Background
Levy, Benjamin was born on February 28, 1940 in Tel Aviv. Came to the United States, 1965. Naturalizes, 1970.
Levy, Benjamin was born on February 28, 1940 in Tel Aviv. Came to the United States, 1965. Naturalizes, 1970.
Student, Meirovitch and Yaskil Art School, Haifa, Israel, 1958. Student, Ecole DeMont Parass, Paris, 1959. Student, Pratt Graphic Art Center, 1967.
Came to the United States, 1965, naturalized, 1970. Exhibited one-man shows Dugit Gallery, Tel-Aviv, 1961, Tchermerinsky Gallery, Tel-Aviv, 1964, Israeli Art Gallery, New York City, 1966, Morris Gallery, Woodstock, New York, 1966, Everyman Gallery, New York City, 1968, 71, Morris Gallery, New York City, 1969, New Haven Jewish Center, 1970, Aleph Gallery, Mexico City, 1971, Miami Museum Modern Art, 1971, Graphic Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv, 1971, Galerias Delegate Centro Deportivo, Mexico City, 1972, National Museum Panama, 1973, Carol Halsband Gallery, New York City, 1973, Israel Art Gallery, New York City, 1973, Gallery T, Amsterdam, 1975, 76, Tel-Aviv Museum, 1976,Delson Richter Galleries, Jaffa and Jerusalem, 1976, Louisiana Cadre Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1976, Museum Modern Art, Utrecht, Holland, 1978, Galerij 565, Aalst, Belgium, 1978, 79, 80, Wetering Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland, 1978, 79, Palm Springs (California) Museum, 1978, Ordan Gallery, Israel, 1979, L"Affiche Galerie, New York City, 1979, Museum of South Carolina., Columbia, 1979, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1979, JAS Gallery, Utrecht, 1980, National.Print Center for Graphics, Kasterlee, Belgium, 1980, Kaneda Gallery, Tokyo, 1980, Marquis Gallery, Flisingen, Netherlands, 1980, Doctorate Cercle, Oostende, Belgium, 1981, Montjoi Gallery, Brussels, 1981, McKissik Museum, Columbia, South Carolina., 1982, Holdsworth Galleries, Australia, 1983, Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris, 1985, Sander Fine Arts Gallery, DaytonaBeach, Florida, Goldman Fine Arts Museum, Washington, 1985, Roslyn Fine Art Museum, New Jersey, 1990, Sailor Gallery, Philadelphia, 1991, Union League, New York City, 1991, Yeshiva U. Museum, New York City, 1991, Geneva Art Fair, 1992, Gallery Guy Marain, Geneva, 1993, National Jewish Museum, Washington, Nahan Gallery, New York City, 1994, New Orleans, 1994, Saint Mary"s College, Maryland., 1994, National Arts Club, New York City, 1995. Group shows: Georgetown Gallery, Washington, 1969, Museum Modern Art, Utrecht, Holland, 1972, Museum Tel-Aviv, 1973, Cabinet, São Paulo, Brazil, 1977, Museum Israel, 1978, Malmo (Sweden) Museum, 1978, United Nations, New York City, 1979, Museo Vial, Venezuela, 1982, MuseoSefardi, Toledo, Spain, American Academy and Institute Arts and Letters, 1983-1984, musee suquemart Andre Paris, 1992, numerous others
Represented inpermanent collections: Haifa Museum Modern Art, Public Library New York City, Museum Detroit, Miami Museum Modern Art, Utrecht Museum Modern Art, National Museum Panama, Joseph Hirshhorn Museum, Stedelejke Museum, Amsterdam, SkirballMus., California, McKissic Museum, Columbia, South Carolina., Jewish Museum, New York City, Museum Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela, Transito Museum, Toledo, Spain, Museum Art, New Orleans, other private and public collections.
Illustrator children"s books Bobbs Merrill Company. Illustrator yearly United Nations envelope, also lithographs, 1976.
Artist jacket for jazz record Garry Burton and Pat Mathini-Reunion, 1990.
Son of Ovadia and Bat-Sheva (Mizrachi) Nahum-Levy. M Hanna Vroman, October 10, 1962. Children: Ofer, Bat-Sheva, Amnon, Jhonathan.