Pamela Levy (1949-2004)

Pamela Levy was born in 1949 in Fairfield Iowa, United States. She immigrated to Israel in 1976 and settled in Jerusalem. A majority of her work was dedicated to printmaking, and especially woodcutting. She dealt with issues of personal identity and feminism, which reflected current affairs in Israeli society. Her works can be found among the collections of the Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Discount Bank, Haaretz Art Collection, and others.

Education
1969-1972 B.A., Northern Iowa University, Iowa, USA
1973-1974 M.B.A., Northern Iowa University, Iowa, USA

Awards And Prizes
1980 Guggenheim Foundation, Grant
1987 Jack Ohana Prize for a Young Israeli Artist, Museum of Art, Tel Aviv-Yafo
1990 Minister of Educaton and Culture Prize, Ministry of Education and Culture
1996 Heitland Foundation Grant, for study in Hanover, Germany

Solo Exhibitions (selection)
1981 Artists’ House, Jerusalem
1985 Pamela Levy, The Aika Gallery, The Artist Studios, Jerusalem
1987 Pamela Levy: Recent Paintings, Gallery Gimel, Jerusalem
1994 Pamela Levy: Paintings 1983 – 1994, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv-Yafo
1997 Pamela Levy: Aquarelle + Olbilder, Kunstverein Gifhorn, Gifhorn, Germany
1999 Class Picture
Herzliya Museum of Art, Yad-Labanim, Herzliya
2018 Pamela Levy 1949—2004, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv-Yafo

Group Exhibitions (selection in the field of printmaking)
1983 New Prints, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
1988 Woodcuts, Jerusalem Artists’ House, Jerusalem
1994 The Printer’s Imprint: Twenty Years with the Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1997 From East, From West, From Wood: 5 Israeli Woodcut Artists, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2001 Woodcuts in Israel, Tel Aviv House, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2009 Land and Sea, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem