Bio as it relates to doing/creating/being this particular set of things
Alexandria Levin was born and raised in New York City. Her adolescence was spent in central New Jersey, where she began painting during her senior year of high school. Soon after graduation, at the age of seventeen, she moved on her own to Boston. She has also lived for extensive periods of time in San Francisco, Albuquerque, and Philadelphia, before recently moving to the Pacific Northwest.
Ms. Levin is more of a self-taught artist than not, despite having a BFA with honors in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, and has remained true to her own artistic vision over the years. Exhibiting since 1981, she has always been serious about the career details of being an artist.
She has been a part-time freelance graphic artist since 1982. Freelancing has allowed her the dedication to painting, with exhibiting and continuing her own education by frequenting museums, conscientiously observing the world of art, and exploring materials, techniques, and creative approaches. Her other art-related experience includes organizing and presenting visual arts exhibitions and various mixed-media events, and consulting as a working artist with an artists’ rights organization. Alexandria Levin has also taught painting and drawing, and has been the featured speaker for art business teleclasses.
The written word has continually been evident in Ms. Levin’s life. She began writing poetry and essays at the age of fifteen, some of which have been published in various periodicals and literary journals over the years. With Painted Jay Publishing, she is now writing and producing whole books. In the independent spirit of do-it-yourself, and with a long and successful history of great writers doing the same, self-publishing has unquestionably been her first and best choice.
At the tail end of the fleabitten summer of 2009, Alexandria began online publishing with the blog; Bright Pink Smile – a different sort of art blog. It is somewhat neglected at the moment, as other projects have taken precedence in recent years, but there is much about living the artist’s life in the archives.
Ms. Levin’s author page at now online at Amazon.
Other biographical tidbits can be found on these two web pages:
