamo | IT
· Il Viaggio: Selected Works | Bullseye Gallery | Portland | US-OR
selected group shows
2020
· Unbreakable | Fondazione Berengo Art Space | Murano | IT
2016
· Glass Now ! | Galerie Handwerk | Munich | DE
· Scope Basel Art Fair | with lorch+seidel
2015
· Why Glass ? | lorch+seidel | Berlin
2014
· The Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass
Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg | DE
· That's what I want | lorch+seidel | Berlin
2013
· Sangue di drago, squame di serpente
Animali fantastici al Castello del Buonconsiglio di Trento | IT
2012
· Fino alla Fine del Mondo | Zaion Gallery | Biella | IT
· Greffé/Griffé - Biennale Nationale de Sculpture Contemporaine
Trois Rivières | CA
· In the Name of Love | Alexander Tutsek-Foundation | München
· Miniature di Vetro | Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arte | Venezia
· Fifty Years of Glass Studio | Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft
Louisville | US-KY
· Fiori di Vetro | Museo Bagatti Valsecchi | Milano
2011
· Amorphous Dream | Micaela Gallery | San Francisco | US-CA
· Caos Termici | Casa Massacio | San Giovanni Valdarno | IT
· Cross Over | Bullseye Gallery | Portland | US-OR
· L'ospite inatteso | Tamango Film | Buenos Aires
· Hans im Glück | Castello Gandegg | Alto Adige | IT
· Donnedonnedonne | Fondazione Remotti | Camogli | IT
· BodyWork | Bullseye Gallery | Portland | US-OR
· Principes, princesas y cenicientas
Complejo San Francisco | Berazategui | Buenos Aires
2010
· From & T(w)o | curated by Valerio Dehò | Kunst Meran | IT
· Case Study from the Bureau of Contemporary Art
New Mexico Museum of Art | Santa Fe | US-NM
· Bad Girls | Galleria Caterina Gualco and Visionquest Gallery | Genova | IT
· The Taste of Glass | Vlaams Centrum voor Hedendaagse Glaskunst | BE
· Cold + Hot 2010 | Micaela Gallery | San Francisco | US-CA
· L'ospite Inatteso | Casa Fehr | Ameno | IT
· I honey, I'm Home | Broadfield House Glass Museum | Stourbridge | UK
· Glass 2010 | Levant Art Gallery | Shanghai | CN
· Maravee Domus | curated by Sabrina Zannier | Castello di Susans | IT
2009
· PF O9 | Prague Festival | Pokorna Gallery | Prague | CZ
· Welcome Home | Spazio AB 23 | Vicenza | IT
· Favourites! - From the Contemporary Glass Collection
Corning Glass Museum | Corning | US-NY
· Beyond Shared Language:
Contemporary Art and the Latin American Experience
Society for Contemporary Craft | Pittsburgh | US-PA
· Incontri Casuali | Zaion Gallery | Biella | IT
· Glass from Malou Majerus Collection
Museum Kunst Palast | Düsseldorf | DE
2008
· European Glass Context | Bornholm Art Museum | DK
· La Giostra dell’Apocalisse | Rotonda della Besana | Milano
· Flux - Reflections in Contemporary Glass
New Mexico Museum of Art | Santa Fe | US-NM
· Presenters | Bullseye Gallery | Portland | US-OR
· The Bombay Sapphire Prize Exhibition | My own Gallery | Milan
· Yalos, Why Glass? | Claudia Gianferrari | Milano
· Yalos, Why Glass? | Caterina Tognon | Venezia | IT
· Video Dialoghi | Unione Culturale Antonicelli | Torino | IT
· Shoes | Tikanoja Art Museum | Vaasa | FI
· Visionaria 17 | Piombino | IT
· Videa2 - Rassegna di Video Art al Femminile | Salerno | IT
· Videa2 - Rassegna di Video Art al Femminile | Palazzo Strozzi | Ferrara | IT
· Delicartessen | Galeria Esther Montoriol | Barcelona
2007
· Italian Ways in Contemporary Craft
Cheongiu International Craft Biennale | Korea
· Aria | Fondazione Ermanno Casoli | Jesi | IT
· Annisettanta. Triennale | Milano
· Il viaggio di Eva | Comune de San Donato | Milano
· Visioni Parallele | Mp & Partners | Torino | IT
· 2 video - Project on Line | Undonet
· A Cena con Isabella | Museo Nazionale Atestino | Este | IT
2006
· Crafting a Collection | The Museum of Fine Arts | Houston| US-TX
· Glass - Material Matters | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | US-CA
· XX Years On | GLasmusset Ebeltoft | DK
· Rompecabezas | Galeria Montoriol | Barcelona
· Coburg Glass Prize | Glasmuseum Coburg | DE
· Biennale della Fotografia | Brescia | IT
· Levenson - Vetroricerca | Museo del Vidrio Alcorcon | Madrid
· Contemporary Kiln-Glass at Houston Center | US-TX
· Contemporary Kiln Glass
University of Miami | College of Arts and Sciences Gallery | US-FL
2005
· Quadriennale | Roma
· Chez moi | Galleria Erasmus | Brera | Milano
· Sotto la Superficie | Fabbrica del Vapore | Milan
· Global Art Glass | Vida Museum | Borgholm | SW
2004
· Something Different | Quadrivum Gallery | Sydney
· Ernsting-Foundation | Coesfeld | DE
· Lilit - Women in Art | Scuderie Aldrobrandi | Frascati | IT
· Neruda | Istituto Italo-Latino Americano | Roma
· Pranzo di Nozze | Fioretto Arte Contemporanea | Padova | IT
· Delicartessen | Galeria Esther Montoriol | Barcelona
· Me Design | Palazzo della Borsa | Genova | IT
2003
· Interior Secrets of Body | Ludwig Museum | Budapest | HU
· Imagerie Art Fashion | Castello di Rivara | Trieste | IT
· Start | Centro Arte Contemporanea Cavalese | Trento | IT
· Chaussé-Croisés | Gewerbemuseum Winterthur | CH
· Hot for Glass!
Visual Art Center | California State University | Los Angeles | US-CA
· The Light Within | Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft | Louisville | US-KY
· XS | Galleria San Salvatore | Modena | IT
· Fresh | Heller Gallery | New York | US-NY
· Delicartessen | Galeria Esther Montoriol | Barcelona
2002
· Glass Way | Museo Archeologico | Aosta | IT
· Galerie Olivier Houg | Lyon | FR
· Luoghi di Concentramenti | Artandgallery | Milano
· Braggiotti Gallery | Amsterdam
· Il Lato Scuro della Letteratura |B&B Gallery | Mantova | IT
· Musée Mudac | Lausanne | CH
· Galeria Esther Montoriol | Barcelona
2001
· Ghost | GianFerrari Arte Contemporanea and Ciocca Gallery | Milano
· Tagli | Spazio Erasmus | Milano
· Tutto l’Odio del Mondo | Arengario | Milano
· Hora Cero | Galleria Esther Montoriol | Barcelona
· La Notte dei Musei | Bergamo | IT
· Vetri | Luciano Collantonio | Brescia | IT
2000
· Sui Generis | PAC | Milano
· Frangibile | Spazio Trevi | Bolzano | IT
· Trapassato Futuro | Cartiera Vannucci | Milano
· Vocazioni | Convento dei Celestini | Bergamo | IT
· All about Eve | Fioretto Gallery | Padova | IT
· No Crime | San Salvatore Gallery | Modena | IT
1999
· Novecento, frammenti di un secolo breve
Festa Nazionale dell'Unità | Modena | IT
· 12th Anniversary | Braggiotti Gallery | Amsterdam
· Galleria d’Arte & di Vetro | Bergamo | IT
· Trasparenze | Galleria Luisa delle Piane | Milano
1998
· Preview | Galleria Maria Cilena | Milano
· Interpretations | Glasmusset Ebeltoft | DK
· Full Circle | Hoffman Gallery | Portland | US-OR
· Cronache Vere | Spazio Consolo | Milano
· Ernsting-Fondation | Coesfeld | DE
· Casa d’Altri | Omphalos Arte Contemporanea | Terlizzi | IT
· L’Opening è Dentro | Istituto Penale Minorile “Cesare Beccaria” | Milano
1997
· O che acontece quando se muda de lugar
Contemporary Art Museum | Belo Orizonte | Brasil
· 3 artists exhibition | Ernsting-Fondation | Coesfeld | DE
· Galleria d’Arte & di Vetro | Bergamo | IT
· Braggiotti Gallery | Amsterdam
1996
· Tracce/Huellas | Fuoricentro Gallery | Roma
1995
· Libro Objeto | Centro Wilfredo Lam. | La Habana | CU
· International Exhibition of Glass | Kanazawa | JP
· New Glass a Venezia | Galleria d’Arte & di Vetro | Venezia | IT
selected awards and residencies
2012
· Member of jury | E-MERGE 2012 | Portland | US-OR
2011
· Next 100 years | Aalto University | Helsinki
· BeCon - Crossover | Portland | US-OR
2010
· Member of jury | Warm Glass Prize | Bristol | UK
2009
· Visiting artist | Australia National University | Canberra
2008
· Finalist | The Bombay Saphire Prize
2005
· AiR | Corning Museum of Glass | Corning | US-NY
2004
· Rakow Commission Award | Corning Museum of Glass, Corning | US-NY
1998
· AiR | Bullseye Co. | Portland | US-OR
1996
· AiR | Musée Atelier de Verre | Sars Poteries | FR
1995
· AiR | Bullseye Co. | Portland | US-OR
work as curator
2011
· Principes, Princesas y Cenicientas
Complejo Municipal San Francisco | Berazategui | AR
2010
· Hi Honey, I'm Home | Broadfield House Glass Museum | UK
2008
· Memorie Sotto Vetro | Glassmusset Ebeltoft | DK
2006
· Levenson & Vetroricerca | Museo di Alcorcon | Madrid
2005
· Memorie Sotto Vetro | Bolzano | IT