Levi van Veluw (born 1985) is a Dutch contemporary artist. He currently lives and works in
Amsterdam
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.
Work
Levi van Veluw has produced multi-disciplinary works that include photographs, videos, sculptures, installations and drawings.
Exhibitions
The artist first became known in 2008 with his solo exhibition Landscapes at
Galerie Ron Mandos in Amsterdam. This coincided with him being awarded the International Photo Award in New York for the photo series "Ballpoints", and the selection of one of his video works for the Whitstable Biennale UK.
In 2010, the work of the artist was showcased in a series of major museum exhibitions, including the exhibition "Dead or Alive" at the
Museum of Arts and Design
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in New York, Marres House for contemporary Culture Maastricht,
Ars Electronica
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in Linz, Centre of Contemporary Art,
Torun, Poland.
In addition to his work in his individual practice, Levi van Veluw has also worked on commissions for private clients. In this way, he has collaborated, in 2012, with director of the
Zeitz MoCAA Marc Coetzee on the film "Family" in the frame of the Films4peace project. In 2014, van Veluw created for
Hermès
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a life-sized site-specific installation for one of their main window in Shanghai.
Van Veluw's works have also been widely shown at international art fairs such as, among others, The Armory Show New York, Art Brussels, Volta Basel, and Barcelona Loop.
Awards
Van Veluw is the recipient of the Photographer of the Year Award at the IPA International Photo Awards in the U.S., as well as the winner of the public prize De
Volkskrant
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Beeldende Kunst prijs at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam.
See also
*
List of people from Rotterdam
This is a chronological list of the most notable people from Rotterdam, who were either born and raised there or were long-term residents.
Born in Rotterdam
15th century
*Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536), humanist (long-term resident, b ...
*
List of photographers
This is a list of notable photographers.
Africa
Algeria
* Hocine Zaourar (born 1952)
Benin
* Mayeul Akpovi (born 1979)
Cameroon
* Joseph Chila (born 1948)
* Angèle Etoundi Essamba (born 1962)
* Samuel Fosso (born 1962)
* Jacqu ...
References
External links
levivanveluw.nl van Veluw's official website
ronmandos.nl Gallery website
Huffingtonpost
Design Boom Design Boom
interview magazine interview magazine
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1985 births
Living people
21st-century Dutch photographers
Photographers from Amsterdam
People from Nijkerk
Academic staff of Willem de Kooning Academy
Dutch contemporary artists