Sima Levin
Born in Kishinev in 1957
Completed her studies at the Shoseyev School of Art for Young People
Studied at the Rapin College of Design and Painting and migrated to Israel in 1974
Graduated from the WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education named after Neri Bloomfield in 1979.
Advanced courses in painting and drawing at Haifa University with the English artist Glen Soho
Eli Shamir – oil painting. Dorit Ringert – etching. Oranim Academic College of Education
2015 Member of the Ceramic Artists Association of Israel
2012 Member of the Israeli Plastic Artists Trade Union
1996 Member of the Israeli Association of Graphic Designers
1995 Opened the Graphics studio of graphic design
Worked on the monthly periodical Pilon for several years under the author and illustrator Nurit Yoval
1982 Accepted as a member of the Painters and Sculptors Association in Israel
In the late 1980s, illustrated children’s and youngsters’ books at Keter Publishing House
Taught graphic design at the Ort schools in Haifa and in Yokneam for 30 years
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 Allusions, curator: Noga Migdal, Apter-Barrer Art Center, Ma’alot – Tarshiha
2016 Under the Carpet, curator: Anat Gatenio, Gallery of Israeli Art, Kiryat Tivon Commemoration Center Gallery
2016 Poetica, a drawing installation, curator: Miri Werner, Ramot Menashe Art Gallery
2015 Hai-Zar [Alien], Sima Levin / Adina Kay. Curator: Farid Abu Shakra, Nazareth Art Gallery
2013-2014 Ten sq.m charcoal drawing, Habima National Theater, Tel Aviv
2011-2012 Oil paintings and etched prints. Curator: Adina Kay, Beit Ha-Lohem, Haifa
2011 Pau Municipal Gallery, curator: Catherine Chevalier, France
2011 Exhibition as part of the Studio 2 project, Oranim Academic College of Education
2010 Olive Green, exhibition as part of the Studio project, Oranim Academic College of Education
2009 Under the Shadow of Wings, Ravol Gallery, Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France
2008 Under the Shadow of Wings, curator: Aviva Shemer, Beit Abba Hushi, Haifa.
1989 Jaffa Old City Art Center
1986 Kibbutz Regba Gallery
1984 Nahariya Museum
1982 Beit Chagall, Haifa
1981 Beit Nagler, Kiryat Haim
1980 Graphica 3 Gallery, Haifa
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Extreme States – Israeli Paper, curator: Anat Gatenio, MUSA Eretz-Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
2017 A Handful of Material, curator: Neta Haber, Beit Hankin Art Gallery, Kfar Yehoshua
2016 Mikud x 9 Group, curator: Effy Gan, Municipal Gallery, Rishon Letsion
2016 Ho Shomer, curator: Neta Haber, Beit Hankin Art Gallery, Kfar Yehoshua
2016 Fresh Paint 8, Tel Aviv Art Fair (Bitan Contemporary Art Gallery, Nazareth)
2015 White Material, contemporary porcelain sculpture, curator: Shiri Yamaguchi,
Israel Wilfrid Museum, Kibbutz Ha-Zorea
2011 Etched in Time, curator: Adina Kay, Shoham Gallery, Tel Aviv
2011 Yerukim / Greens, Ein Hod Gallery
2010 Secrets, Ein Hod Gallery
2009 Masks, Ein Hod Gallery
2008 Passion, Ein Hod Gallery
2007 Invited artists exhibition, Commemoration Center Gallery, Kiryat Tivon
1993 Annual exhibition of Haifa and northern artists, Museum of New Art, Haifa
1992 Annual exhibition of Artists Association, Haifa