David X. Levine

Born 1962 in Boston, MA

Lives and Works in New York, NY

David X. Levine was born in Boston in 1962 and is today based in New York City. For years considering himself a poet, Levine revolutionized his practice in the 1990's, expanding his concept of poetry into the visual realm. This unique artistic evolution continues to inform his work today, with much of his art relating to language through formalized symbols of his own invention, directly bridging between visual and linguistic abstraction. Levine's best known work takes the form of visually striking, often highly abstract pieces made with brilliantly vibrant colored pencils. Deeply involved with the subconscious and emotionally driven interpretation, the bright colors and repeated geometric forms prevalent in his drawings might at a glance evoke a nostalgic whimsy that belies the weightier reflections to be found upon deeper consideration.

Exhibitions

Works on Paper on Fridges

Aug 12 - Sept 6, 2022

Solo

2022
DRAWINGS
The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2021
NEW DRAWINGS
Gallery Neptune & Brown, Washington, DC
2019
HA HA HA: NO JOKE
Zevitas Marcus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
David X Levine: Painting with Pencils
Gallery Neptune & Brown, Washington, DC
How Many Minimalists Does It Take To Screw In A Lightbulb?
4 O’clock Light, Hamburg, Germany
2015
The Beatles Are Dull And Ordinary
Boston University, Sherman Gallery, Boston, MA
2014
John Surette
Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
DXLMMXII
Know More Games, Brooklyn, NY
David X. Levine: Drawings
Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM
2012
Amy Winehouse
Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
2010
She Kept Her Heart Parked on a Hill
Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM
2009
Brian Wilson Loves You
Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
2006
Drawings
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2005
Drawings
Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Drawings
OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
2003
Recent Drawings
OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
Drawings
Bodybuilders & Sportsmen, Chicago, IL
2002
Teenage Symphonies to God
Cynthia Broan Gallery New York, NY

Group

2017
Figure/Landscape
Zevitas Marcus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Summer Show
Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Between You and Me
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2015
Makers Marks
Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
This is Boston, Not L.A.
Zevitas Marcus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Clorox/Envy
The Still House Group, Brooklyn, NY
The Valentine’s Day Cardiovascular
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2014
Say Yes To Everything
Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Eat and Die
Denny Gallery, New York, NY
2008
This Is Not A Gallery
Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
Sex, Drugs and Rock+Roll
Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Getting it Right
Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
2006
Group Show
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2005
Paper Beats Rock
Cherrydelosreyes, Los Angeles, CA
2004
The First Happiness
University Museum of Art, Albany, NY
Summer Show
OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
I Want To Take You Higher
McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
PaintDraw
Dust Gallery, Los Vegas, NV
2003
Where Nobody Knows Your Name
Overtones, Los Angeles, CA
New York Cross Cut
Kunstverein Firma, Paradigma, Linz, Austria
The Musikshow
Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
Recession 2003 $99 Show
Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY