Levi van Veluw explained

Levi van Veluw
Birth Place:Hoevelaken, Netherlands
Field:Visual arts, photography
Training:Artez Institute of the Arts

Levi van Veluw (born 1985) is a Dutch contemporary artist. He currently lives and works in Amsterdam.[1] [2] [3]

Work

Levi van Veluw has produced multi-disciplinary works that include photographs, videos, sculptures, installations and drawings.

Exhibitions

The artist first became known in 2008 with his solo exhibition Landscapes at Galerie Ron Mandos in Amsterdam. This coincided with him being awarded the International Photo Award in New York for the photo series "Ballpoints", and the selection of one of his video works for the Whitstable Biennale UK.[4]

In 2010, the work of the artist was showcased in a series of major museum exhibitions, including the exhibition "Dead or Alive" at the Museum of Arts and Design[5] in New York, Marres House for contemporary Culture Maastricht,[6] [7] Ars Electronica in Linz,[8] Centre of Contemporary Art, Torun, Poland.[9]

In addition to his work in his individual practice, Levi van Veluw has also worked on commissions for private clients. In this way, he has collaborated, in 2012, with director of the Zeitz MoCAA Marc Coetzee on the film "Family" in the frame of the Films4peace project. In 2014, van Veluw created for Hermès a life-sized site-specific installation for one of their main window in Shanghai.[10] [11] [12]

Van Veluw's works have also been widely shown at international art fairs such as, among others, The Armory Show New York, Art Brussels, Volta Basel, and Barcelona Loop.

Awards

Van Veluw is the recipient of the Photographer of the Year Award at the IPA International Photo Awards in the U.S.,[13] as well as the winner of the public prize De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst prijs at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam.[14]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. News: Montañés. José Ángel. 4 November 2010. La fotografía emergente de Talent Latent – Tarragona celebra su cita bianual con las imágenes con 13 exposiciones repartidas por toda la ciudad. es. El País. 30 January 2012.
  2. News: Staff . Pictured: Sculpture, Photography, Self-Portrait And Installation Art In One: Meet Levi Van Veluw, If You Can Spot Him.... . 27 January 2012 . 6 February 2012 .
  3. News: Staff . Pictured: Levi van Veluw, Origin of the Beginning. . 14 February 2012 . 6 July 2011 .
  4. News: 25 April 2010. At New York Museum, Art Lives and Breathes. H14. Austin American-Statesman.
  5. News: Angier, Natalie . Of Compost, Molecules and Insects, Art Is Born . . 3 May 2010 . 30 January 2012 .
  6. Web site: Kunstuur kijk je op npo.nl. www.npo.nl. 2016-04-02.
  7. Web site: levi van veluw's experiential labyrinth questions the relativity of matter. designboom architecture & design magazine. en-US. 2016-04-02.
  8. Web site: Ars Electronica Archive. 90.146.8.18. 2016-04-02.
  9. "COCA Torun Poland"Web site: Centre of Contemporary Art . 2013-07-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120113044853/http://csw.torun.pl/exhibitions/exhibitions-db/the-past-is-a-foreign-country-1 . 13 January 2012 . dmy-all . Accessed 14 February 2012.
  10. Web site: levi van veluw crafts wood veneer display for Hermès, shanghai. designboom architecture & design magazine. en-US. 2016-04-02.
  11. Web site: The 6 Million Dollar Story • Levi Van Veluw and his stunning wood based display for Hermès Shanghai. The 6 Million Dollar Story. en-US. 2016-04-02.
  12. Web site: Shop-window Art, LEVI VAN VELUW CREATES HERMES… RECA GROUP. alessandroformigoni.com. antoniosalzano.it. www.recagroup.com. 2016-04-02.
  13. "International Photo awards"http://www.photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/reportNON.php?comp=7 Accessed 14 February 2012.
  14. Web site: Levi van Veluw uitgeroepen tot publieksfavoriet Beeldende Kunst de Volkskrant. Pontzen. Rutger. De Volkskrant. nl-NL. 2016-04-02.

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