# Dan Levenson URL: https://vielmetter.com/artists/dan-levenson/ Has exhibited with Vielmetter Los Angeles ## Exhibitions - [Dan Levenson: SKZ Painting Storage](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/2015-09-dan-levenson-skz-painting-storage.md): September 5 — October 10, 2015 · Artists: Dan Levenson ## Biography Lives and works in Los Angeles 1997 MFA, Royal College of Art, London, UK 1994 B.A., Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH **Selected Exhibitions** 2018 “SKZ Form and Color Studies,” Praz Delavallade, Paris, France ([Link](https://www.praz-delavallade.com/dan-levenson)) 2017 "SKZ Monochrome Diptychs," House of the Book, Brandeis-Bardin Institute, Simi Valley, CA ([Link](http://arts.aju.edu/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/levenson-skz/)) 2016 Praz-Delavallade, Independent, Brussels, Belgium 2015 "SKZ Painting Storage," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA 2011 “SKZ Student Monochrome Workshop,” Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA 2008 “Anonymous Paintings from the Archives of Little Switzerland,” USF, Bergen, Norway 2003 White Room, White Columns, NY, curated by Lauren Ross **Group Exhibitions** 2017 “Summer of Love,” Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA “All the Small Things,” Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA “I Love LA,” Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles, CA Gallery Em, Seoul, Korea 2016 “The Artists’ Library,” LAXART, Los Angeles, CA 2012 “The Double,” Cabinet, Brooklyn and LAXART, Los Angeles, CA 2011 “I Like The Art World And The Art World Likes Me,” EFA Project Space, New York, NY 2010 “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” St. Cecilia’s Convent, Brooklyn, NY 2009 “Nothing Up My Sleeve,” PARTICIPANT, INC., New York, NY, curated by Jonathan Berger 2008 “Geometric, Abstract, and Geometric Abstraction,” Jason Rulnick, New York, NY 2007 “Horizon,” EFA Gallery, New York, NY, curated by David Humphrey “The Promise of Freshness,” with Daniel Argyle, Peloton, Sydney, traveled to Dudespace, Melbourne, Australia 2006 “Recent Acquisitions,” Jason Rulnick Fine Art, New York, NY 2005 “Image Acts,” OfficeOps, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Aspara DiQuinzio and Tina Kukielski **Bibliography** 2018 Stromberg, Matt, "Performances About Learning, Set in a Fictional Classroom," Hyperallergic (web), January 22 ([Link](https://hyperallergic.com/422764/dan-levenson-house-of-the-book-ezra-orion/)) 2017 Kinsella, Eileen, “Art LA Contemporary Opens With Big Crowds and Edgy Vibe,” artnet news (web), January 27 “I Love LA,” Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles, CA Allen, Mark, “Review: Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2017!” LA Art Party (web), February 1 2016 Martin, Lucy, “The Armory Show Gallery Picks: Day One,” Elephant, March 3 2015 Cohen, Barnett, Dan Levenson Interview, Contemporary Art Review LA (web), September 2 Goldman, Edward, Septemer LA, a Bursting Art Scene, KCRW (web & radio), September 8 Capria, Alexandra, Dan Levenson, ArtNews, December Leon, Sarah, Fan Zhong, and Pati Hertling, “The Best of Armory Week 2015,” W Magazine, March 2013 Sigal, Lisa, “Silhouette,” The Bottom Line, February 2011 Orrson, Emily, “Vox Populi: Dan Levenson, SKZ Student Monochrome Workshop,” Title Magazine, December Newhall, Edith, “Artists’ subversive sense of humor at Vox Populi,” The Philadelphia Enquirer, December Chip Schwartz, “Conceptual Mashup at Vox” KnightArts, December 2011 Wetzler, Rachel, “A Populist Attack on the Art World Pulls Punches,” Hyperallergic, March 2009 Levy, Michelle, “Virtues of Smoke and Mirrors,” ArtSlant, November Ramani, Donato, “Imaginary Road to Little Switzerland,” L’Uomo Vogue, July 2008 Flannery, Paul, “Expandable and modular - Little Switzerland on a scale of 1 to 1,” January 21 Johnson, Paddy, “Form and Enterprise: The Art of Dan Levenson,” ArtCal Zine, January 16 Johnson, Paddy, “Fia Backström No Copy No Paste,“ Art Fag City, January 24 2007 Wagner, James, “Dan Levenson’s ‘Little Switzerland’ at EFA,” James Wagner blog, November 13 2006 “Shifter: Rules & Representation,“ Shifter Magazine, June 1 Faure, Guillemette, “La culture hors de prix à New York,“ Le Figaro, August 29 2005 Smith, Daniel, “Andrew Jackson, The New Face of Modern Art,” n+1, March 5 Lubell, Sam, “The $20 Problem: Opposition still rages against MoMA ticket Prices,“ Architectural Record, January Vogel, Carol, “What is the Value of Priceless Art?” The New York Times, November 18 Kuntzman, Gersh, “Art Worship,“ Newsweek, November 22 2004 Sherman, Gabriel “Mo’ Money MoMA,” The New York Observer, November 19 Muchnic, Suzanne “Parking costs rise at Getty, “ Los Angeles Times, November 21 Burmeister, Thomas “Picasso kann durchatmen,” Koelnische Rundschau, December 10 Bernau, Nikolaus, “Das MoMA tanzt,” Berliner Zeitung, November 20 Villasmil, Alejandra, “El MOMA de Nueva York abre al público su nueva sede,” Diario de Cadiz, November 20 Hickland, Aaron, “Open for business: the multi-million dollar cathedral for art that heralds a renaissance for the Big Apple,” The Sunday Herald, UK. November 21 Rousselot, Fabrice, “20 dollars l’entrée, de la folie furieuse,” Libération, November 20 **Awards, Grants and Fellowships** 2014 Yaddo Fellowship 2011 MacDowell Fellowship 2009 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 2008 Triangle Artists’ Workshop, Brooklyn, NY Artist-in Residence, USF, Bergen Norway 2007 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship 2006 Yaddo Fellowship 2004 Elizabeth Foundation Studio Yaddo Fellowship 2003 P.S. 122 project studio 2000 Yaddo Fellowship **Performances** 2017 “Foundational Principles of the State Art Academy, Zurich (SKZ),” Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA 2016 “Drawing Lessons from the SKZ,” The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA “Event #1, The Artists’ Library, by Warren Neidich,” LAXART, Los Angeles, CA 2015 “On Discipline (L.A.)” Ooga Booga #2, 356 S Mission Rd. Los Angeles, CA 2012 “Social History of the State Art Academy, Zürich,” International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn, NY “The Bätterkinden Art Awards,” Triangle Project Space, Brooklyn, NY 2008 “Disarmory,” organized by dBfoundation 2007 “The All-Smoking Art Opening - Sponsored by Altria,” New General Catalog, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Trong G. Nguyen 2006 “New Swiss Art,” Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY 2004 “FrEE MoMA action,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY **Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books** 2014 “Should Art Be Involved With Politics?” Visuals for Verbs, http://www.v-for-v.com/ 2013 “Notes From Jessica,” The Highlights, http://thehighlights.org/ 2012 Shifter Magazine, Vol. 19, Proposals, Design, Layout, September 2010 “ Nothing Up My Sleeve,” Regency Arts Press and PARTICIPANT INC