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BENJAMIN LEVY

(1940-2022)

Benjamin grew up in the Yemenite quarter of Tel Aviv. His father had walked to Israel from Yemen in 1906, and his mother was born to a Sephardi family in the old city of Jerusalem. Benjamin grew up with 10 siblings in a very colorful neighborhood of immigrants. Memories from his childhood are a constant presence in his art.

Between 1965 and 2011 Benjamin divided his time between New York City and Israel. Benjamin's vivid imagination pushed him to realize his endless ideas in various media. He created every single day, from 4:30 in the morning until 6:00 in the evening, even at the end of his life when he struggled with impaired vision and other health problems.

Benjamin was self-taught and paid little attention to conventions or trends.  Growing up with dyslexia, he found unique ways to express himself, including developing his own unique artistic language. Over a career that spanned more than 65 years, Benjamin had more than 120 solo exhibitions in museums and galleries worldwide and participated in more than 500 group exhibits. His work is included in the permanent collections of many private and public museums.

Benjamin and his wife of more than 60 years, Hanna (who is a musician, composer, and producer) raised their four children in a cosmopolitan environment, constantly traveling the world and always surrounded by Israeli, American, and cosmopolitan cultures. 

Benjamin was vivacious, wise, hardworking, funny, and generous. He had a deep love for humankind. He loved animals and nature and deeply understood the human condition. You can see it in his work which often depicts the absurdity of life.

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Where Benjamin Lived

2011

The couple moved permanently to their home in the Ein Hod Artist Village in Israel

1965

Benjamin and Hanna moved to New York City
The family divided their time between New York and Israel with their 4 children and traveled all over the world for Benjamin’s exhibitions

1962

After his marriage to Hanna Vroman the couple moved from Haifa to Tel Aviv, Israel

1959

Lived in Paris for half a year and returned there in 1961

1955

At age 15 moved to Haifa Vitzo boarding school

1950

At the age of 10 sent to a boarding school in Pardes Hanna, Israel

1940

Born and raised in the Yemenite section of Tel Aviv, Israel

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Prizes, Awards, Commissions and Honors

1990

Gary Burton Reunion, GRP Records: Album cover illustration

1984

American Arts and Letters Award

1983

American Arts and Letters Award

1976

Design of UN collectors envelope, chosen for World Food Council

1969

First prize Audubon Artist exhibition. New York, N.Y. ("Bird world" Etching) First prize Print competition in New York, N.Y. ("My family" #2)

1966-1968

Pratt Graphic Art Center, (Etchings) New York, N.Y.

1966

Norman Fund Prize, Brandeis University, Massachusetts

1965

Prize for Young Israeli Artists, America-Israel Cultural Foundation

1959

Ateliers Beaux-Art Montparnasse, (Drawing) Paris, France

1957-1958

Meirovitch/Yaskil studio (Oil paintings) Haifa, Israel

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Selected One-Person Exhibitions

2024

Janco DaDa Museum, Ein hod, Israel

2023

Israeli Knesset, Jerusalem, Israel

2012

Ein Hod Gallery, Ein Hod, Israel

2006

CMD Centro Metropolitano de Diseño, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2004

May 22nd Givatayim Theatre gallery, Israel

2003

National Arts Club, New York City, New York

2002

Jewish Museum in Prague, Czech Republic
Ein Hod Gallery, Ein Hod Artist Village, Israel

1998

UJA Federation, New York, N.Y.
Il Bimestre Gallery, Rome, Italy
Louisiana Bryant Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana
Bergman Gallery, Helsingborg, Sweden
New Orleans Museum of Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana
Nahan Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

1997

Museo Sefardi, Toledo, Spain

1995

National Arts Club, N.Y., New York
Nahan Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

1994

Nahan Gallery, New York, NY

1993

The Dwight Frederick Boyden Gallery, Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, Saint Mary’s City, Maryland
B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C.
Nahan Gallery, New York, NY

1992

Galerie Maguy, Geneva, Switzerland

1991

La Gravida Gallery, Rome, Italy
Roslyn Fine Arts, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Union League Club, New York
Yeshiva University Museum, New York

1990

Roslyn Fine Arts, Margate, New Jersey

1985

Goldman Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris, France
Sander Gallery, Daytona Beach, Florida

1983

Chrysalis Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Australia Holdsworth Galleries, Woollahara, Australia

1982

McKissick Museum, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
South Carolina Editions Galleries, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

1981

Galerij S65, Aalst, Belgium

1980

Jas Gallery, Utrecht, Holland
National Print Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
Kaneda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Marquis Gallery, Vlissingen, Holland
Circle Gallery, Oostende, Belgium
Montjoy Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
L’A fiche Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Tara Gallery, Hilversum, Holland
Wetering Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Jewish Center, West Hartford, Connecticut
Ordan Gallery, Ramat-Hasharon, Israel

1978

Hedendaagse Kunst museum, Utrecht, Holland
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California

1976

Le Cadre Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Delson Richter Gallery, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
Delson Richter Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel

1975

Krupp Gerlach Gallery, New Jersey
Wollheims-Rosequist Galleries, Tucson, Arizona
Galerie T, Amsterdam, Holland

1974

Bauhaus II Studio of Contemporary Art, Green Farms, Connecticut
Ordan Gallery, Ramat-Hasharon, Israel

1973

Israel Art Gallery, N.Y., New York
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Panama City, Panama
Halsband Gallery, N.Y., New York

1972

Galerias del Centro Deporitivo, Mexico City, Mexico

1971

Aleph Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Everyman Gallery, N.Y., New York
Graphic Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Miami Museum of Modern Art, Miami, Florida

1970

New Haven Jewish Centre, New Haven, Connecticut

1966

Israeli Art Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Picture people, New York, N.Y.
Morris Art Gallery, Woodstock, New York

1964

Tchemerinsky Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

1961

Dugit Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

Amiad center, Jaffa, Israel

2015

Jewish Museum, New York City, U.S.A.

2004

Sculpture exhibit, Gallery Valois, Paris, France

2003

Ein Hod Gallery, Ein Hod Artist Village, Israel
Valois Gallery, Paris, France
Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris, France
Miami Art Fair
National Arts Club, New York City, New York

2002

The Gallery at Lincoln Center, New York City, New York
New Orleans Museum of Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana
George Town Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Ein Hod Gallery, Ein Hod Artist Village, Israel

1999

Ein Hod Gallery, Ein Hod Artist Village, Israel

1998

Firenze Biennale, Palazzo degli Affari, Florence, Italy
Palm Beach Contemporary Art and Design Fair, Georgetown Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida

1997

Keogh & Riehlman Fine Art, New York, New York
Shalom Haver: 30 Artistic Responses to the Life and tragic Death of Yitzhak Rabin, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Traveled to: Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

1992

Sefarad ‘92, Museo Sefardi, Transito, Toledo, Spain Traveled to: Sarajevo, Belgrade and Tel-Aviv
Lillian Heidenberg Miniature Exhibition, N.Y., New York

1988

Festivales de Navara, Pampalona, Spain
Golem: Danger, Deliverance and Art, The Jewish Museum, N.Y., New York
Hutchison Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
Galing J.L., Oostende, Belgium

1984

Bradley Gallery, Southwest Heritage, Inc., Naples, Florida
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
Laumeier International Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, Missouri
Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
Selected One, Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris, France
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
American Academy of Arts and Letters,New York, N.Y.
Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, Galerie Fabien Boulakia, Paris, France
Lillian Heidenberg Miniature Exhibition, New York, N.Y.

1983

American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, N.Y.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina
Western College for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington

1982

Art en la Carraterra, Museo Vial, Venezuela
Editions galleries South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

1981

A Collector’s Eye: The Olga Hirschhorn Collection, Smithsonian Institution, Traveling Exhibition, through the U.S.A

1978

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

1977

The Cabinet, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Galerie T, Amsterdam, Holland

1976

Galerie T, Amsterdam, Holland

1975

Felicie Gallery, Paris, France
Galerie T, Amsterdam, Holland

1974

LeCadre Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1973

Queens Museum, N.Y., New York Posters from the USA
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

1972

Hedendaagse Kunst Museum, Utrecht, Holland

1970

Law and Justice, Bar Association of New York City and national tour

1969

Georgetown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Audubon Artist’s Exhibition, New York, N.Y.

1968

Lending Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.

1966

Demana Gallery, N.Y., New York

1965

Young Israeli Artists, Tel Aviv, Israel
Artist Union Gallery, New York, NY

1962

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Selected Works in Collections

2024

Janco Dada Museum Ein Hod Artist Village, Israel

2002

Janco Dada Museum Ein Hod Artist Village, Israel

2024

The Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y.

1980

The Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y.

1966

The Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y.

1965

The Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y.

2004

Erotica Museum, New York, U.S.A.

2003

The National Arts Club, New York City, N.Y.

2002

Jewish Museum of Prague, Czech Republic.

2000

Centre for Jewish History, Sephardi Centre, New York City, N.Y.

1998

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1993

B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C.

1990

Yeshiva University Museum, New York, N.Y.

1989

Museo Sefardi Transito, Toledo, Spain.

1985

Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, Florida.

1982

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas, Venezuela.

1981

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana.

1981

The Olga Hirschhorn Collection, Washington, D.C.

1981

Art Museum of South Texas, Texas, USA.

1979

McKissick Museum, Columbia, South Carolina.

1978

Hedendaagse Kunst Museum Utrecht, Holland.

1977

Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, California.

1975

The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland.

1975

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1974

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.

1973

The Hirshhorn collection. New York, N.Y.

1973

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Panama City, Panama.

1970

The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan.

1968

New York Public Library, New York, N.Y.

1966

Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel.

Unknown

Saint Petersburg Museum of Art, Saint Petersburg, Florida.

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Monumental Sculptures Unveiling

2017

The Three Angels of Music, monumental version, Ein Hod Artist Village Yemini Park, Israel

2012

Couple in Sardine Can, Joyce Brandman sculpture garden, Los Angeles U.S.A.

2009

The three angels of music, Ein-Hod Artist Village, Israel

2008

Couple on Wheels, Ein-Hod Artist Village, Israel

2007

Man Hugging a Tree, Israel National Fund project, Tel-Aviv, Israel

2006

The Modest Couple in a Sardine Can, Topor Sculpture Garden, Tel Hashomer, Israel

2004

Couple in Sardine Can, Givatayim Theater, Givatayim Israel

2002

The Musicians, Janco Dada Museum Sculpture Garden, Ein-Hod, Israel

2001

Couple in Sardine Can, Ein Hod Artist Village, Israel
Couple in a Sardine Can, unveiled by the late president Shimon Peres, Carmiel, Israel

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Selected Periodicals and Newspapers

“Benjamin Levy,” Kunstech’s Nederland, Utrecht, Holland, January 1, 1978.

“Weekend Section” New York Times, N.Y., New York, December 5, 2003, Dec 27,2002.

“OP-ED Section” New York Times, N.Y., New York, February 14, 1995.

“A Painting by Benjamin Levy in the Museum,” Noticias, Museo Sefardi, illustration,
Toledo, Spain, July-December 1989.

Aviram Batia: Shalom Haver: 30 Artistic Responses to the Life and Tragic Death of
Yitzhak Rabin, Project Judaica Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1997.

“Benjamin Levy: Spel met herinneringen,” Kunst Beeld, p.36, illustration, Brussels,
Belgium, March 1978.

Artist’s Proof: The Annual of Prints and Printmaking, pp. 82-87, Pratt Graphics Center,
Greenwich, Connecticut, 1971.

D’Hondt, Roger: “De Maximal Art van Benjamin Levy,” De Voorpost, Brussels, Belgium,
February 3, 1978.

Duister, Frans: “Levy een Naief, Verteller,” Het Parool, Amsterdam, Holland, March 13,
1978.

“El Museo Vial: Una Experencia Inolvidable,” illustration, El Universal, Culturales,
Caracas, Venezuela, May 24, 1982.

“Gek, Dwaas en Eigenwijs,” Journal of the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Holland,
February 1978.

Juffermans, Jan: “Amusant Spel met de Familie Doorsnee,” Kunst kijken, Amsterdam,
Holland, December 1975.

Kalmann, Inge: “De bizarre visie van Benjamin Levy,”Nieuw Israelisch Weekblad,
Hedendaagse Kunst,p. ll , Utrecht, Holland.
Kelk, Fanny: “Benjamin Levy uit New York: Sjeuig Talent in galerie T., Werk vol
Herinnering,” Amsterdam, Holland, December 1975.

Kohan, Horacio: “El Largo Viaje,” Raices (Revisita Judia de Cultura) pp. 7-9, Madrid,
Spain, 1989.

Kresh, Paul: “At Yeshiva Museum It’s Mostly Sephardic,” The Jewish Weekly,
illustration, N.Y., New York, December 6-12, 1991.

“La Foire Image,” L’Hebdo Suisse Romande, Geneva, Switzerland, April 23, 1992.

Redeker, Hans: “Benjamin Levy: Innemend en ontwapenend kunstenaar”
Handelblad/NRC, Amsterdam, Holland, December 31, 1975.

Restany, Pierre: “Benjamin Levy: Une Histoire de Famille,” Cimaise, no. 175, pp. 45-
56, illustration, Paris, France, April-May, l985.
Soltes, Ori Z: “Benjamin Levy: Kingdom of Paradox,” Sunstorm Fine Art, pp. 52-53,
illustrations, summer 1993.

Barkat, Ella: “Benjamin From the Yemenite section”. Haarets Israel July 24, 1976
“Twee soorten humor bij Levy en Topor,” Kunst kijken, Amsterdam, Holland, December
1975.

Van Garrel, Betty: “Benjamin Levy,” Handelblad/ NRC, illustration, Amsterdam,
Holland, March l0, 1978.

Van Straten, Hans: “Benjamin Levy: A World of Dream and Humour,” Utrechts
Niewsblad, Utrecht, Holland, January 27, 1978.

Welzenbach, Michael: “ ‘Portraits’ Personal and Perplexing,” The Washington Times,
illustration, Washington, D.C., October 24, 1985.

White, Wallace: “El Museo Vial ‘Rafael Bogarin’ enVenezuela,” Geo Mundo, pp. 165-
175, illustration, Venezuela, February 1983.

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