Miss Ellen Ruth Levy: Paintings & Photographs
Miss Ellen Ruth Levy is a multifaceted visual artist whose paintings and photographs express a lifelong fascination with and joy of dance
Whether capturing the vitality and constant motion of city life in a photograph, or portraying dance-like gestures in abstract expressionist-inspired oil paintings, Levy’s work carries within it a graceful momentum, as if her visual vocabulary were a pas de deux, with the viewer participating.
There is an unbridled joy expressed in the images that transports the viewer to that space where one is dancing as if no one else is watching.
To dance, to move fluidly through space while expressing joy in the movement itself, to capture in static paint or a photographic print the vibration of a life force that is turning and leaping—this is the artwork of Miss Ellen Ruth Levy.
Miss Ellen Ruth Levy is a multifaceted visual artist whose paintings and photographs express a lifelong fascination with and joy of dance
Whether capturing the vitality and constant motion of city life in a photograph, or portraying dance-like gestures in abstract expressionist-inspired oil paintings, Levy’s work carries within it a graceful momentum, as if her visual vocabulary were a pas de deux, with the viewer participating.
There is an unbridled joy expressed in the images that transports the viewer to that space where one is dancing as if no one else is watching.
To dance, to move fluidly through space while expressing joy in the movement itself, to capture in static paint or a photographic print the vibration of a life force that is turning and leaping—this is the artwork of Miss Ellen Ruth Levy.
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Miss Ellen Ruth Levy began studying dance as a young teenager and discovered photography in her early 20s. After working as an assistant to the renowned photographer of motion Phillip Leonian, her career went on to encompass the design and creation
Accessories including belts, jewelry, lamps, textiles, hand painted silks, and handmade papers. She created custom-designed bags with an emphasis on environmental consciousness for Aveda, Robert Simmons, and Lifethyme Market.
In the early 80s Levy and her love of dance began to inform her visual art through gestural drawings and movement-inspired expressionist paintings and photography. “It’s all about movement, all about dance,” she says.
Levy’s work has been exhibited at the National Arts Club, the NYC Small Works Show, the Greenport Maritime Museum, StellaArt Paris, Gallery Three Zero, and the Bodley Gallery, among others. Her work is in the collections of Revlon, Inc., the Weissman Institute, and the Port Authority of New York.
Miss Ellen Ruth Levy began studying dance as a young teenager and discovered photography in her early 20s. After working as an assistant to the renowned photographer of motion Phillip Leonian, her career went on to encompass the design and creation
Accessories including belts, jewelry, lamps, textiles, hand painted silks, and handmade papers. She created custom-designed bags with an emphasis on environmental consciousness for Aveda, Robert Simmons, and Lifethyme Market.
In the early 80s Levy and her love of dance began to inform her visual art through gestural drawings and movement-inspired expressionist paintings and photography. “It’s all about movement, all about dance,” she says.
Levy’s work has been exhibited at the National Arts Club, the NYC Small Works Show, the Greenport Maritime Museum, StellaArt Paris, Gallery Three Zero, and the Bodley Gallery, among others. Her work is in the collections of Revlon, Inc., the Weissman Institute, and the Port Authority of New York.
Solo Exibitions and group shows:
Starmatter NY 2019
Waverly Wines &Spirits 2010
Joe Coffee NYC 2010
Corey Creek Vineyards Southold NY 2004
Small Works Show NYC 2006
Maritine Museum Greenport NY 1993
The Gallery Three Zero NYC 1993
StellaArt Paris 1993
The Gallery Three Zero NYC 1992
Public Schools - Mattituck - Orient NY 1992
Oysterponds Historical Society Orient NY 1991
Orient State Park Orient LI NY 1989
National Arts Club NYC 1986
Beaubourg Sous Sol Art NYC 1979
Bodley Gallery NYC 1978
Rider College Lawrenceville NJ 1976
King Pitcher Gallery Pittsburgh PA 1976
Published edition:
THE ALARM from "Poly at the Beach" Museum Tower Editions NYC 1992.
Private Collections:
Revlon Inc, Weissman Institue, Port Authority of NY.
Publicatons
Art Objects: An Interview with Ellen Ruth
Starmatter NY 2019
Waverly Wines &Spirits 2010
Joe Coffee NYC 2010
Corey Creek Vineyards Southold NY 2004
Small Works Show NYC 2006
Maritine Museum Greenport NY 1993
The Gallery Three Zero NYC 1993
StellaArt Paris 1993
The Gallery Three Zero NYC 1992
Public Schools - Mattituck - Orient NY 1992
Oysterponds Historical Society Orient NY 1991
Orient State Park Orient LI NY 1989
National Arts Club NYC 1986
Beaubourg Sous Sol Art NYC 1979
Bodley Gallery NYC 1978
Rider College Lawrenceville NJ 1976
King Pitcher Gallery Pittsburgh PA 1976
Published edition:
THE ALARM from "Poly at the Beach" Museum Tower Editions NYC 1992.
Private Collections:
Revlon Inc, Weissman Institue, Port Authority of NY.
Publicatons
Art Objects: An Interview with Ellen Ruth