Jonathan Levin

My approach to making art is like cooking. Here is my recipe. You can alter this slightly depending on your state of mind:
In a non-stick inherited cheap sauce pan, heat one ounce linseed oil mixed with 3 ounces of drama and an angry cat hiss. You can add a very small amount of seriousness, but not necessary. Whisk in one tablespoon each cobalt anger, song, betrayal, and cadmium acid reflux. Then in a small sauce pan, heat to 120 degrees 3 cups of laughter, 5 gessoed cat whiskers, and one adult magazine from 1977. Remove from helium inflated floating stove and cool until you understand what just happened. In a separate bowl, place 2 Wes Montgomery guitar solos, about a cup of Oh-Woe-Is-Me, and a very silly dance. The dance MUST be silly for best results. Pre-heat oven to reach the temperature of the sun. Or 325 degrees. Line a jelly-roll pan with one layer of hallucination and one happy raw sienna memory. Check your wallet to make sure that there is still no money in it. Pour 8 ounces of a good cry into wallet. Repeat. Go poop, and wash your hands. Bake ingredients above for 25 minutes or until you are mildly depressed and smiling. With a palette knife, playfully spread 6 to 10 high resolution black and white JPG photo files that h...

Rhode Island School of Design BFA Photography 1974-1978

Ansel Adams Yosemite Spring Photography Workshop, Yosemite National Park, CA. 1973

"The Stories We Are" group show, Chicago, IL. DragonFLY Gallery 2026
"Scapes", group show, Chicago, IL, Stola Contemporary Art, 2023
"Angels and Demons", group show, Chicago, IL, Stola Contemporary Art, 2023
"No Signal" video premier, YouTube.com, 2021
"Fearless Fernando Hernandez: A Fighter's Journey" documentary video premier, YouTube.com, 2011
"Halloween In Logan Square" video premier, YouTube.com, 2009
"Ten One Dollar Stories" video premier, YouTube.com, 2009
Around The Coyote Arts Festival, Chicago, IL 2000 and 2001
Bucktown Arts Festival, Chicago, IL, 2000
"Blues In F/Stop" Short comedy film premier (Paul Marvine, Jonathan Levin) Chicago, IL, 1983
"Three Oh-Wow-Man Show" (Jonathan Levin, Paul Marvine, Ron Pearl) Woods-Gerry Gallery Providence, RI, 1978
"Private Parts" erotic art show, Providence, RI (First art show in US history to be raided by law enforcement), 1978
"Nude Self-Portraits/Transformation Series" photographic exhibit, New Trier East High School IL, 1974
Glencoe Art Fair, Glencoe, IL 1969, 1970