BIO
Silvia Levenson
Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Silvia Levenson immigrated to Italy in 1981,
during the “disappearances” of the Dirty War .
She explore daily interpersonal relationships through installations and objects that state
firmly what is usually felt or whispered. Her work is centralized on this unspeakable space,
which is oftentimes so small, located between what we can see and what we feel and use
glass to reveal those things that are normally hidden.
In 2004, Levenson received the Rakow Commission Award from the Corning Museum of
Glass in 2008 she was a shortlisted nominee for the Bombay Sapphire Prize and in 2016
she received The Glass in Venice Award from Istituto Veneto, Venice, Italy.
Her work has been exhibited around the world and is a part of several public collections
like Corning Museum of Glass, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fè, Houston Fine Art
Museum, Toledo Museum of Art ,Mint Museum, Charlotte, Chrysler Museum of Art,
Sunderland Glass Museum, UK, Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes , Buenos Aires,
Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung , Munich, MUDAC , Lausanne and Castello Sforzesco
Museum, Milan
CURRICULUM
Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich, Germany
Bullseye Glass Company, Portland (OR) USA
Coleccion Casas de las Americas, Cuba
Comune di Castelvetro, Castelvetro (Modena).Italy
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning USA ( Rakow Commision)
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk. USA
David Owsley Museum. Ball State University, USA
Ernsting Glass Collection, Coestfeld, Germany
Fine Art Museum, Houston. USA
Fondazione Banca San Gottardo, Italy
Fondazione Remotti, Camogli. Italy
Glas Museum Fraueneau, Germany
Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Denmark
Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, Portland (OR) USA
Mineapolis Institute for Arts. Mineapolis. USA
Mint Museum, Charlotte, USA
Musée du Verre Sars Poteries, France
Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes, La Plata. Argentina
Museo del Vetro di Murano, Venice. Italy
Museo del Vetro, Altare. Italy
Museo di Arte Applicate. Castello Sforzesco. Milan,Italy
Museo di Storia ed Arte, Sondrio, Italy
Museo del Vidrio Leon Rigaulleau,Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts, Lausanne. Swiss.
National Glass Center, Sunderland. UK
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fè. USA
Racine Art Museum. Wisconsin. USA
The Toledo Museum of Art. Toledo. USA
Tikanoja Art Museum, Vaasa, Finland
2023
Workout. Action with Natalia Saurin. Palazzo Reale, Milan (MI), Italy.
I feel a bit strange. Escola Massana, Barcelona, Spain
So much love and compassion. Alexander Tutsek Foundation, Munich, Germany
2022
Ni una menos. With Natalia Saurin. Palazzo Nobiliare. Cesano Maderno (MI), Italy
2018
Identidad Desaparecida. Museo Memorial de la Republica Dominicana. Santo Domingo
2017
Doble Ausencias. Museo del Vetro. Altare (SV), Italy
Sguardi Incrociati. With Francesca Gagliardi. Zaion Gallery, Biella. Italy
2016
Interior Voices. National Glass Center. Sunderland. UK
Identidad Desaparecida. Bullseye Projects. Portland (OR) USA
Identidad Desaparecida. Museo del Vetro di Murano. Venice, Italy
I Amsterdam. With Lorch Seidel Gallery, Berlin
2015
Identidad. American University Museum. Washington DC. USA
Who in the world arm I? ( with Luca Lanzi) Lorch-Seidel Gallery.Berlin, Germany
Identidad Desaparecida EAC – Espacio Arte Contemporaneo – Montevideo, Uruguay
Without Camouflage ( with Dafna Kaffeman) . Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco. USA
Identidad Desaparecida. Argentinian Consulate, Barcelona. Spain
Identitè Disparue. Galerie Argentine. Paris, France
Missing Identity. Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum, Riga,Latvia
Missing Identity. Museum of Occupations.Tallin, Estonia
2014
Identidad Desaparecida. Casa de las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo. Ex Esma. Buenos Aires. Argentina
A subject to avoid. David Richard Gallery. Santa Fé. New Mexico. USA
The secret order. Bullseye Gallery. Portland(OR) USA
Without Camouflage ( with Dafna Kafemann)David Owsley Museum of Art. Ball State University. USA
Wonderland. Antonella Cattani Gallery. Bolzano, Italy
2013
Not Neutral , con Mindy Weisel. Lorch-Seidel Gallery. Berlin
Ostaggi, with Elizabeth Aro, Sala Santa Rita, Rome, Italy
2012
Life Strategies. David Richard Gallery. Santa Fè, USA
Camouflage.Luciano Colantonio. Brescia. Italy
2011
Everything is OK. Galeria Solange Guez, Buenos Aires. Argentina
2010
El plan era perfecto, curator E.Aro. Sansalvatore Artproject. Modena, Italy
I feel in balance. Project room at Fondazione Durini, Milano. Italy
2009
Io ti perdono. Galleria Traghetto, Rome,Italy
Piccoli Ulisse. Sansalvatore Artproject, Modena,Italy
2008
You are not living alone…. Bullseye Gallery. Portland (OR) USA
The kitchen, el corazon de la casa. Galeria Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain (with Natalia Saurin)
2007
Happy forever, Caterina Tognon, Venice, Italy
2006
Something’s wrong, with Natalia Saurin. Galleria Arthobler. Porto. Portugal
Piccoli Ulisse, Festival della Letteratura, Mantova
Plaza de Mayo, Galleria Traghetto. Roma
Algo anda mal, video with Natalia Saurin , Argentine Embassy, Roma
2005
I see you are a bit nervous. Bullseye Gallery. Portland(OR) USA (installation + video con Natalia Saurin)
2004
Toys & Games, project with Galleria Caterina Tognon , Art Miami Fair, USA
Sit down!, Olivier Houg, Lyon. Francia
Emergencias, project room at FIAC Paris, with Galleria Caterina Tognon
2003
Piccolo Ulisse, Galleria Caterina Tognon, Bergamo
Games and Fairly tales. Bullseye Connections Gallery, Portland. USA
Bambina spinosa, Arthobler Gallery,Porto, Portugal
2002
Silenzio, bambini .Caterina Tognon, Venice,Italy
Toys (two persons exhibition) Galleria San Salvatore, Modena
2001
Bambina Spinosa, Centro Arte Contemporanea Cavalese,Italy
Piccoli Tesori, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
Correre ai ripari. Museo del Credito Valtellinese di Sondrio,Italy
Correre ai ripari . Fioretto Arte Contemporanea, Padua,Italy
Bambina Cattiva, Gemine Muse. Museo Archeologico. Padova,Italy
Piccoli tesori . Galleria Maria Cilena, Milan – Italy
2000
Bambina Cattiva, Galleria Caterina Tognon Bergamo,Italy
Design by Silvia Levenson, Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam(NL)
Haute Glass, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, USA
1999
Fashion Glass, Spring-Summer 1999. Maria Cilena Gallery, Milan,Italy
Fashion Glass. Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Denmark
1998
Cenetta Intima (table for two). Bullseye Gallery, Portland. Oregon (USA)
Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
1997
Non guardarmi così,tesoro, con F.Martinez. Care/of . Milan,Italy
1996
Cannibalisme des sentiments. Musée Atelier de Verre, Sars Poteries. France
Levenson / Northbrook. Bullseye Connection, Portland,Oregon USA
1995
Il viaggio, with Florencia Martinez. Mercato del Pesce, Milano
Valijas transparentes. Centro Recoleta, Buenos Aires
Il viaggio: Selected Works.Bullseye Connection, Portland.Oregon (USA)
2023
Vetro e Opera lirica. Curated by Sandro Pezzoli. Castello Sforzesco, Milan (MI), Italy
Femminile Plurale. Curated by Margaret Sgarra. Dr Fake Cabinet, Turin (TO), Italy
Hand Made 2.0. Ptuj City Gallery – Ptuj, Slovenia
Indifference. A cura di Margaret Sgarra. Casa Museo Gramsci.
2018
The element of change. Glass Project. Berlin, Germany
I 2018. Levantart Gallery. Shangai. China
ContemporaneA. Bi box, Biella. Italy
2017
The blood of women. Traces of red on white cloth. Galerija Forum, Zagreb. Croazia
The Glass Cieling. Palm Spring Museum. USA
Arte & Tecnologia. Lan Wan Museum, Quingdao. China
Un passion partagée. Musee Atelier de Sars Poteries. France
2016
Glass from the collection Bellini Pezzoli. Archeological Museum, Zara
Art Byre Project, North Lands, Scotland organized by Bullseye Projects
Fired Up : Conntemporary Women working in glass. Mint Museum, Charlotte. USA
Departures and arrivals. Lorch Seidel Gallery, Berlin. Germany
The emotional life of objects. Bullseye Projects. Portland (OR) USA
Il Sangue delle Donne.Casa Internazionale delle donne. Roma, Italy
Life is not a beach. Alexander Tutsek Stiftung Munich, Germany
2015
Colors . Hempel Glass Museum. Hempel, Denmark
Contemporary Glass at RAM. Racine Art Museum. USA
Attravetro. Archeological Museum, Pavia, Italy
Delicartessen 14. Galeria Esther Montoriol. Barcelona, Spain
2014
Body Talk. Ebeltoft Glass Museum. Denmark
Progetto Turna, Turin, Italy
Retrospective. Bullseye Gallery. Portland (Or)USA
2013
Chroma. Bullseye Gallery. Portland (Or) USA
2012
Fino alla fine del Mondo. Zaion Gallery. Biella, Italy
Greffè/Griffè. Biennale Nationale de Sculpture Contemporaine. Trois Rivieres, Canada
In the name of love. Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung. Koln. Germany
Miniature di vetro. Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arte. Venice, Italy
“50 years of Glass Studio”. Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft. USA
Fiori di Vetro, Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milano, Italy
2011
Amorphous Dream, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Caos Termici, Casa Massacio, San Giovanni Valdarno
Cross Over. Bullseye Gallery, Portland (OR) USA
Hans hat Glück, Castello Gandeg, Alto Adige. Italy
Donnedonnedonne.Fondazione Remotti. Camogli. Italy
BodyWork, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, USA
Principes, princesas y cenicientas. Complejo San Francisco, Berazategui, Buenos Aires
2010
From_&_t(w)o. Kunst Meran, Italy ( Valerio Dehò curator)
Case Study from the Bureau of Contemporary Art.New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fè (USA)
Bad girls. Galleria Caterina Gualco e Visionquest Gallery, Genova
The taste of glass. Vlaams Centrum voor Hedendaagse Glaskunst , Belgium
Hi honey, I’m Home. Broadfield House Glass Museum, Stourbridge, UK
I Glass 2010, Levant Art Gallery. Shangai
Maravee Domus, Sabrina Zannier curator. Castello di Susans (UD). Italy
2009
PF O9 . Prague Festival,Pokorna Gallery, Praga (CZ)
Welcome Home,Spazio AB 23, Vincenza
Favourites! From the contemporary glass collection. Corning Glass Museum. Corning, USA
Beyond Shared Language: Contemporary Art and the Latin American Experience. Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh. USA
Incontri Casuali, Zaion Gallery, Biella
Glass from Malou Majerus Collection. Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf. Germany
2008
European Glass Context.Bornholms Kunst Museum, Denmark
La Giostra dell’apocalisse. Rotonda della Besana, Milano
Flux, Reflections in Contemporary Glass, New Mexico Museum of Art,Santa Fè. USA
Presenters, Bullseye Gallery. Portland (OR) USA
My own Gallery, Milano. Bombay Sapphire Prize
Yalos, why Glass? Claudia Gianferrari, Milano
Yalos, why glass?. Caterina Tognon, Venezia
Shoes, Tikanoja Art Museum, Vaasa, Finland
Visionaria 17, Piombino
Videa2, rassegna di video art al femminile. Salerno
Videa2, rassegna di video art al femminile. Palazzo Strozzi, Ferrara
Delicartessen, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
2007
Italien Ways in Contemporary Craft.Cheongiu International Craft Biennale, Korea
Aria. Fondazione Ermanno Casoli, Jesi
Annisettanta. Triennale. Milano
Il viaggio di Eva. Comune de San Donato Milanese (MI)
2 video, project on line, Undonet
A cena con Isabella, Museo Nazionale Atestino, Este
2006
Crafting a collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (USA)
Glass, Material Matters, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (USA)
XX Years On, GLasmuseum Ebeltof, Denmark
Rompecabezas, Galeria Montoriol, Barcelona. Spain
Biennale della fotografia, Brescia,Italy
Contemporary Kiln-Glass at Houston Center. USA
Contemporary Kiln Glass, University of Miami, College of Arts and Sciences Gallery, Florida. USA
2005
Quadriennale.Roma. Italy
Chez moi. Galleria Erasmus Brera.Milano
Sotto la superficie. Fabbrica del Vapore. Milano
Global Art Glass.Borgholms Slott. Vida Museum Sweden
2004
Something Different, Quadrivum Gallery. Sydney. Australia
Lilith, women in art. Scuderie Aldrobrandi. Frascati,Italy
Neruda. Istituto Latinoamericano, Roma
Pranzo di nozze, Fioretto Arte Contemporanea, Padova
Delicartessen, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
Me design. Palazzo della Borsa, Genova
2003
Interior secrets of body, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Imagerie Art Fashion, Castello di Rivara, Trieste
Chaussè-croisés, Gewerbemuseum Wintherhtur, Germany
The Light Within, Kentucky Art Museum,USA
XS, Galleria San Salvatore, Modena
Fresh, Heller Gallery, New York USA
Delicartessen, Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
2002
Glass Way, Museo Archeologico. Aosta. Italy
Musica per occhi, Conservatorio, Bolzano. Italy
Galerie Olivier Houg, Lyon, France
Luoghi di Concentramenti, Artandgallery. Milano
Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Il lato scuro della letteratura. B&B Gallery, Mantua, Italy
Museum of Design, Lausanne. Swiss
Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona. Spain
2001
Ghost, GianFerrari Arte Contemporanea & Ciocca Gallery, Milan, Italy
Tagli . Spazio Erasmus, Milano
Tutto l’odio del mondo. Arengario, Milano
Hora Cero, Galleria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
La notte dei Musei. Bergamo
2000
Sui Generis. PAC, Milan
Frangibile. Spazio Trevi, Bolzano
Trapassato Futuro. Cartiera Vannucci, Milano
Vocazioni . Convento dei Celestini,Bergamo
All about Eve, Fioretto Gallery, Padova
No crime. San Salvatore Gallery, Modena, Italy
1999
Novecento, frammenti di un secolo breve. Festa Nazionale dell’Unità. Modena
12thAnniversary, Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
1998
Preview, Galleria Maria Cilena, Milano.
Interpretations. Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Denmark
Full Circle. Hoffman Gallery Portland,USA
Cronache Vere. Spazio Consolo, Milano
Ernsting Fondation,Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld , Germany
L’opening è dentro. Istituto Penitenziario Minorile C.Beccaria
1997
O che acontece quando se muda de lugar,Contemporary Art Museum. Belo Orizonte, Brasil
3 person exhibition. Ernsting Fondation,Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld, Germany
Galleria D’arte & Di vetro, Bergamo
Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam
1996
Tracce/Huellas. Fuoricentro Gallery, Roma
1995
Libro Objeto. Centro Wilfredo Lam. La Habana, Cuba
International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa. Japan
2018 Wilson Conference “ Who in the world am I?” at GAS Conference in Murano, Italy
2017 Conference “ The Plan was perfect”. Palazzo Loredan, Venice. Italy
2017 Visiting Instructor at Art Accademy. Brera, Milano, Italy
2017 Key Speaker at “ Women and Art Symposium”, National Glass Center, Sunderland. UK
2016 Glass in Venice Award. Istituto Veneto,Venice. Italy
2016 jury at New Glass Review 37, Corning Museum. USA
2016 invited artist at Byre Symposium. Northlands Creative Glass, Scotland
2016 jury at Salon Nacional del Vidrio. Berazategui, Argentina
2015 artist in residence, Berlin Glass
2015 Lecture at Australian University. Canberra, Australia
2014 artist in residence. Sunderland University. UK
2013 Lecture at Bezalel Art University. Jerusalem. Israel
2012 Jury at E-MERGE 2012. Portland OR (USA)
2011 Presenter at “Next 100 years”. Aalto University. Helsinki, Finland
2011 Presenter at BeCon, Crossover. Portland, Or. USA
2010 Jury at Warm Glass Prize. Bristol UK
2009 Visiting artist at Australia University,(ANU), Canberra, Australia
2008, Finalist , Bombay Saphire Prize
2005 artist in residence, Corning Museum of Glass. USA
2004 Rakow Commission Award Recipient, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NW
1998 artist in residence at Bullseye Co. USA
1996 artist in residence at Musée Atelier de Verre, Sars Poteries. France
1995 artist in residence at Bullseye Co. USA
2014 Arte KM0,tutor at residency and show. Big Bang Association, Italy
2011 Principes, Princesas y Cenicientas. Complejo Municipal San Francisco. Berazategui, Argentina
2010 Hi Honey, I’m Home. Broadfield House Glass Museum, UK
2008 Memorie sotto vetro. Glassmusset Ebeltoft, Denmark
2006 Levenson & Vetroricerca, Museo di Alcorcon, Spain
2005 Memorie sotto vetro. Bolzano, Italy