Kate Levant

Born 1983 in Chicago, IL

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

"Born in Chicago in 1983, Brooklyn based artist Kate Levant received her BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston in 2006, and her MFA from Yale University School of Art in 2010. She held a two-year residency position at the Rijkskademie van Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam, NL in 2012 & 2013. She has been featured in numerous exhibitions around the world and was included in the 2012 Whitney Biennial. Her work has been reviewed in the New York Times, Art Forum, Art in America, Art Review, New York Magazine, the New Yorker, Mousse Magazine, Art Ltd., Nero, Hyperallergic, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Chicago New City, and the Detroit Metro Times. Levant’s writing has been published by Yale University Press, Black Pages, Kingsboro Press, and independently through Kassen Editions. Levant co-founded KAJE, an alternative art space in Gowanus Brooklyn, with Jacques Louis Vidal in 2017, and currently serves as the organization’s Artistic Director.

Exhibitions

Works on Paper on Fridges

Aug 12 - Sept 6, 2022

Education

2010
Master of Fine Arts
Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Solo

2017
Use your indicator
Clima, Milan, IT
2016
Valerian Dials for Trembling Hands
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Ferndale, MI
…which’s ploying the fans
Monique Meloche, Chicago, IL
2015
Motile Resolution
Collicaligreggi, Catania Sicily, Italy
ooooooooooooo
Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Headline
KnowMoreGames Brooklyn, NY
2014
Particulate Tones in God's Shirt Pocket
Galerie Max Mayer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Reverse Leash Effect
Zach Feuer, New York, NY
2013
Inhuman Indifference
Monique Meloche, Chicago, IL
2012
Closure of Jaw
Zach Feuer, New York, NY
Humungous Man
PrimeTime, Brooklyn, NY
2011
This is Laced
Zach Feuer, New York, NY
2010
Techn0Thesis
32 Edgewood Gallery at Yale University, New Haven, CT
2009
Kate Levant with Michael e. Smith
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Blood Drive
Zach Feuer, New York, NY
2007
Kate Levant with Michael e. Smith
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2006
Brush Your Teeth
RICHRICHRICH, Detroit, MI

Group

2019
Pig Latin in Quicksand
Clima, Milan, Italy
2016
O
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Room East and P!, New York, NY"
New York, NY
Shooting the Breezze
247365, New York, NY
Parallel Pictures: Jason Gomez: A way to envelope detail in the construction of the image
Friends Make Books, Turin, Italy
2015
Condensed Matter Community
Synchrotron Radiation Center, Stoughton, WI
THIRTY NINE YEARS / Memorial for Susanne Feld Hilberry
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Ferndale, MI
LLC
Billardcafé Leipziger Straße, Berlin, Germany
Clorox/Envy
[Organized by Miles Huston] Stillhouse, Brooklyn, NY
The Secret Life
Murray Guy, New York NY
Abubuya : KM0
Centro Cultural de la Cultura Plurinacional, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
KATE
Black Pages #58, Vienna, Austria
2014
Abubuya : KM0
Casa de la Cultura del Beni, Trinidad de Beni, Bolivia
After Snow
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery of the University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA
New Dawn
Silberkuppe, Berlin, Germany
Another Look At Detroit
Marlborough Chelsea & Marianne Boesky, New York, NY
Poor Working Conditions
Martos Gallery, New York, NY
Whitney Biennial 2014, Michel Auder: Physiques of Capture
Yale University Press, New York, NY
2013
2013 White Columns Benefit
White Columns, New York, NY
Growth
Hills Esthetic Center, Chicago, IL
Open
Rijksakademie van beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
MAKEDO DOMAKE
Galerie VanGelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lizzard Lounge
National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
2012
Whitney Biennial 2012
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Open
Rijksakademie van beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Whitney Biennial 2012
Yale University Press, New York, NY
2011
"Grey Goo
Night Gallery, Los Angeles, US
The Unlimited Plan
[with Alex Da Corte] Cleopatra’s, Brooklyn, NY
BYTS
AKV St. Joost Akademie, s’Hetrogenbosch, Netherlands
BLACKGLOVE
Possible Press Vol. I, Issue II, Philadelphia, PA
2010
The Island
[with Michael e. Smith] Flagler Memorial Island, Miami, FL
Keeping Busy: an Inaccurate Survey
[with Michel Auder] Zach Feuer, New York, NY
The Salt Mine
PrimeTime, Brooklyn, NY
Vol. I, Issue VI
The Kingsboro Press, New York, NY
2009
If I Told You You Were Beautiful...
Oliver Kamm 5BE Gallery, New York, NY
All the Splendors of the Earth
CCS Center Galleries, Detroit, MI
Blood Drive, A five-book document
Designed and Printed by Kate Levant and Ryan Waller, New York, NY
2008
Rooftop Sculpture Show
The Redemption Center, Brooklyn, NY
Regional Highlights
Lamontagne Gallery Boston, MA
2006
Attic
Anton Kern Gallery Annex, New York, NY
Mysterious Elastic Studio
Front Room, Cleveland, OH

Residencies

2020
SMFA Traveling Fellows
2016
Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, New York, NY
2010
Susan Whedon Award, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2005
New York Independent Studio Program, New York, NY

Press

2017
Use Your Indicator by Kate Levant at Clima Gallery
Blouinartinfo
Kate Levant, Use your indicator, at Clima Gallery
Moussemagazine.it
Kate Levant at Clima
Artviewer.org
Inside Job: In the Tradition of Institutional Critique... Andrew Russeth
ArtNews
2016
Kate Levant’s Invisible Systems, Natalie Haddad
HyperAllergic
Kate Levant’s Witches, Natalie Haddad
HyperAllergic
2015
Kate Levant, Motile Resolutions at collicaligreggi
Moussemagazine.it
Interview with Kate Levant: Motile Resolutions, Matteo Mottin
ATP Diary
2014
Abubuya y Su Ramificaciones, Rodolfo Andaur
Arte Manifesto
Another Look at Detroit: Parts 1 and 2, Holland Cotter
The New York Times
Kate Levant, Reverse Leash Effect: Feuer
The New Yorker
2013
Kate Levant: Inhuman Indifference at moniquemeloche, Robin Dluzen
Art Ltd.
Kate Levant/Monique Meloche: Recommended, Alan Pocaro
Chicago NewCity
Critics Picks, James Yood
Art Ltd.
2012
Peculiar and Personal at the Whitney Biennial, Michael Wilson
Art in America
A Room of Their Own: Three Views on the Whitney Biennial, David Rimanelli
Artforum
How to Make It in the Art World, Jerry Saltz
New York Magazine
A Survey of a Different Color: 2012 Whitney Biennial, Roberta Smith
The New York Times
Out There I Fair Fames, Kevin McGarry
The New York Times Style Magazine
2011
Future Greats: Kate Levant, Chris Sharp
ArtReview
Whitney Biennial Exhibitors Leaked Online
ArtLyst
Whitney Announces Biennial Artists, Patricia Cohen
NYTimes.com
2010
Once on This Island, a DIY Art Show, Randy Kennedy
The New York Times
Gutmenschen in New York, Magdalena Kroner
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
2009
Studio Visit: Group Shows, Shamin Momin
The New York Times Magazine
Blood Work, Alexandra Peers
New York Magazine
Blood Drive
Time Out: New York
"Let It Bleed, Alexandra Peers
Art in America Online (July)
Kate Levant’s Blood Drive at Zach Feuer, James Wagner
Jameswagner.com
Blood Drive, Michael Wilson
Time Out: New York
2006
Tale Shelter, Lynn Crawford
Detroit Metro Times
Night and Day: Kate Levant, Eve Doster
Detroit Metro Times
Stretching a Point: The Mysterious Elastic Studio at Front Room Gallery, Douglas Max Utter
Cleveland Freetimes