EDUCATION
1969 MFA University of California, Los Angeles, CA, studied with Richard Diebenkorn
1964 BA Boston Museum School/Simmons College Dual Degree, Boston, MA
SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Odd, Inspired, and Sublime, Fourth Wall Gallery, Oakland, CA
2023 Possibilities, Desta Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2022 Geometric Variations, SITE Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Face to Face, Fourth Wall Gallery, Oakland, CA2017 Grey Area, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 Works on Paper, Sanskriti Foundation Museum, New Delhi, India
2012 Aqua Miami, Miami, FL, Toomey Tourell Gallery
2012 Cycles of Time, Toomey Tourell, San Francisco, CA (CATALOG AVAILABLE)
2009 Unnatural Nature, Toomey Tourell, San Francisco, CA
2007 Recent Work, New England Bio Labs, Boston, MA
2007 Passages, Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA
2006 Passages to India, Toomey Tourell, San Francisco, CA
2004 Riders, Sagebrush Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
2003 Latest Work, Toomey Tourell, San Francisco, CA
2001 Paintings, Toomey Tourell, San Francisco, CA
1996 Epistolary Paint: A Visual Correspondence, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA (CATALOG AVAILABLE)
1994 Marilyn Levin New Paintings, Madeleine Carter Gallery, Brookline, MA
1991 Marilyn Levin, Fine Arts Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
SELECTED MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2023 Weisman Museum, Recent Acquisitions, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2022 Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard, Remembering Together, Marking Lives Covid 19, Cambridge, MA
(CATALOG AVAILABLE)
2017 Kingston Gallery, Grey Area, Boston, MA
2010 Sanskriti Museum, Sanskriti Foundation, Resident Artists, New Delhi, India,
2002 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, India Revisited: 3 Artists' Views, San Francisco, CA,
2001 Springfield Museum of Art, USA Watercolor National, Springfield, MO,
1997 Tisch Museum of Art, Tufts University, The Delicate Hand, Medford, MA
1991 Fuller Museum of Art, Resonant Abstractions (Catalogue), Brockton, MA
1989 Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Artists’ Foundation Fellowship Exhibition, Waltham, MA
1978 Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Fresh Images, Waltham, MA
1978 Western Association of Art Museums, Mixed Media on Paper, Berkeley, CA
1976 Westbroadway Gallery, Boston Visual Artists in New York, New York, NY
1976 Watson Gallery, Wheaton College, National Drawing Competition, Norton, MA
1974 List Visual Art Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston Visual Artists, Cambridge, MA
AWARDS
2010 Artists Residency Grant, Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India
2010 Travel Grant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2007 Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2000 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Grant
2000 Massachusetts Cultural Council Professional Development Grant
2000 Atlantic Center for the Arts Fellowship
1998 Recipient, Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship
1988 Brookline Arts Lottery Grant, Artist-in-Residence, Runkle School, Brookline, MA
1984-88 National Endowment for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence Grants
1982 Finalist, Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship
1979-82 National Endowment for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence Grants
1979 Finalist, Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship
Barbara Morris, Unpacked, Square Cylinder, Aug 25, 2025
Stace Brandt, The Philosophy around Matter and Light, Big Red and Shiny, Aug 9, 2017
David M Roth, Marilyn Levin at Toomey Tourell, Square Cylinder, Aug 8, 2012Salamander, Suffolk University Literary Magazine, Cover Image and Center Spread, Winter 2009/10
Sam Whiting, Two Artists, 20 Paintings, One Story, Cover Feature, Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle, Sep 24, 1996
William Corbett, Epistolary Paint: A Visual Correspondence, Exhibition Catalogue, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Joyce Cohen, New Collaborations, Art New England, Feb 1996
Cedco Publishing, Women Artists Calendar, 1991
Meredith Fife Day, Recent Works by Marilyn Levin and Peter Mitten, Art New England, 1992
Nancy Stapen, Levin Bids for Recognition with New Boston Show, Boston Sunday Herald, 1990
Christine Temin, Local Art Scene, The Boston Globe, Apr 3, 1986
Lois Tarlow, Marilyn Levin Featured Artist, Art New England, Mar 1985 (Cover Interview)
Rebecca Nemser, Marilyn Levin Recent Work, Art New England, Mar 1981
Robert Taylor, Images at Brandeis Vital and Engrossing, Boston Sunday Globe, Nov 26, 1978
Elizabeth Sher, Mixed Media on Paper, Exhibition Catalogue, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Kresge Collection, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India
Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
BankAmerica Collection, World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
Paine Webber Collection, Boston, MA
Prudential Life Insurance Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Massachusetts Mutual Collection, Boston, MA
Airmo Corporation Collection, Dallas, TX
Babson University Collection, Wellesley, MA