Alon Levin

Born in Israel in 1975, Alon Levin lives and works in Berlin and Den Haag. Levin uses a range of media, including installation, drawing, video and collage. His practice investigates the constructs that are used in order to buffer our partial understanding of the world, pushing the language of systemization to its formal limit, where it appears at once instantly recognizable and absolutely impenetrable. Levin’s work formalizes the invisible socio-economic, political and philosophical structures that organize and regulate contemporary society. His particular visual iconography borrows elements from marketing devices, such as pie charts and color-coding. His architectonic structures often suggest mystical, utopian or nationalist readings, as a result of their bold colors and mathematical arrangements, such as spiral formations. 

Recent solo exhibition include: Conclusion to the Big Ideas, AMBACH & RICE Los Angeles, CA (2011); End to The Grand Gesture, KLEMM’S, Berlin (2011); Modernity in Very General Terms, AMBACH & RICE at Art Cologne, Cologne (2011); “The Object as Never Seen Before (Who Said the World Was Round)” at Art Amsterdam with Stroom Den Haag, Amsterdam (2010), 'Art for the Masses' at Ambach & Rice, Seattle (2010), “Things Contemporary” at art forum berlin with Klemm’s, Berlin (2009) and 'Postponed Modernism' at Klemm’s, Berlin (2009).

His work has also been shown as part of "Made in Germany", Sprengel Museum, Kunstverein Hannover, and Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover (2012); "Track", S.M.A.K., Ghent (2012); "Status", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE, Berlin (2012); "will be home...", AMBACH & RICE, Los Angeles, CA (2011); "Acts of Refusal, ART IST KUKU NU UT, Tartu Art House, Tartu (2011); "Material World", Groninger Museum, Groningen, NL (2011); "The Reality Effect", Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zürich (2011); "Zwischenraum : Space Between", Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg (2010); "Helen Verhoeven and Alon Levin", Lees Museum Rokin / Tommy Hillfiger, Amsterdam (2010); "The Disasters of Peace",  Umspannwerk Berlin-Tiergarten, Berlin (2010); “The History of Art” at The David Roberts Art Foundation Fitzrovia, London (2010), “Remodeling Systems” at CCS Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (2010), “There Will Be No Miracles Here” at De Appel, Amsterdam (2009), “Since we last spoke about monuments” at Stroom, The Hague (2008), “Word Event” at Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, (2008), “Shifting Identifies - (Swiss) Art Now” at Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich (2008). He was short-listed for the Cartier Award 2008, Frieze Foundation, UK and nominated for the Prix de Rome in 2004 and 2007. He was awarded the Art Incentive Prize Amstelveen, The Netherlands (2002). More recents awards include: Stimuleringssubsidie, Fonds BKVB, NL (2010), Visiting Artist, Sculpture Program, SUNY New Paltz (in collaboration with HVCCA), NY, US. Stroom PRO, Stroom Den Haag, NL. Stimuleringssubsidie, Fonds BKVB, NL (2009).

Alon Levin is represented by Ambach & Rice, Seattle.

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