My new show opens this Friday, May 10th, at 7:00 PM at The William V. Musto Cultural Center, 420-15th Street, Union City, NJ. Hope to see you there! http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2013/05/union_city_artist_abby_levine.html
Biographical Information
Abby Levine was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1955. After graduating from Temple University with a B.F.A in 1976, she moved to New York City where she lived for the next five years. Subsequently, along with her then companion Gary Buegel, she lived in Massachusetts and St. Louis, returning to New York City in 1985 where she began exhibiting her painting and sculpture and working as an illustrator. Commercial clients included Random House and CBS Records. Exhibits included shows at the Jim Diaz Gallery and SIXTOSIX Gallery and many group shows. A move to Seattle, where Abby worked as an illustrator and a banquet cook, was followed by a year on the road in search of the perfect small town. She found it in West Texas, where she lived from 1991 until 2004. While in West Texas, Abby exhibited her work in the Big Bend Area, and in Dallas, Austin, and Houston, as well as doing commissioned work for individuals and groups. Abby and her partner sold their house in Texas and moved to Mexico when GW Bush was reelected. Living in Mexico reaffirmed Abby's connection with the natural world and with folk tradition.
Now residing in Lakewood, NJ with photographer Craig Radhuber, Abby exhibits in the New York metropolitan area in group, two-person, and solo shows,
and is active in community arts initiatives.
Artistic Development
While a student at Temple University, Abby became involved with pattern and decoration, banding columnar stretched canvases with intense color. Figurative elements and narration began to work their way into the equation and, by the early 80’s, she was producing small papier mache dioramas based on Greek mythology. A move to the trash-strewn Williamsburg section of Brooklyn led to a preoccupation with architectural forms and the production of fragmented, constructed and reassembled wood structures painted in shades of white. Relocation to Seattle brought a reexamination of color and the use of dead-matte paint along with a continued development of wood construction techniques. The tension between the organic and manmade became a major focus. After 1991, the narrative and architectural merged with the addition of pyrography (woodburning) as a linear device. The retention of architectural elements referenced furniture and religious constructions, with the overall form of the piece providing a metaphor for its content. Making narrative pieces generated a great deal of scrap wood, which eventually became parts of new pieces, more abstract and less pre-determined.
The most recent pieces are meant to be fiercely whimsical, teeming with life, and independent of cultural context.
Resume
Recent Exhibitions:
2021:
4/7 ongoing, “Abby Levine: Another Look,” New Star Museum,301 W. Dallas St, Marfa, TX
1/10-2/9, “A Gathering of Friends,” The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ
12/17,2020-1/3,2021, “Selections from the Lineaus Lorette Collection”, Indie Jacobs Gallery, 208E San Antonio St, Marfa, TX
2020:
9/11-10/23, “Serious Wimsey” St Peter’s University, Jersey City
1/18 - 3/15, “Juried Members’ Show” Monmouth Museum, 765 Newman Springs Rd, Lincroft, NJ
2/1-2/25, “Exhibiting Members Show” Guild of Creative Arts, 620 Broad Street, Shrewsbury NJ (First Place)
1 /6-1/29 “Edgy” Guild of Creative Arts, Shrewsbury, NJ
2019:
12/1 “No Starving Artist Auction #3” Hotel Tides, Asbury Park, NJ
10/24-11/6, “Member Miniatures Show,” Monmouth Museum
9/12-10/20, “NJ Senior Citizens’ Art Show” Meadow Lakes, East Windsor, NJ
5/10-6/9, “1 + 1 =1” Oyster Point Gallery, 146 Bodman Place, Red Bank, NJ
5/1-5/14, “Ocean County Senior Citizens’ Show” Ocean County College,
Toms River, NJ
4/12-4/14, “Making Waves” Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, 54 First Ave,
Atlantic Highlands, NJ
3/1-4/20, “Wherefore Art?” Village West Gallery, 331 Newark Ave, JC, NJ
2018:
9/21-10/20, “NJ Senior Citizens’ Art Show”, East Windsor, NJ (First Place, Sculpture.)
6/15-6/30, “Ocean County Senior Citizens’ Art Show” Ocean County College
(First Place, Sculpture.)
5/11-6/21, “Momentum” Nimbus Dance Works, Jersey City
3/2-4/30, “In the Woods” Oyster Point Gallery, Red Bank
2017:
10/06-10/21, “Out of the Past” Solo Show William V. Musto Museum and Cultural Center, Union City, NJ
9/21-10/20, “New Jersey Senior Citizens’ Art Show” East Windsor, NJ
6/11-6/20, "Ocean County Annual Senior Citizens Exhibit, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ (first place, mixed media category
2016:
9/18-10/19, “New Jersey Senior Citizens’ Art Show” East Windsor, NJ
6/11-6/20, "Ocean County Annual Senior Citizens Exhibit, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ (first place, mixed media category) 5/2-6/3, Cathedral Arts, Grace Church VV, Jersey City NJ
3/7-4/1,"Raven Gallery Anniversary Show" Raven Gallery, 304 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ
2015:
6/20-7/26, "Undertow", Raven Gallery
2014:
11/30-12/31, “Holiday,” Raven Gallery
10/18-12/21, “Of the Mind’” Three person show, Casa Colombo, Jersey City, NJ
10/18-11/28 “Nesting,” Raven Gallery
10/10-11/1, “Interconnections”, City Life Gallery, 125 1st St, Jersey City, NJ
8/24-9/2, “Retro-Pop,” Raven Gallery
7/19-8/22, “Layers,” CWOW, 6 Crawford St, Newark, NJ
7/1-8/4, “Sight of Music,” LITM, 140 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ
6/14 “Gallery Afferro Art Auction and Party,” 73 Market St, Newark, NJ
6/11-7/9, Sargasso Sea,” GP’s Hamilton Park, 236 Pavonia, JC, NJ
5/9-6/2, “Chimera,” LITM, Jersey City, NJ
3/29-4/13, “Dialogue Between Six Painters,” City Life Gallery,Jersey City, NJ
3/23-4/13, “15 @ 15,” AGNJ, 1670 Irving St, Rahway, NJ
2/16-3/16, “Day by Day,” AGNJ, Rahway, NJ
2/2-2/24, “Massive,” LITM, Jersey City, NJ
1/14-4/13,“State of the Art,” SMI Gallery, Montclair, NJ
1/14-1/30, “Viewpoints,” City Hall Rotunda Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
12/12, 2013-1/20, 2014, “Metro 30” CWOW, Newark NJ
12/3, 2013-1/6, 2014, “Little Wonders,” LITM, Jersey City, NJ
12/7-12/20, “Cathedral Arts Festival”, Grace Church VV, Jersey City, NJ
11/16-12/21,”Big Small Painting Show,” Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
10/20, 2013-1/20,2014,”Autumn Show,” CMPS, NY, NY
2013:
10/10-11/16,2013,”Dreams Before Sleeping,” Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
10/7-11/10, 2013, ‘Raw Drawing,” Drawing Rooms, JC, NJ
9/19-10/16, 2013, “Jazz Stories,” Piero Gallery, South Orange, NJ
10/5-10/7, 2013, “Pro Arts Members Show,” Tenmark Building, JC, NJ
10/1-11/1, 2013 “Dia los Muertos” LITM, JC,
7/9-8/5, 2013, “Four Word Progress,” Jersey City Hall
7/2-8/4,2013, “Child’s Play, LITM, Jersey City, NJ
6/2-6/29, “Celebration,” RSI Bank, Rahway,NJ
5/25-8/19,”Industrialism,” Dolphin Gallery, Paterson, NJ
5/18-5/19, “Hoboken Art Walk,” Monroe Center
5/10-7/3, “Inside Out and Backwards” SOLO SHOW, Union City Museum
4/2-4/30, 2013,“Delicious,” LITM, Jersey City, NJ
3/21-4/18, 2013, “Strong Women,” Congregation Ahavas Shalom ,Newark, NJ
3/1-3/31,2013, Artist of the Month, Arts Guild of NJ website
2/5-2/26, 2013,“Lovey Dovey,” LITM
1/3-1/31,2013, Artist of the Month, 24/7 Art, Facebook
12/4-12/30, 2013, “Little Wonders,” LITM
11/30, 2012—travelling--“Metro 29”,cWOW, Newark, NJ
10/14-11/8, 2012--“Toys and Toons,” NJ Center for the Arts, Rahway, NJ
10/9-11/30, 2012--“Autumnal,” LITM
10/6-10/19, 2012—“Amalgamation,” Space Womb Gallery, LI City, NY
9/6-10/3, 2012--“Dreams of Flight,” LITM
7/9-7/27, 2012--“Courting Decadence, ” Brennan Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ
7/7-7/13, 2012--“Forever Young,” Space Womb Gallery
7/6-7/26, 2012--“Creative at Heart,” Coffee Cave, Newark, NJ
4/28-5/20, 2012--“Elements and Emotions,” Hob’art Gallery, Monroe Center, Hoboken
4/18-5/20, 2012--“Spring Photography Show,” Grace Church Van Vorst, Jersey City
4/12-6/20, 2012--“Music Inspired Art,” Coffee Cave
3/9, 2012--“Arts Eat-up,” Art house Productions, Jersey City, NJ
2/10- 3/26, 2012--"Celebration," Monroe Center
2/5- 3/3, 2012--"Markings," Watchung Center for the Arts, Watchung, NJ
1/27- 3/27, 2012--Two Person Show, Musto Cultural Center, Union City, NJ
10/17, 2011-10/23 2012-- "Metro 28," CWOW, Newark, NJ
10/12-10/17, 2011--Cathedral Arts Festival, Grace Church VV, Jersey City, NJ
10/4- 10/6, 2011-- Hoboken Studio Tour, Hoboken Business Center, NJ
10/23, 2011- 1/28, 2012-- "Nexus, NJ," NJ Center for the Arts, Rahway, NJ
10/19- 11-23, 2011--"Shelter," NJ Center for the Arts
3/21-4/21, 2011--"Strong Women", Newark School of the Arts
2/25-3/25, 2011--Two-person show, QbaVa Gallery, Union City,NJ
11/13-12/13, 2010-- Cathedral Arts Festival, Grace Church Van Vorst
9/29, 2010-- Recipient of Premio Arte in Painting, NY, NY
8/1-8/31, 2010--West Texas Women Artists, Texas State University, Lubbock
4/23,24, 2010--West Texas Women Artists, Lubbock Convention Center
3/5, 2010-- International Women's Day Celebration, United Nations, NY, NY
10/24, 2009--Wall to Wall, 77 Market St., Newark, NJ
10/9-10/15, 2009--4 Person Show, City Hall, Union City, NJ
10/7-10/31, 2009-- Pro Arts Members Show, Grace Church, Jersey City, NJ
6/15-8/23, 09-- Cultural Orgy (group show,) Coffee Cave, Newark, NJ
Selected earlier exhibitions:
10/28-11/3, 03--Group Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
10/17-3/8, 04---One-Person Installation, Project Rowhouses, Houston, TX
7/25-8/17, 03---Group Show, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
4/6-3/16, 03---Group Show, Museum of Civilization, Quebec City, Canada
10/28-11/12, 03---Group Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
4/6-5/6, 02---Texas Nationals, SFA State University, Nacagdoches, TX
2/5-3/5, 02--- Group Show, 1313 Gallery, Austin, TX
3/9-4/14, 01---One Person Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
12/22-1/22---Two Person Show, 1313 Gallery, Austin, TX
Abby Levine was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1955. After graduating from Temple University with a B.F.A in 1976, she moved to New York City where she lived for the next five years. Subsequently, along with her then companion Gary Buegel, she lived in Massachusetts and St. Louis, returning to New York City in 1985 where she began exhibiting her painting and sculpture and working as an illustrator. Commercial clients included Random House and CBS Records. Exhibits included shows at the Jim Diaz Gallery and SIXTOSIX Gallery and many group shows. A move to Seattle, where Abby worked as an illustrator and a banquet cook, was followed by a year on the road in search of the perfect small town. She found it in West Texas, where she lived from 1991 until 2004. While in West Texas, Abby exhibited her work in the Big Bend Area, and in Dallas, Austin, and Houston, as well as doing commissioned work for individuals and groups. Abby and her partner sold their house in Texas and moved to Mexico when GW Bush was reelected. Living in Mexico reaffirmed Abby's connection with the natural world and with folk tradition.
Now residing in Lakewood, NJ with photographer Craig Radhuber, Abby exhibits in the New York metropolitan area in group, two-person, and solo shows,
and is active in community arts initiatives.
Artistic Development
While a student at Temple University, Abby became involved with pattern and decoration, banding columnar stretched canvases with intense color. Figurative elements and narration began to work their way into the equation and, by the early 80’s, she was producing small papier mache dioramas based on Greek mythology. A move to the trash-strewn Williamsburg section of Brooklyn led to a preoccupation with architectural forms and the production of fragmented, constructed and reassembled wood structures painted in shades of white. Relocation to Seattle brought a reexamination of color and the use of dead-matte paint along with a continued development of wood construction techniques. The tension between the organic and manmade became a major focus. After 1991, the narrative and architectural merged with the addition of pyrography (woodburning) as a linear device. The retention of architectural elements referenced furniture and religious constructions, with the overall form of the piece providing a metaphor for its content. Making narrative pieces generated a great deal of scrap wood, which eventually became parts of new pieces, more abstract and less pre-determined.
The most recent pieces are meant to be fiercely whimsical, teeming with life, and independent of cultural context.
Resume
Recent Exhibitions:
2021:
4/7 ongoing, “Abby Levine: Another Look,” New Star Museum,301 W. Dallas St, Marfa, TX
1/10-2/9, “A Gathering of Friends,” The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ
12/17,2020-1/3,2021, “Selections from the Lineaus Lorette Collection”, Indie Jacobs Gallery, 208E San Antonio St, Marfa, TX
2020:
9/11-10/23, “Serious Wimsey” St Peter’s University, Jersey City
1/18 - 3/15, “Juried Members’ Show” Monmouth Museum, 765 Newman Springs Rd, Lincroft, NJ
2/1-2/25, “Exhibiting Members Show” Guild of Creative Arts, 620 Broad Street, Shrewsbury NJ (First Place)
1 /6-1/29 “Edgy” Guild of Creative Arts, Shrewsbury, NJ
2019:
12/1 “No Starving Artist Auction #3” Hotel Tides, Asbury Park, NJ
10/24-11/6, “Member Miniatures Show,” Monmouth Museum
9/12-10/20, “NJ Senior Citizens’ Art Show” Meadow Lakes, East Windsor, NJ
5/10-6/9, “1 + 1 =1” Oyster Point Gallery, 146 Bodman Place, Red Bank, NJ
5/1-5/14, “Ocean County Senior Citizens’ Show” Ocean County College,
Toms River, NJ
4/12-4/14, “Making Waves” Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, 54 First Ave,
Atlantic Highlands, NJ
3/1-4/20, “Wherefore Art?” Village West Gallery, 331 Newark Ave, JC, NJ
2018:
9/21-10/20, “NJ Senior Citizens’ Art Show”, East Windsor, NJ (First Place, Sculpture.)
6/15-6/30, “Ocean County Senior Citizens’ Art Show” Ocean County College
(First Place, Sculpture.)
5/11-6/21, “Momentum” Nimbus Dance Works, Jersey City
3/2-4/30, “In the Woods” Oyster Point Gallery, Red Bank
2017:
10/06-10/21, “Out of the Past” Solo Show William V. Musto Museum and Cultural Center, Union City, NJ
9/21-10/20, “New Jersey Senior Citizens’ Art Show” East Windsor, NJ
6/11-6/20, "Ocean County Annual Senior Citizens Exhibit, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ (first place, mixed media category
2016:
9/18-10/19, “New Jersey Senior Citizens’ Art Show” East Windsor, NJ
6/11-6/20, "Ocean County Annual Senior Citizens Exhibit, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ (first place, mixed media category) 5/2-6/3, Cathedral Arts, Grace Church VV, Jersey City NJ
3/7-4/1,"Raven Gallery Anniversary Show" Raven Gallery, 304 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ
2015:
6/20-7/26, "Undertow", Raven Gallery
2014:
11/30-12/31, “Holiday,” Raven Gallery
10/18-12/21, “Of the Mind’” Three person show, Casa Colombo, Jersey City, NJ
10/18-11/28 “Nesting,” Raven Gallery
10/10-11/1, “Interconnections”, City Life Gallery, 125 1st St, Jersey City, NJ
8/24-9/2, “Retro-Pop,” Raven Gallery
7/19-8/22, “Layers,” CWOW, 6 Crawford St, Newark, NJ
7/1-8/4, “Sight of Music,” LITM, 140 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ
6/14 “Gallery Afferro Art Auction and Party,” 73 Market St, Newark, NJ
6/11-7/9, Sargasso Sea,” GP’s Hamilton Park, 236 Pavonia, JC, NJ
5/9-6/2, “Chimera,” LITM, Jersey City, NJ
3/29-4/13, “Dialogue Between Six Painters,” City Life Gallery,Jersey City, NJ
3/23-4/13, “15 @ 15,” AGNJ, 1670 Irving St, Rahway, NJ
2/16-3/16, “Day by Day,” AGNJ, Rahway, NJ
2/2-2/24, “Massive,” LITM, Jersey City, NJ
1/14-4/13,“State of the Art,” SMI Gallery, Montclair, NJ
1/14-1/30, “Viewpoints,” City Hall Rotunda Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
12/12, 2013-1/20, 2014, “Metro 30” CWOW, Newark NJ
12/3, 2013-1/6, 2014, “Little Wonders,” LITM, Jersey City, NJ
12/7-12/20, “Cathedral Arts Festival”, Grace Church VV, Jersey City, NJ
11/16-12/21,”Big Small Painting Show,” Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
10/20, 2013-1/20,2014,”Autumn Show,” CMPS, NY, NY
2013:
10/10-11/16,2013,”Dreams Before Sleeping,” Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
10/7-11/10, 2013, ‘Raw Drawing,” Drawing Rooms, JC, NJ
9/19-10/16, 2013, “Jazz Stories,” Piero Gallery, South Orange, NJ
10/5-10/7, 2013, “Pro Arts Members Show,” Tenmark Building, JC, NJ
10/1-11/1, 2013 “Dia los Muertos” LITM, JC,
7/9-8/5, 2013, “Four Word Progress,” Jersey City Hall
7/2-8/4,2013, “Child’s Play, LITM, Jersey City, NJ
6/2-6/29, “Celebration,” RSI Bank, Rahway,NJ
5/25-8/19,”Industrialism,” Dolphin Gallery, Paterson, NJ
5/18-5/19, “Hoboken Art Walk,” Monroe Center
5/10-7/3, “Inside Out and Backwards” SOLO SHOW, Union City Museum
4/2-4/30, 2013,“Delicious,” LITM, Jersey City, NJ
3/21-4/18, 2013, “Strong Women,” Congregation Ahavas Shalom ,Newark, NJ
3/1-3/31,2013, Artist of the Month, Arts Guild of NJ website
2/5-2/26, 2013,“Lovey Dovey,” LITM
1/3-1/31,2013, Artist of the Month, 24/7 Art, Facebook
12/4-12/30, 2013, “Little Wonders,” LITM
11/30, 2012—travelling--“Metro 29”,cWOW, Newark, NJ
10/14-11/8, 2012--“Toys and Toons,” NJ Center for the Arts, Rahway, NJ
10/9-11/30, 2012--“Autumnal,” LITM
10/6-10/19, 2012—“Amalgamation,” Space Womb Gallery, LI City, NY
9/6-10/3, 2012--“Dreams of Flight,” LITM
7/9-7/27, 2012--“Courting Decadence, ” Brennan Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ
7/7-7/13, 2012--“Forever Young,” Space Womb Gallery
7/6-7/26, 2012--“Creative at Heart,” Coffee Cave, Newark, NJ
4/28-5/20, 2012--“Elements and Emotions,” Hob’art Gallery, Monroe Center, Hoboken
4/18-5/20, 2012--“Spring Photography Show,” Grace Church Van Vorst, Jersey City
4/12-6/20, 2012--“Music Inspired Art,” Coffee Cave
3/9, 2012--“Arts Eat-up,” Art house Productions, Jersey City, NJ
2/10- 3/26, 2012--"Celebration," Monroe Center
2/5- 3/3, 2012--"Markings," Watchung Center for the Arts, Watchung, NJ
1/27- 3/27, 2012--Two Person Show, Musto Cultural Center, Union City, NJ
10/17, 2011-10/23 2012-- "Metro 28," CWOW, Newark, NJ
10/12-10/17, 2011--Cathedral Arts Festival, Grace Church VV, Jersey City, NJ
10/4- 10/6, 2011-- Hoboken Studio Tour, Hoboken Business Center, NJ
10/23, 2011- 1/28, 2012-- "Nexus, NJ," NJ Center for the Arts, Rahway, NJ
10/19- 11-23, 2011--"Shelter," NJ Center for the Arts
3/21-4/21, 2011--"Strong Women", Newark School of the Arts
2/25-3/25, 2011--Two-person show, QbaVa Gallery, Union City,NJ
11/13-12/13, 2010-- Cathedral Arts Festival, Grace Church Van Vorst
9/29, 2010-- Recipient of Premio Arte in Painting, NY, NY
8/1-8/31, 2010--West Texas Women Artists, Texas State University, Lubbock
4/23,24, 2010--West Texas Women Artists, Lubbock Convention Center
3/5, 2010-- International Women's Day Celebration, United Nations, NY, NY
10/24, 2009--Wall to Wall, 77 Market St., Newark, NJ
10/9-10/15, 2009--4 Person Show, City Hall, Union City, NJ
10/7-10/31, 2009-- Pro Arts Members Show, Grace Church, Jersey City, NJ
6/15-8/23, 09-- Cultural Orgy (group show,) Coffee Cave, Newark, NJ
Selected earlier exhibitions:
10/28-11/3, 03--Group Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
10/17-3/8, 04---One-Person Installation, Project Rowhouses, Houston, TX
7/25-8/17, 03---Group Show, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
4/6-3/16, 03---Group Show, Museum of Civilization, Quebec City, Canada
10/28-11/12, 03---Group Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
4/6-5/6, 02---Texas Nationals, SFA State University, Nacagdoches, TX
2/5-3/5, 02--- Group Show, 1313 Gallery, Austin, TX
3/9-4/14, 01---One Person Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
12/22-1/22---Two Person Show, 1313 Gallery, Austin, TX