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LEVI  ATKINSON





 Levi Atkinson is a multimedia artist living in Los Angeles. He is a graduate from Carleton College double majoring in Studio Art and Art History with a focus in printmaking. His practice explores memory, manipulation, and human relationships with the idea of place. He incorporates an experimental approach to the process through selective hand printing, collaging, and varying printing surfaces (carved wood, found materials, textured plexiglass, etc). 


In additon to havign his own practice Levi has worked as a Collaborative printmaker and Art Historian in a variety of professional contexts including: Gemini GEL, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, the Russell Wright Design Center 

 Education
Carleton College, Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art and Art Historry, 2015 - 2019

Architectural History in France, Spain, Italy, and the UK, 2018  
Drawing and Printmaking in New Zealand and Australia, 2019

Exhibitions
QE Artist In Residence Show, Los Angeles, CA
Power, Transport Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hot off the Press, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis MN
In Stride: Senior Thesis Exhibition, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Drawing the South Pacific. Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Architectural History in Europe, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

Curatorial Projects & Academic Talks
A Collector’s Odyssey: Books and Prints from the William P. Kosmas Collection,  Minneapolis Institute of Art,
Revival, Renaissance, and Revolution: Atelier 17 and Mid-Century Printmaking in America, Carleton College 
Imitation and Innovation: Exploring Connections Between Delftware and Chinese Export Porcelain in 17th-century Dutch Material Culture, Carleton College
Palladian Architecture in the Veneto Region, Carleton College
Bauhaus Chicago: Desing in the City, Art Institute of Chicago 

Awards
Quinn Emmanul Artist In Residence
Fulbright Creative Arts Grant Semi-Finalist , New Zealand 
Fulbright Creative Arts Grant Semi-Finalist, New Zealand                                                             
Fulbright Creative Arts Grant Semi-Finalist, New Zealand                                                             
Kelly International Research Fellowship                                                                                    
Boyd-Nyles Travel Fellowship: Palladian Architecture in Venice                                                  
Andrea Grove Iseminger ’59 Endowed Scholarship Fund for Off-Campus Studies                      
QuestBridge Scholar                                                                                                                    

Professional Experience 
Artist Collabrative Lithographer, Gemini GEL, Los Angeles, CA
Studio Assistant, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
Gallery Assocaite, Khazana Arts and Imported Goods, Minneapolis, MN
Curatorial Intern, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Curatorial Intern, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Collections Intern, Russell Wright Design Center, Garrison, NY
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