JULIA LEVITINA

CURRICULUM VITAE

(b. Odessa, Ukraine)

Education

2005 - 2007

Schuylkill Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2003 - 2006

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (P.A.F.A.)

1999 - 2003

Georgetown University, BA Magna Cum Laude, Washington, DC

Honors and Awards

Forthcoming

Visiting Artist, Les Amis du Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine, France.

2021-2022

Vising Artist and Lecturer, Penn Studio School, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Faculty, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA.

2020

Philadelphia Sculptors Grant Recipient

2019

Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Visiting Critic, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Elkins Park, PA
Visiting Artist, Montpellier, France.
Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Paris Academy of Art, Paris, France

2018

Visiting Artist and Lecturer, American Academy of Sacred Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Fonderia Ciglia e Carrai, Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy.
Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Paris Academy of Art, Paris, France.

2016-17

Le Prix de la Fonderie de la Plaine, Fondation Taylor, Paris, France.
Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Fonderia Ciglia e Carrai, Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy.
Award commission, St Joseph holding the Christ Child, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

2015

Alex J. Ettl Grant for Figurative Sculpture , National Sculpture Society (NSS), USA.
Award commission, Girl in the War (Ste Jeanne d’Arc), Thomas More Law Center, Ann Arbour, MI

2014

Fondation Taylor Exhibition Prize, Paris, France
Merit Stipend, Fondation Ténot, Camac Art Centre, Marnay-sur-Seine, France.

2013

Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Eugeen van Mieghem Museum, Antwerp, Belgium.
Merit Stipend, Fondation Ténot, Camac Art Centre, Marnay-sur-Seine, France.
Visiting Artist, International Artist Residency, Camac Art Centre, Marnay-sur-Seine,
Champagne-Ardenne, France.
Visiting Artist, Flanders House, New York, NY.
Finalist, 7th International Figurative Painting and Sculpture Competition.
1st Place, Sculpture, Ex Arte Equinus: International Journal of Horse Art.

2010-2012

Selected Artist Animalier Member, Association of Artists Animaliers, ArAnima, France
Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Eugeen van Mieghem Museum, Antwerp, Belgium.
Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
Exhibiting Artist and Lecturer, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ.
Visiting Artist, Jewish Community Center, JCC, Washington, DC.
Selected Sculptor Member, Foundation Taylor, Paris, France.
Walter and Michael Lantz Prize in Figure Modeling, National Sculpture Society (NSS)
Award commission, Eugeen van Mieghem Museum, Antwerp, Belgium, American Friends of the Red Star Line, Philadelphia, PA

Select Exhibitions

2022

Art for Peace: Benefit Exhibition for Ukraine, Ukrainian Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Renewal: Virtual Exhibition of Sculpture, Stanek in Situ..

2021

Fundamentals of Flight: Solo Exhibition of Sculpture, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

2020

Studio Works in Progress, National Sculpture Society, Online Exhibition.
Letters from the Studio, Philadelphia Sculptors, Online Exhibition.

2019

Salon Bol d’Art Dreux, Invitational Exhibition, Dreux, France.
St Jean des Arts, Exposition de Sculpture, St Jean le Thomas, Manche, France
Emerging Stars in American Sculpture, Rainey Sculpture Pavilion, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
Art of the Drawing, Invitational Exhibition, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2018

City by the Sea: Two-person exhibition with Julia Sidorskaya, in memoriam, Stanek Gallery.
Winter Collective, Hugo Galerie, New York, NY.
Julia LEVITINA: Sculptures, Galerie de Buci, Paris, France.

2017

Les Artistes de la Maison Verte présentent Julia LEVITINA, Marnay-sur-Seine, France.
Ne reveillez pas Junipère et quelques autres conversations avec A. Rodin à l’occasion de son centenaire,” (Exposition individuelle des sculptures et des dessins), I-Gallery, Paris.
Rodin and the Contemporary Figurative Tradition,” Frederick Meijer Gardens &
Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI
Exposition des Lauréats, Fondation Taylor, Paris, France.
Spring Collective, Hugo Galerie, New York, NY.
Animal I Become, Invitational Exhibition curated by Treacy Ziegler, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

2016

The PAFA Foundry: 30 Years of Casting, Invitational Exhibition, PAFA Alumni Gallery, Pennsyvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Chuchoter à travers la rivière, Curated Exhibition in conjunction with Hugo Galerie New York, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
St Jean des Arts, 25 ans, 25 artistes, Invitational Juried Exhibition, St Jean le Thomas, Normandie (La Manche), France.
“Leap of Faith,” Invitational Exhibition curated by Hilarie Hawley, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Winter Exhibition, Axelle Fine Arts, New York, NY.

2015

Sculptures en bronze et dessins, Exposition de Noël, Galérie l’Oeil du Prince, Paris, France.
Invitational Exhibition, Axelle Fine Arts Galerie, New York, NY.
National Sculpture Society 82nd Juried Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, SC.
Summer Collective, Axelle Fine Arts Galerie, New York, NY.
Women-Artists of Philadelphia, (Invitational exhibition), Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Invitational exhibition, Somerville-Manning Gallery, Wilmington, DE.

2012-14

LEVITINA-BITMAN-MOREH (Solo exhibition of sculpture and drawings), Fondation Taylor, Paris, France.
St Jean des Arts présente Julia LEVITINA (Solo exhibition of sculpture and drawings), St Jean des Arts, St Jean le Thomas (La Manche), Normandie, France.
Hlessi & the Sea (Two-person exhibition of sculpture and drawings), Lancaster, PA.
L’Ancien, Camac Centre d’Art, Marnay-sur-Seine, France.
113th Invitational Juried Exhibition of the P.A.F.A. Fellowship, P.A.F.A. Museum and Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Women in the Arts (Invitational Exhibition), Philadelphia, PA.
The Sails of Memory (Two-person Exhibition), Red Raven Art Company, Lancaster, PA.
Eidolon Series, Galerie l’Oeil du Prince, Paris, France.
ArAnima en Expo (Juried Exhibition), Polyclinique du Parc, Caen, France.
ArAnima en Expo (Juried Exhibition), Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France.
The Sails of Memory (Solo Exhibition), Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Of Myths, Metal and Mortar (Two-person Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings), Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ.

Select Collections

 

La Salle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Thomas More Law Center, Ann Arbor, MI.
Jewish Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
Victaulic Guest House, Easton, PA.
Eugeen Van Mieghem Museum, Antwerp, Belgium.
City Hall of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Camac Centre d’Art, Marnay-sur-Seine, Champagne-Ardenne , France.
American Friends of the Red Star Line Headquarters, New York, NY.
The Flanders House at the New York Times Building, New York, NY.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Permanent Collection, Philadelphia, PA.
Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA.
University of the Arts Gershman Y Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Crefeld School, Philadelphia, PA.
Philadelphia Trust, Philadelphia, PA.
Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ.
Jewish Community Center, Washington, DC.

Select Publications

 

Medium, Art Focus Blog, 2021:
medium.com/art-focus/an-idea-that-has-always-impassioned-mankind-some-thoughts-on-fundamental-principles-of-art-f1063bf1ca1c

 

Medium, personal blog, 2020:
julialevitina.medium.com/resilience-is-a-quality-we-human-beings-possess-in-abundance-just-as-we-have-the-power-to-rise-caab3e17747b

 

Philadelphia Sculptors We Love Our Members Grant, Interview with Julia Levitina, 2020: philasculptors.org/ps-wlom-blog/2020/9/2/interview-with-julia-levitina

 

Ouest France, Saint-Jean-le-Thomas (Manche), July 12, 2019 (newspaper article).

“Saint-Jean-le-Thomas Expositions Coup d’envoi de la 29eme saison: Deux artistes étrangères en ouverture,” La Gazette (Manche) July 3, 2019 (newpaper article).

“Des artistes engagés qui parlent de la nature,” Nogent et Environs, Marnay-sur-Seine, France, December 21, 2018 (newspaper article).

“The Hoya,” Georgetown University, Washington, DC, September, 2017: http://www.thehoya.com/storied-statues-reveal-georgetowns-history

Lauréats des Prix 2017, Fondation Taylor, Paris, FRANCE: http://www.taylor.fr/concLaureatDetail.php?id=261

“Rodin and the Contemporary Figurative Tradition” exhibition curator Joe Becherer talks about the exhibition and the centenary of Auguste Rodin, Grand Rapids, MI, September, 2017.
http://www.wzzm13.com/mobile/article/features/rodin-and-the-contemporary-figurative-tradition-now-open-at-meijer-gardens/69-474537626

“Rodin and the Contemporary Figurative Tradition” exhibition opens at the Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, MI, September, 2017. https://cultured.gr/meijer-gardens-fall-exhibition-celebrates-rodin-contemporary-figurative-tradition-3c7ac7818ca3

Stanek Gallery Presents Animal I Become, Philadelphia, March 2017.
youtu.be/IIiFAZI4Ei4

Stanek Gallery "Seven" Exhibition, Philadelphia, January 2017.
youtu.be/TuPAZ9_6xvc

Stanek Gallery "Leap of Faith" Exhibition, Philadelphia, February 2016.
youtu.be/6uarWbR1IXY

Fine Art Today, e-newsletter of Fine Arts Connoisseur magazine, New York, Summer 2015

Thomas More Law Center dedicates the statue of St Jeanne d’Arc, Ann Arbour, MI

Cerrone, Michael Joseph III “For God and Country: The Virtuous Legacy of St Joan of Arc,” Sophia Institute Press, forthcoming, 2015.

Jacques Martin, Bulletin de Syndicat des Sculpteurs, Paris, December, 2014.

News Art Today TV, La chaine de l’art contemporain, www.newsarttoday.tv, Paris, September, 2014. (television emission)

Libre Journal des beaux-arts, Defénse de l’art véritable, Paris, September 9, 2014. (radio emission).

Ouest France, Saint-Jean-le-Thomas (La Manche), July 12, 2014. (newspaper article)

Jacques Martin, Bulletin de Syndicat des Sculpteurs, Paris, November-December, 2013

Jeffrey Carlson Reporting, Fine Arts Today, Fine Art Connoisseur “Year of the Woman: Exhibition Celebrates Female Artists & Subjects,” April, 2013.

Ex Arte Equinus: Art Horse Magazine, www.arthorsemagazine.com, International Equine Art Competition, December 2012-January 2013.

Joos, Erwin “The Missing Images: Eugeen Van Mieghem and the Jewish Immigrants of the Red Star Line,” Belgium, May 2013.

Select Representation

Somerville-Manning Gallery, Wilmington, DE
Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA