Marilou Levin

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Biographical Notes
1967 Born in Israel
1990 - 1993 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Solo Exhibitions
2000 "On fingers toes", Haifa University, Hifa
1999 - "Gotta go", Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
1999 - Silverstein Gallery, New York
1997 - "Foreplay", Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv br>1995 - "Lohamey Hagetaot" Gallery, Kibutz Lohamey Hagetaot br>1994 - "Doing Good", Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv br>1993 - "Hand Delivered", The Borochov Studio, Tel Aviv
Selected Group Exhibitions
2000 - "Looking ahead: visions of Israel", ICA, San Jose institute of Contemporary Art, California
1999 - "Childhood", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1998 - "Different Matter", The Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
1998 - "Retail Price", Pyramid Center of Contemporary Art, Haifa
1998 - "Political Art of the 90's", Haifa Museum of Contemporary Art, Haifa
1998 - "Women Artists in Israeli Art", Haifa Theatre, Haifa
1998 - "Women in the Real World", Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
1998 - "Point of View", Sommer Palais Harrach, Vienna
1998 - "After Rabin, New Art from Israel", The Jewish Museum, New York
1997 - "Truly", The Turkish Railwar Station Gallery, Bear-Sheva
1997 - "Noga Gallery at Yavne", Yavne Art Workshop Gallery, Yavne
1997 - "Object", Kibutz Beari Gallery, Beari
1997 - "Artshmoockoos", Lmbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
1997 - "Hair", Artists' House Jerusalem
1996 -"The Museum Collection", Haifa Museum of Contemporary Art, Haifa
1996 - "The Sign in it's Entirety 1,2,3", Ami Stainitz Gallery, Tel Aviv
1996 - "Israeli Art from 1920 to the Present", Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
1996 - "Femina Sapiens", Artists' House, Jerusalem
1996 - "Art Focus", Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
1996 - "Nechama in the Nude", Nechama Gallery, Jaffa
1996 - "The Young Artists Award", Association of Painters and Sculptors, Tel Aviv
1995 - "The Critic Choise", Association of Painters and Sculptures, Tel Aviv
1995 - "Body and Action", "Omanut La'an" traveling exhibition
1995 - "Autumn Salon", Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan
1995 - "The Pleasure of Deceiving 2", Figurative Painting, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
1994 - "The Sign in it's Entiery", Borochov Studio, Tel Aviv
1994 - "Above Painting", Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan
1994 - "Meta Sex 94", Ein Harod Museum of Art, Ein Hard
1994 - "The Pleasure of Deceiving", Figurative Painting, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
1993 - Graduate Exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Awards, Residencies and Collections
1996 Minestry of Science and the Arts' Prize for a Young Artist
- Scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation
1995 - Oscar Hendler Award
1993 - Mary Fisher Award, Fine Art Department, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Collections
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Haifa Museum of Contemporary Art
About Levin's Work

Levin expresses a provocative point of view towards social norms, stereotypes and traditional social values. In her works, she explores the realms of fantasy and reality, seduction and suppression, loyalty and betrayal, love and relationships, sexuality and desire, childhood and aging. These concerns are explored and conveyed with sharp wit and humor, using a range of ready-made materials. Levin also uses words; she calls into question commonly used phrases, employing double meanings, thus highlighting the power of language.
At first sight, Levin's work appears cheerful and naïve. However, a closer look yields an altogether different impression. The combination of original ideas, inventive modes of expression, and 'trompe l'oeil' type of painting renders her work a unique experience.