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Born in New York, NY, USA


MFA Painting, Columbia University, NYC

BFA Painting, Hunter College, NYC


"In my painting I wish to continue my ongoing exploration of pure colors on a paint surface as a personal mode of interfacing with my own life force and my unspoken words, moods, feelings, and longings. Art making as an affirmation of life is for me an existential affirmation of JOY...coupled with my own will to share with as many people as I can.

In my work, I often start with a representational image, which I then improvise upon, in a manner that frees me to find my own voice. It's a view of Art based on the Surrealist -Expressionist traditions, with its roots in the compositional integrity of the masters.

Helen Levin, September 2005

  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
    • 2007: "Abstract Art From New York", Mikst Media Gallery, Woudrichem, the Netherlands

    • 2006: "Paperworks: Dreams and Innovations", Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

    • 2005: 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY

    • 2004: "Garden, Flag Series Installation", Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art , Staten Island, NY

    • 2000: "Helen Levin, Creative Output", The Art Lab Gallery at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY

    • 1998: "Garden, Flag Series Installation", Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art , Staten Island, NY

    • 1994: "Helen Levin- Paintings on Paper and Canvas", Wagner College Gallery, Staten Island, NY

    • 1986: "Paintings 1986", The NY Open Center, New York, NY


  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • 2007: "Paper Slam: Innovative Paperworks", New York Law School, New York, NY

    • 2006
        - "Paper Slam: Innovative Paperworks", New York Law School, New York, NY

        - "UCAE Group Show", Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY

        - Ceres Gallery at Krasdale Food Corporation, Bronx, NY

    • 2005
        - "Gestural Abstraction", Synagogue for the Arts, New York, NY

        - "Invitational", Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY

    • 2004: Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

    • 2003
        - Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

        - "Invitational", SOHO 20, New York, NY

        - Kentler Drawing Center, Brooklyn, NY

        - Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Biennials, Staten Island, NY

    • 2002: Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

    • 2000: Gallery 2/20, New York, NY

    • 1999: Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

    • 1998: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Biennials, Staten Island, NY

    • 1997:
        - Atrium Gallery of Chubb Insurance, Corp., Warren, NJ

        - Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

    • 1996: Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

    • 1994: Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

    • 1992: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Biennials, Staten Island, NY

    • 1991: Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

    • 1989: Nabisco Brands Gallery, East Hanover, NJ


    • The YFF Foundation Museum of Abstract Art - 2005, Woudrichem, the Netherlands

    • Museum of Modern Art Library - 2004, New York, NY

    • Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Staten Island, NY

    • Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, Staten Island, NY

    • Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel

    • Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY

    • International House, Inc, New York, NY

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    • 2002, Richmond County Savings Foundation, Richmond, NY

    • 1994, Exhibit Grant, Dept. Of Cultural Affairs, Greater NY Arts Dev. Fund, New York, NY

    • 1993, Exhibit Grant, Dept. Of Cultural Affairs, Greater NY Arts Dev. Fund, New York, NY

    • 1980: Exhibition Grant, Artists Space, New York, NY

    • 1963: Painting scholarship, Columbia University Scholarship, Grad. Program in the Arts, New York, NY

    • Robert Sievert - Helen Levin. Artezine, Issue # 13, 2006

    • Fressola, M. - Art Lab Exhibiting Works by Helen Levin. Staten Island Advance, 10/13/2000

    • Fressola, M. - Abstract Expressionism at Wagner Gallery. Staten Island Advance, 10/28/1994

    • Awakening the Spirit of Abstraction. Creative Insight, New York, December 1996

    • Merkel, J. - Four Rewarding Shows. ARTSPEAK, New York, December 1996