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Julia LEVITINA (b. 1981, Odessa, Ukraine)

1304 S Fairhill St Philadelphia PA 19147 (00) 1 267 253 2678 [email protected] www.julialevitina.com

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2005-2007 Schuylkill Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2003-2005 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (P.A.F.A), Philadelphia, PA 1999-2003 Georgetown University, BA Magna Cum Laude, Washington, DC

Honors and Awards

2014 Merit Stipend, Fondation Ténot, Camac Art Centre, Marnay-sur-Seine, . Visiting Artist, International Artist Residency, Camac Art Centre at Marnay-sur-Seine, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

2013 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Eugeen van Mieghem Museum, , Merit Stipend, Fondation Ténot, Camac Art Centre, Marnay-sur-Seine, France. Visiting Artist, International Artist Residency, Camac Art Centre at Marnay-sur-Seine, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Visiting Artist, House, New York, NY. Finalist, 7 th International Figurative and Sculpture Competition. 1st Place, Sculpture, Ex Arte Equinus: International Journal of Horse Art Competition.

2012 Invited Artist Animalier, 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

2011 Selected Sculptor Member, Foundation Taylor, Paris, France Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Eugeen van Mieghem Museum, Antwerp, Belgium

2010 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

2009 Award commission, American Academy of Sacred Arts and Military Branch of the Catholic Church Hilarie Hawley Award, Fellowship of P.A.F.A. Honorable Mention, Grand Central Academy of the Fine Arts (GCA) Figure Modeling Competition, New York, NY Edward Fenno Hoffman Prize for creating sculpture that uplifts the human spirit, NSS

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2008 Finalist, Competition for the Monument to I.E. Babel, Odessa, Ukraine. Walter and Michael Lantz Prize in Figure Modeling, NSS. Gloria Medal for meritorious body of work, NSS. Mary Butler Trust Award, Fellowship of P.A.F.A. Honorable Mention, GCA Figure Modeling Competition, New York, NY.

Select Exhibitions

Forthcoming Solo Invitational Exhibition, St Jean des Arts, Normandie, France. (2014) Art of the Horse (Invitational Exhibition), Zagreb, Croatia. L’Ancien (Two-person Exhibition of Sculpture and ), Lancaster, PA

2013 L’Ancien, Camac Centre d’Art, Marnay-sur-Seine, France. 113 th 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.

2012 Annual Exhibition of Small Works, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, 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.

2011 The Marrow of Tradition (Two-person exhibition), Red Raven Art Company, Lancaster, PA. Art and Music, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010 Solo exhibition of bronze sculpture and drawings, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Holiday Art Sale (Invitational Exhibition), Mainline Art Center, Haverford, PA 5 Artists from Philadelphia Come to Red Raven (Invitational Exhibition), Red Raven Art Company, Lancaster, PA.

2008-09 Art of the Portrait, (Invitational Exhibition), Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Juried exhibition, Catherine Lorillard Wolf Art Club, New York, NY. 110 th and 111 th Invitational Exhibition, Fellowship of P.A.F.A. Bronze Sculpture, Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ Small Works, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Select Collections

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. 3

Crefeld School, Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia Trust, Philadelphia, PA. Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ. Jewish Community Center, Washington, DC.

Select Publications

Jacques Martin, Bulletin de Syndicat des Sculpteurs , Paris, November-December, 2013 (forthcoming).

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.