Project Description

Rick Levinson

I have been making art for many years. I am a pulmonary/critical care physician. I believe that each of these paths originate from the same, if not parallel, places.

The practice of medicine can only be initiated after the most rigorous devotion to scientific fact, hoping that people can be helped to overcome their inevitable biologic wounds.

In contrast, my artmaking began informally, and I am self-trained.
My life as an artist has always been deeply intertwined with my life as a physician. I have always felt the need of connecting the biologic challenges of my patients with the significant emotional, sometimes spiritual conflicts they face.

My art is often about storytelling; my own stories, those of my patients, or totally independent and imagined.

EDUCATION
1974
Pulmonology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1969
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
1965
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Into Thin Air, De Sarthe Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2021
Sarah Brodsky’s Ring, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2019
A Collection, Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2018
Acts of Faith (in collaboration with Wang Xin), The Armory Show, New York City, New York
2012
Back Looking Forward, Yves Klein Archive, Paris, France
Presence/Absence, Gallery Splettstoesser, Kaarst, Germany
2008
En Face/About Face, concurrent with solo exhibition by Marianne Reiners-Maaz, Galerie Splettstoesser, Kaarst
2007
You Know Me (Tu Me Conoces), Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City
2004
Freed by Light, LUXE Gallery, Project Room, New York City, New York
Acts of Faith, LUXE Gallery, New York City, New York
Unvisible, LUXE Gallery, Project Room, New York City, New York
The Bridge, collaborative installation with poet Marc J. Straus, Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
2003
The Shade, Site Specific Installation, Monorchid Studio, Phoenix, Arizona
2001
Gocaia Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2000
Split Infinities, Ericson Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1995
The Invention of Memory, Martin Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
1994
Faces Behind Faces II, Staedtische Gallery, Kaarst, Germany
1992
Faces Behind Faces, Gallery 44, Kaarst, Germany
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Annual Group Show, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2014
Not For All My Little Words, curated by Tim Hawkinson, Marc Straus Gallery, New York.
Louisiana State University
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
2005
Almost, Robert Miller Gallery, New York City, New York
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Frank Martin Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Galleri SE, Bergen, Norway
2004
Simply Drawn, LUXE Gallery, New York City, New York
2003
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Building a Collection, Contemporary Forum, Auction Installation, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
The 100 Dollar Show – Studio Lodo, Phoenix Center for Contemporary Art
2002
Artists Masks, Neuberger Museum, Harrison, New York
1998
Muhlenberg Masterpieces, Frank Martin Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
1996
Drawing into Sculpture, Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY
1992
Group Show, Gallery 44, Kaarst, Germany
1990
Group Show, Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, Arizona
1989
Group Show, Construct Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
 
LECTURES, PUBLIC SPEAKING, AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1991
Artist Residency, Studio of Guenter Uecker, Duesseldorf, Germany
 
PRESS AND REVIEWS
2019
2018
2008
2004
2003