Biography

Michael Levin was born in Winnipeg Manitoba in 1967. It was when he moved to Vancouver that he became engaged with the potential for landscape photography. He is the recipient of numerous awards including Nature Photographer of the Year at the 2006 International Photography Awards in New York City, as well as, Fine Art Photographer of the Year at the PX3 (Prix de la Photographie) awards in Paris, France in both 2007 and 2009. His work has been featured in Black & White Photography Magazine (2005 & 2008), Focus Fine Art (2006), Shots Magazine (2009), Silvershotz Magazine (2009), and B&W Magazine (2009 & 2010). Levin is represented by galleries in North America and Europe. His debut monograph Zebrato (2005) is in its third printing.

Referencing his latest series of colour photographs, Levin states “I’ve been spending time over the last two years primarily in France, Germany and Japan trying to find my way with colour. It’s like a slow romance, a courtship. I want the colours in these images to suggest the muted palette that I admire in 19th century landscape painting. But I’m a modernist and also like when colour bristles with energy. These photographs are about the possibility of colour – how it can be both old and new again.”

CURRICULUM VITAE

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015 Memento, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2014 Memento, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, TX, USA

2013 Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, AB

2010 Continuum, Samuel Maenhoudt Gallery, Knokke, Belgium

2010 Continuum, Lando Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2010 Contrast, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, TX, U.S.A.

2010 Evidence, The Weiss Gallery, Calgary, AB

2010 Galerie Art Mayence, Mainz, Germany

2009 Elemental, The Weiss Gallery, Calgary, AB

2009 Evidence, Elliot Louis Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2009 Evidence, Thornwood Gallery, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

2008 New Works, Watermark Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

2008 Untitled, Photographers’ Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2008 Untitled, Galerie Art Mayence, Mainz, Germany

2008 Elemental, New Work, Lando Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2007 Luminance, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC

2007 Bewegung und Stille, Galerie Art Mayence, Mainz, Germany

2007 Taizen, photographs from Japan Wallspace Gallery, Seattle, U.S.A.

2006 REVEAL, Watermarks Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

2006 Of Movement and Stillness, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC

2006 Reveal, LACDA, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2006 Frozen in Time, Lando Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2006 The Shape of Light, Photographers Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2006 Reveal, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC

2006 Two person show, Art Mayence, Mainz, Germany

2005 Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC

2005 The shape of Light, Snap Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2004 No.4 Gallery San Diego, California, U.S.A.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Summer Show, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2009 Summer Group Show, The Weiss Gallery, Calgary, AB

2009 Spring Show, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

2009 Chroma, The Weiss Gallery, Calgary, AB

2008 Traverse, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

2008 Summer Group Show, The Weiss Gallery, Calgary, AB

2008 New Works, Photographers’ Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2008 Emerging Artist Show, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, U.S.A.

2008 Versus, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC

2008 Toronto International Art Fair, Marca Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

2008 Deck the Walls, Alma Gallery, Guelph, ON

2007 Here & Now, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

2007 PX3 Awards show, Gallery 13Sévigné, Paris, France

2007 Photographers’ Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2007 Best of IPA’s, Farmani Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A

2007 Toronto International Art Fair, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

2006 Perception, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

2006 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON

2006 Angkor Photography Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia

2006 Coningsby Gallery, London, England

2006 Photographers Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2006 Best of IPA’s show, Splashlight Studio, New York City, U.S.A.

2006 Lando Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2006 Feature wall at the Photo San Francisco Exhibition

2006 Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC

2005 Galerie Art Mayence, Mainz, Germany

2005 Viewpoint, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

2005 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON

2005 Artsweek, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, ON

2004 Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC

2004 Snap Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2004 No.4 Gallery, San Diego, U.S.A

2004 Contact 2004, Move Up, Toronto, ON

AWARDS

2009 PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, Fine Art Photographer of the Year

2009 PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, 1st place abstract category

2009 PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, 2nd place book category (Zebrato)

2009 PDN Photo Annual, New York, U.S.A., top photography books of 2009 (Zebrato)

2009 Shots Magazine, U.S.A., Award winning photograph, Sunrise (East Sea)

2009 International Photography Awards 1st place in the Fine Art Category (Abstract)

2009 International Photography Awards 1st place in the Professional Fine Art Category (Other)

2009 International Photography Awards 2nd place in the Professional Fine Art Category (Book)

2009 Top 50 Photographers – Critical Mass Award

2007 PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, Fine Art Photographer of the Year

2007 PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, 1st place in the Professional Fine Art Category

2007 Honourable Mention at the Environmental Photography Awards

2007 Photographer’s Forum Magazine short listed for the 2007 Photographer of the Year

2006 International Photo Awards Nature Photographer of the Year * Finalist for Photographer of the Year

2006 International Photo Awards 1st & 2nd in the Professional Waterscapes Category.

2006 Gold Light Award, 1st place

2006 Black & White Spider Awards 6 nominations for “Fine Art Photographer”of the Year in Landscape and Architecture categories

2006 Overall winner in “Seascapes” Photolife Magazine

2006 LACDA Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts 1st Place overall International

2005 International Photography Awards 1st place in the Professional Fine Art Category.

2005 International Photography Awards (USA), Honorable Mention in the Landscape category

2005 B&W Photography Annual Single Image Contest (USA), Merit Award

2005 Nocturnes Photography Award (USA) Honorable Mention

COLLECTIONS

Numerous corporate and private collections worldwide.

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