Florencia Levy
*1979 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Florencia Levy is a visual artist and researcher based in Buenos Aires.
She currently co-directs a BA in Contemporary Art Practices from the National University of San Martín, Buenos Aires, where she also directs the Art and Science Research Centre.
In 2024, she is representing Argentina at the 15th Gwangju Biennale.
EDUCATION
2000 - 2005 Visual Arts at The National University of Arts (UNA) Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1999 - 2000 Central Saint Martin University of the Arts London, UK.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
“In the Order of the Stones”, Argentina Pavilion at the 15th Gwangju Biennale, curated by Sofía Dourron, Gwangju, South Korea
2023 .
“Última Arquitectura”, ArtHaus Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2019 .
“Landscape for a person”, Centro Cultural San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014
“26 cases about the memory of a place”, OSDE Foundation, Buenos Aires
2013
“El Baqueano”, Fundación Santander Creativa, Santander, Spain
2012
“Commute Portraits: Sapporo”, Plantation Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
2011
“El Baqueano”, 713 Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009
“Sistema de caminos”, 713 Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009
“Commute-Portraits”, Centraltrak, the University of Texas at Dallas Artists Residency. Dallas, Texas. USA
2007
“Escena de regreso”, 713 Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006
“Expedición 180”, La Casona de los Olivera, Buenos Aires, Argentina
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS
2024
“Experiencias Contemporáneas de Arte Argentino“ at Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires
2023
“Filmar los juicios“ curated by Cecile Dazord, Alianza Francesa, Buenos Aires
“You Survived When Nothing Grew“, curated by Nursaç Sargon y Florencia Incarbone, Historical Bıçakçı Han, Izmir, Turkey
“Ways of Vanishing“, curated by Florencia Incarbone, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, France
“Ways of Vanishing,“ curated by Florencia Incarbone, FRAC Bretagne, France
“Ways of Vanishing“, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
2022
“10th Lichter Art Award“, curated by Saul Judd at Basis, Frankfurt, Germany
“Usos del mundo“, curated by Carolina Cuervo, OSDE Foundation, Buenos Aires
“Goliat Persiste“, curated by Lorena Alfonso. Pasaje 17, Buenos Aires
“Bar Blue“, curated by Sophie Mauch. Gleis 70, Zurich, Switzerland
2021
“Rethink Everything“, curated by Andrea Giunta, Espace Van Gogh at Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
“Reactivando videografías“, Academia de España en Roma, Rome, Italy
“National Awards for Visual Arts“, Casa Nacional del Bicentenario, BA, Argentina
“Now and After“, curated by Marina Fomenko Platform for videoart, Moscow, Russia
“98 Salon Annual Nacional de Santa Fe“, Museo Rosa Galisteo, Santa Fe, Argentina
“8M Award.“ Centrol Cultural Kirchner, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2020
“Pensar todo de nuevo“, Curated by Andrea Giunta, ROLF Art. BA, Argentina
“Just in time“, curated by Gabriela Golder at VIDEO EX Festival, Zurich, Switzerland
“Lago International Film Festival“, Treviso, Italy
“Premio Trabucco otros soportes“, Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes/ Fundación Klemm, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Becoming Future“, curated by Iole Pellion at Recontemporary, Turin, Italy
“¿Sin color?“, curated by Miacaela Bianco at OSDE Foundation, BA, Argentina
2019
“LOOP Discover International Video Art Award“, curated by Gisella Chillida Espinosa, Covent de Sant Agustí, Barcelona, Spain
“108 National Salon of Visual Arts“, Casa Nacional del Bicentenario, BA, Argentina
Jerusalem Biennale, “From near and far away”, curated by Ewa Chomicka, Jerusalem
Cinema Urbana, “Buildings Memories”. Museu Correios, Brasilia, Brasil
“IVAHM International Video Festival“, Museo C.A.V. La Neomudejar, Madrid, Spain
“DOBRA Film Festival“, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
“Mostra Strangloscope International Exhibition of Experimental Video and Performance“, Centro Integrado de Cultura, Florianopolis, Brasil
“Arquiteturas Film Festival“, Lisboa, Portugal
“ExiS Experimental Film Festival“, Korean Film Archive, Seoul, South Korea
2018 “
¿Qué hacer?“ Biennale of the Moving Image BIM, Center of Contemporary Art- Muntref, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“International Video Festival NodoCCS“, Cerquone Projects, Caracas, Venezuela
“Ultra Cinema“, oficial selection, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
“DOC Buenos Aires-Artists Films“, curated by Eduardo Stupia at The Museum of Contemporary Art from Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Contraste Simultáneo“, Fundación OSDE, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“National Award for Visual Arts“, Casa Nacional del Bcentenario, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Desarme“, curated by Florencia Qualina at F.J. Klemm Foundation, BA, Argentina
“Fundación Guasch-Coranty International Painting Prize“, Barcelona, Spain
“Arte Ba at Ginsberg Gallery“, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Balkan Can Kino“, Athens, Greece
Itaú Award, curated by Adriana Lauría, Casa Nacional del Bicentenario, BA, Argentina
2017
“Experimenta India International Film Festival“, Bangalore, India
“This Human World“, International Film Festival for Human Rights, Vienna, Austria
“FIVA International Video Art Festival“, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Juan Downey Award at 13 Biennial of New Media“, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile
“Lebanese International Biennale for Cinema and the Arts (BLICA) 2017“ Niemeyer International Competition, MAMAC, Byblos, Lebanon
“FUSO 2017“, Lisboa, Portugal.
“Golden Tree International Documentary Film Festival Official Selection“, Frankfurt, Germany
“Colección“, curated by Eduardo Medici, Fundación Alfono y Luz Castillo, BA, Argentina
“Visions du Reel Film Festival“, Nyon, Switzerland
“UArt“, curated by Thamar Ette at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
“EMAF European Media Art Festival“, Osnabruck, Germany
“BackUp Film Festival“, Weimar, Germany
“This city is indeed for me: Urban life and its place in contemporary documentary.“ At ZWAP, Bilbao, Spain
“El Centro en Movimiento“, curated by Rodrigo Alonso at Centro Cultural Kirchner, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Bordes / Borders“, curated by Othon Castaneda at Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington DC, USA
“V Arte x Arte Photography Award“, Luz and Alfonso Castillo Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“FILE Video Art-Electronic Language International Festival“, Art Gallery of Fiesp Cultural Center, Sao Paulo, Brasil
“Concurso de Artes Visuales del Fondo Nacional de las Artes“, Casa Victoria Ocampo Buenos Aires, Argentina
2016
“Presence/Absence/Traces. Contemporary artists on Jewish Warsaw“, Curated by Ewa Chomicka and Agnieszka Pindera. POLIN Museum, Warsaw, Poland
“ISEA 2016 HONG KONG. The new geopolitics of Art Making.“ Shaw Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong
“The 5th Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition 2016 – Negative Horizon“, curated by Pei-Yi LU, Fang-Tze HSU at the Honggah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
“Transmission Art Festival“, Karlsruhe, Germany
“Casa Tomada“, Casa Nacional del Bicentenario, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“VER: Selección de obras audiovisuals latinoamericanas“, MAC / Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
“2nd International Biennial of Video and Animation“, Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura de Puebla, México
“11 Concurso Nacional UADE Artes Visuales“, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“2016 International Video Festival“, curated by José Drummond at the Orient Foundation, Macao, China
“BIM Bienal de la Imágen en Movimiento“, Premio Norberto Griffa
“FIVA International Video Art Festival“, National Library, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015
12 Biennial of New Media “Hablar en lenguas” National Museum of Fine Art Santiago, Chile
“Hacer con lo hecho“, curated by Federico Baeza and Sebastián Vidal Mackinson. Museum of Modern Art of Cuenca, Ecuador
“Braque Award 2015“, Muntref CAC, Hotel de Inmigrantes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“XIX Klemm Foundation Award for the Visual Arts“, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“IV Biennial Arte x Arte.“ Alfonso and Luz Castillo Foundation, Buenos Aires. Argentina
“VER Latin American Audiovisual Creation“ Mar Museum, Mar del Plata, Argentina
“Biennial of the Frontiers, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Tamaulipas, México
“Young Photography Award“ Madi Museum, Salta, Argentina
“Rojak“, The Stage Exhibition space, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
“Territorios Award winning selection from the Central Bank National Painting Prize“. Casa de la Cultura, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014
“Medrad, 6th Cairo International Video Festival“, Gezira Art Centre, El Cairo, Egypt
“Klemm Award for Visual Arts“, F. Klemm Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Williams Foundation Young Art Award,“ Quinquela Martín Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Bellos Jueves“, curated by Agustín Diez Fischer, National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Sovereignty of the use“, everyday appropriations in the contemporary scene, curated by Federico Baeza and Sebastián Vidal Mackinson, OSDE Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Pronto el hombre pisará Marte y sino, al tiempo“, curated by Laeticia Mello, BSM Art Building, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“FIVA III International Festival“, Museum of Contemporary Art of Santa Fé, Santa Fé, Argentina
2013
“Proyector 13“, International Festival of Video Art, La Neomudejar, Madrid, Spain
“Between Image and Personality“, International Video Festival: Now and After, curated by Marina Fomenko at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia
“FIVA“, International Video Festival, Sala Borges. Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Bahía Blanca Biennale 2013“, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
2012
“Universal Video Art,“ ArteAméricas 2012, Miami, USA
“International Painting Prize Focus-Abengoa Foundation“, Sevilla, Spain
“First Latinamerican Video Art Festival“, Centro Cultural Borges
“International Painting Award Guasch Coranty Foundation“, Barcelona, Spain
“National Salon of Visual Arts“, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011
“Gyeonggi Creation Center Open Studios“, South Korea
“National Painting Awards“, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“QUAM 2011 Wikpolis.“ Mapping and collective constructions of social space, ACVic Centre d'Arts Contemporànies, Barcelona, Spain
2010
“Greening Green“, curated by Sewon OH at Arko Art Center. Seoul, South Korea
“Tales of Resistance and Change“, Artists from Argentina, curated by Rodrigo Alonso Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
“Mining“ Hotel MariaKapel, Hoorn , The Netherlands
“Know Thyself: An artistic anthropological study on Self-Portrait“, WM Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009
“Zone Indeterminate“, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei-Taiwan
“Presence: Rene Francisco, Florencia Levy and Teresa Rafidi“, University of Texas at Denton, USA
2008
“Reflect/Refract“, RICH Gallery, London, UK
“National Painting Award Central Bank“, National Fine Arts Museum of BA, Argentina
2007
“Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales“, Palais de Glace. Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Resplandores“, Centro Cultural Recoleta. Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Transatlántica“, Sala de estar, Sevilla, Spain
2006
“ESTUDIO ABIERTO“, Palacio de Correos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Art & New Technology Award“, The Museum of Modern Art of BA, Argentina
2005
“PROyecto A Award“, Proyecto A Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004
“Argentinean Association of Art Galleries Awards“, Klemm Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
RESIDENCIES
2021
“Gastatelier Gleis 70“, Art Residency Fellowship, Zürich, Switzerland
2016
“Low Res Art Cube Studios International Residency Fellowship“, Jerusalem, Israel
“Swatch Art Residency Programme Fellowship“, Shanghai, China
2015
“POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews“, Fellowship for Artistic Residencies, Warsaw, Poland
“Wolo Art Residency Fellowship“, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2012
“Sapporo Artist in Residency Award“ Sapporo, Japan
2010
“Gyeonggi Creation Center Fellowship“ Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea
“Residencia Batiscafo“ La Habana, Cuba
“Hotel MariaKapel Fellowship Residency Programme“ Hoorn, The Netherlands
2009
“Taipei Artist Village Fellowship“ Taipei, Taiwan
2008
“Central Track: The University of Texas at Dallas Artists Residency“, Dallas, USA
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2022
Premio Konex, Art and Technology, Fundación Konex. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2021
Lichter Art Award, International Platform for Videoart, Frankfurt, Germany
2020
1st Prize Trabucco Award, Klemm Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Honorable Mention, International Video Art Festival “Now and After”, Moscow, Russia
2019
Acquisition Price “National Presidency” to the 3rd Best work of the National Salon of Visual Arts. Casa Nacional del Bicentenario, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Honorable Mention LOOP Discover International Video Art Award. Barcelona, Spain
2018
2nd Prize Itaú Bank Foundation Award, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prize for Best Short film at Arquivo em Cartaz, Río de Janeiro, Brasil
2017
1st Prize Arte x Arte Photography Award, Buenos Aires, Argentina
3rd Prize FILE Video Art Award, Sao Paulo, Brasil
2016
1st Prize International Biennial of Video from Puebla, México
2nd Prize Moving Image Biennial BIM, Argentina
2015
2nd Prize XIX Klemm Foundation Award for the Visual Arts, Buenos Aires
Acquisition Prize, Biennial of the Frontiers, Tamaulipas, Mexico
2014
Honourable Mention, XVIII Klemm Foundation Award for the Visual Arts 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013
Honourable Mention, Bahía Blanca Biennale 2013, Argentina
2012
1st Prize Latin American Video Art Festival, Borges Cultural Center. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Honourable Mention International Painting Award Guasch Coranty Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
2011
Honourable Mention Petrobras Buenos Aires Photo 2011, Argentina
2010
Honourable Mention at the National Painting Award of Banco Nación. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009
1st Prize 4th National Painting Award UADE MOCA. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008
1st Prize for young artist at the National Painting Prize. National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007
3rd Prize (Painting), National Salon of Fine Arts. Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
3rd Prize (Video) Mac Awards Digital Paradigm. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006
1st. Prize Argentinean Prize of Visual Arts 2006, Fundación OSDE. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004
1st Prize Premios AAGA (Argentinean Association of Art Galleries)
2003
3rd Prize Premios AAGA a las Artes Visuales, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2000
1st Prize Continuity and Art. Jury: Ruth and Orly Benzacar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
GRANTS
2020
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA
2019
Creation Grant from the National Fund for the Arts, Argentina
2016
Bicentennial Grant from the National Fund for the Arts, Argentina
2015
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA
COLLECTIONS
Institutional Collections:
Museo Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Polin Museum. Warsaw, Poland.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Tamaulipas, Mexico
Guasch-Coranty Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.
Itaú Bank Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Federico Klemm Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Central Bank of Argentina Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
WOLO Collection, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
AAGA, Argentinean Association of Art Galleries, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
OSDE Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
E-Com Foundation, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
UADE Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Private collections in:
Argentina, USA, Japan, China, Malaya, Brazil, Canada, Poland and Spain.
