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“When I am creating, the process feels like positive energy flowing through me. I choose subjects that are most meaningful to me: pets, nature and people. I take great joy in making personal creations for my clients, thereby enriching their lives with cherished and beautiful memories.” |
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About the Artist
Michele Levin
Michele Levin specializes in representational, expressive and colorful Fine Art that is drawn or painted.
Education Carnegie-Melon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1976-1978.Art Department Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Bachelor of Fine Arts Department of Visual Communication 1978-1980. Studied painting with Jerome Witkin. Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Masters in Art Education, 1980-81.
Additional Course Work Rhode Island School of Design, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1976. Studied in Drawing, Painting and Photography. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1981. Studies in Painting Frudakis Academy of Sculpture, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1983-1984. Anatomical Plasticine Portrait and Figure Sculpture. Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida. Studies in Drawing, 1989-1991, and Invitational Oil Painting with Christopher Still, 1989-1999.
Art Teaching Experience Saint Petersburg College, Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts, 2013-Present State of Florida Department of Education Professional Educators Certificate in Art Grades K-12, 2003 through present. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Professional Certificate Art Teaching Certification 1985 through present. Academie Da Vinci, 2000-2003. The art teacher of Pinellas County charter school elementary school arts magnet. Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Instructor in Life Drawing for adults Dunedin, Florida 2000-2001 Palm Harbor Montessori Academy, created and instructed the art program, Palm Harbor, Florida 1992-1993. Kent Jewish Community Center for adults and children Clearwater, Florida 1991-1992. School District of Philadelphia, Meade Elementary School, Philadelphia PA, 1985-1987.
Professional Organizations :The Professional Association of Visual Artists
Exhibitions
*2019- “ Hue and Me”, a juried exhibition currently at Dunedin Fine Art Center.
*2016 - Leepa -Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, Florida
*2015- Saint Petersburg College, Clearwater, Florida Bright House, Saint Petersburg, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Sterling Hall, Dunedin, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater,Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. The Cat Hospital at Palm Harbor, Florida My Favorite Things, Dunedin, Florida
*2014- Bright House, Saint Petersburg, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Sterling Hall, Dunedin, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. The Cat Hospital at Palm Harbor, Florida My Favorite Things, Dunedin, Florida
*2013- Bright House, Saint Petersburg, Florida,with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater,Florida,with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Sterling Hall, Dunedin, Florida,with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. The Cat Hospital at Palm Harbor, Florida
*2012 -Ruth Eckerd Hall,Clearwater, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Sterling Hall, Dunedin, Florida, with The Professional Association of Visual Artists Bright House, Saint Petersburg, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Cat Hospital at Palm Harbor,Florida
*2011 -Ruth Eckerd Hall, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Bright House, Saint Petersburg, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Stering Hall, Dunedin, Florida, with The Professional Association of Visual Artists The Cat Hospital at Palm Harbor, Florida
*2010- Solo Show at the Safety Harbor Library, Safety Harbor, Florida Solo Show at the Art and Wine Gallery, Clearwater Beach, Florida TESA Show at Park Station, Pinellas Park, Florida Ruth Eckerd Hall, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc.
*2009- Safety Harbor Library, One Woman Show, Safety Harbor, Florida Oldsmar City Hall, Oldsmar, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Leepna- Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, Florida Ruth Eckerd Hall, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Dunedin Fine Art Center Gift Shop, Dunedin, Florida
*2008- Taste of Safety Harbor,Safety Harbor Spa, Florida Artist’s Way Cooperative Gallery, Clearwater,Florida Ruth Eckerd Hall, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc.
*2007- St. Petersburg College Student Exhibit Best of Show Tarpon Springs, Florida Indian Rocks Beach Art Center, Florida with the Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Dunedin Fine Art Center Holiday Show and Gift Shop, Dunedin, Florida Ruth Eckerd Hall, Florida, with The Exhibiting Society of Artists, Inc. Dunedin Fine Art Center Gift Shop, Dunedin,Florida
*2006- Dunedin Fine Art Center Gift Shop, Dunedin, Florida
*2005- Montage Gallery, Dunedin, Florida, One person show Jewish Federation Kick-off Dinner, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida Jewish Federation Main Event, Largo, Florida Blue Coyote Coffee Company, Palm Harbor, Florida The office of Robert W. Levin, M.D., Dunedin, Florida
*2004- Designed and decorated our custom built home; in addition I continued painting. The office of Robert W. Levin, M.D., Dunedin, Florida Blue Coyote Coffee Company, Palm Harbor, Florida
*2003- Designed and decorated our custom built home; in addition I continued painting. The office of Robert W. Levin, M.D., Dunedin, Florida Blue Coyote Coffee Company, Palm Harbor, Florida
*2002- The Art Gallery and Custom Framing Studio, Tampa, Florida Dunedin Fine Arts Gallery on Broadway, Dunedin, Florida Plastic Surgery Center, Palm Harbor, Florida Blue Coyote Coffee Company, Palm Harbor, Florida Scalzo Gallery, Bellaire Bluffs, Florida
*2001- Dunedin Fine Art Center, Faculty and member exhibitions, Dunedin, Florida Scalzo Gallery, Bellaire Bluffs, Florida Ozona Beach Gallery, Ozona, Florida West Pasco Art Guild Annual Juried Show, New Port Richey, Florida Andrea’s, Tarpon Springs, Florida Picasso’s Pallet Café, Palm Harbor, Florida
*2000 -Books-A-Million, Palm Harbor, Florida, One Person Show. Ozona Beach Gallery, Ozona, Florida Kent Jewish Community Center, Dunedin, Florida One Person Show.
*1999- Studio Waltz, Palm Harbor Florida Kent Jewish Community Center, Dunedin, Florida Palm Harbor Arts Festival, Palm Harbor, Florida The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida Juried Show. Dunedin Art Center Member and Student Show, Dunedin, Florida Professional Association of Visual Artists Exhibition, St. Petersburg Art Gallery and Soho South Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida Poor Richard’s Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida King Chiropractic Clinic, Dunedin, Florida, One Person Show.
*1998- Palm Harbor Art Festival, Palm Harbor, Florida Juried Show. Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, Florida One Person Show. Kent Jewish Community Center, Dunedin, Florida Poor Richard’s Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
*1997- Art Harvest, Dunedin, Florida PAVA Cool Art Show, St. Petersburg, Florida Painted Fish Gallery, Dunedin, Florida Belleview Mido Gallery, Bellaire, Florida Salt Creek Artworks, St. Petersburg, Florida Dunedin Art Center Member and Student Exhibition. Poor Richard’s Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
*1996- Pastel Society of the West Coast Tenth International Open Exhibition, Sacramento, CA. Juried Group Exhibition. Hayward Arts Council Exhibition, Hayward, CA. Juried Group Exhibition. Dunedin Art Center Member and Student Exhibition. Poor Richard’s Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
*1995- Professional Association of Visual Artists Invitational Exhibit. Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida Juried Group Exhibition Cool Art Gallery, Dunedin, Florida Juried Group Exhibition. Suntan Art Center, St. Petersburg, Florida Juried Art Exhibition. Poor Richard’s Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
*1986-88- Annual Exhibitions in Studio, 915 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA.
Awards: Honorable Mention, West Pasco Art Guild Annual Juried Exhibition, New Port Richey, Florida 2001 Honorable Mention, Palm Harbor Arts Festival, Palm Harbor, Florida 1999. Honorable Mention, Conorsco Rapido, Dunedin, FL, 1997. Best of Show, Dunedin Art Center Student Exhibition, 1997. Second Prize, Pastel Portrait, Hayward Arts Council, Hayward, CA, 1996. Assistant Teacher, Resident Advisor, Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts, Lewisburg, PA, 1979. Scholarship for Excellence in Art by the Abington Civic Club, Abington Civic Club, Abington, PA, 1976. Scholarship in Visual Arts to the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts, Lewisburg, PA, 1975. Award for Excellence by the Abington Civic Club, Abington, PA, 1975.
Cat in Repose
A Breath of Fresh Air
Yin/Yang
Sarah by the Lake
Who Rescued Whom?
