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)

2017

"SKZ Monochrome Diptychs," House of the Book, Brandeis-Bardin Institute, Simi Valley, CA (Link)

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)

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