About the exhibition:

“...at this very moment millions of human beings are standing at crossroads and intersections…”
—Yehuda Amichai, Open Closed Open

This is the message at the heart of “More Ink Meandering with Cutaways and Folds (Accompanied by a Poem),” an exhibition of ink works by artist Cheryl Levin.

Levins' work compels close attention with its intricate delicacy. By utilizing abstraction through thinly drawn linework and cutaways, the artist memorializes and traces her evolution of processing loss through the years. The initial works were made using her artistic partner and late husband Robert Phillips’ metal cut-offs. Levin infuses them with ink, bleeding into the page to echo the transitions from grief to eventual acceptance and distance, encompassing the inconsistencies we collectively navigate in our life journeys.

More Ink Meandering with Cutaways and Folds (Accompanied by a Poem) will be on view in Gallery 1 at Da Vinci Art Alliance from March 4th to March 22nd. Meanderings (A Poetry Reading) featuring Cheryl Levin, Joanna Hartell, Harriet Levin Millan, and Olga Livshin will take place on Friday, March 13th from 6—7:30pm.

about the artist:

Cheryl Levin received her BFA from Tyler School of Art and Tyler’s Abroad Program in Rome, Italy. She attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for a brief period and was a member of the High Wire Art Co-Op for many years. The Owen Patrick Gallery exhibited her work for over twenty years. She has exhibited in group shows around the country and abroad, including The Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art, The Monmouth Museum, MOCA Westport, One Art Space and Site, Efroymson Gallery, and Loft’s at Liz’s. Levin is a recipient of the Adolph Gottlieb Foundation Grant and the Artist Fellowship Grant in NYC. She exhibits regularly with The National Association of Women Artists, New York City, NY., Florida, and Pennsylvania Chapters, Da Vinci Art Alliance, where she had solo shows in 2021 and 2023, InLiquid Gallery, and The Regional Center for Women Artists. Levin’s work has hung alongside Lee Krasner, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, Elaine de Kooning, and Helen Frankenthaler in a show titled Ninth St. Women and their Legacy at the Somerville Manning Gallery in 2021. Levin has recently attended residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia.