| Jessica Levman
Jessica Levman
Artist Statement
My work explores possibilities of bodily experience and representation -
whole bodies, fragmented bodies, internal and external bodies, diffusing
bodies, forms not categorized, fixed, bounded. Bodies in ecstasy, in fear
and trauma, empty bodies, full and sensuous bodies, dead and living
bodies.
My images reflect the renewal and regeneration in the cycles of birth and
death. They explore the patterns and cycles of nature and the deep
connections between things, such as human and animal bodies and
bones, veins and arteries, roots, leaves and branches, as well as the
interrelationship between the body and its environment and between
internal and external worlds. My work reflects life in transformation,
connected, melding, at times in pain, deformed, yet also beautiful.
Questioning social norms and conventions that attempt to contain,
control, and make palatable and pretty the body, emotions and nature,
the work is an entry into the dark and painful places we shy away from,
into fear, the abject and the unconscious.
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education
2008-2009 Bachelor of Education, Honours
Memorial University of Newfoundland
1999-2001 Master of Fine Arts, Honours
University of Calgary
2001 Royal College of Art, London, England, Term abroad
1999 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, Term abroad
1997-1999 AOCAD, Honours
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto
1995-1999 Bachelor of Art, Honours
University of Toronto
solo exhibitions
2011 Intense Fragility, The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2008 Flowing, The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2006 Galerie Luz, Montréal
2006 Afterbirth, The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2004 Skinning, The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2003 Expose, Latitude 44, Toronto
2002 Porous, The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2002 Emergence, Junction Gardens BIA, Junction Arts Festival, Toronto
2001 Fluid Bodies, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta
2000 Vein, The Little Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2000 Stone, Water, Fire, Breath, The Little Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1998 Time, Gallery 76, Toronto
1996 Clouds, Poor Alex Theatre, Toronto
selected group exhibitions
2010 The Propeller Centre for Visual Arts, Toronto
2009 The Salon Show, The Propeller Centre for Visual Arts, Toronto
2008 Biennale of Small Art, Venezuela
2007 Breaking Ground, Cre8ery Gallery, Winnipeg
2006 Töreki, Kálman Imre Múzeum, Siófok, Hungary
2005 By Association, The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2004 Spark, The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2003 The Stray Show, Zeke & Neen / Municipal Spaces, Chicago, Illinois
2003 Annual Members Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2001 Annual Printmaking Exhibition, The Little Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1999 Toronto in Art, Ingram Fine Art, Toronto
1999 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Paris, France
1999 Galerie Gauche, Paris, France
1999 Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, B.C.
1999 Embodiment, OCAD Gallery, Toronto
1998 Re/membering, OCAD Gallery, Toronto
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