About
Francene J. Levinson was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. where she received her BA 1966 and MA Art Ed 1969 at Brooklyn College, NY. Her abstract paintings were influenced by her professor Ad Reinhardt and his artist contemporary, Mark Rothko. Her computer drawing skills were acquired at the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Her career includes 15 years as an award-winning art teacher in New York and Florida.
A great part of her art career was devoted to abstract modular paper sculpture.Her modular paper sculptures, influenced by Chinese Immigrants from the Golden Venture Ship in 1993, have been juried into many national gallery and museum exhibitions. Francene’s sculptures have earned many first place and best in show awards. In addition, she was honored with “The Mastermind Art Grant” for South Florida 2010. Significantly, she was also awarded First Place – Boca Raton Museum of Art, 2010 - Biennial, in Boca Raton, FL. See her sculpture website at
Now, coming full circle back to her painting and computer skills, Francene creates original abstract digital paintings. The greatest influence on her digital art is derived from several art styles including:abstract expressionism, the color field, op-art, and hard edge movements . Her digital paintings have been published in Woventale Press Literary Arts Magazine and Salann Magazine.
In 2019, she represented the USA, when the Art Dex International Competition awarded her digital painting 4th place among 88 countries. She exhibits her digital art at several galleries in Portland, Oregon and is represented by the Portland Art Museum’s RSG Gallery. Francene enjoys pushing the digital art medium to its full potential.
The artist currently resides in Portland, Oregon.
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Education
1996 - Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale,FL
1993 - ED.S/sld - Nova Univ.
1986-89 - Montoya Art Studio, West Palm Beach, Florida – stone sculpturing
1969 - MA Fine Art/Education, C.U.N.Y.
1966 - Fine Art/Education C.U.N.Y.
Selected Awards
2019 - International Artdex Award
2013 - Judges Recognition, Delray Center for the Arts, 3 D Sculpture
2012 - Best In Show + People’s Choice, Rossetti Fine Art Gallery, Pompano Beach, FL,
2012 - Art Craft Award - Nathan Rosen Gallery and Museum, Boca Raton, FL, March
2011- Best in Show , Delray Beach, FL- "Art on the Ave."
2010 - First Place – Boca Raton Museum of Art, Biennial, Boca Raton, FL
2009 -- Featured Artist Award - ManhattanArts.com
Grant
2010 - Mastermind Art Grant, South Florida
Selected Exhibitions
2019
Rental Sales Gallery, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Gallery 114, Portland, Oregon
Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
2018
Rental Sales Gallery, Portland Art Museum ,Portland, OR.
Rental Sales Gallery, Portland Museum of Art
Gallery 114, Portland, Oregon ,
2017
Gallery 114, Portland, Oregon
Gallery 114, Portland, Oregon
Geezer Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2016
Hillsboro Library Gallery, Hillsboro, Oregon
2015
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2013
Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL, Juried Exhibit, Nexus: Science + Art, 2010,2011,2012,2013
2012
Paseo Originals Gallery, Oklahoma City,OK, Two Person Show
Fuller Craft Museum. Brockton,MA.
City Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI.,
Rossetti Fine Art Gallery, Pompano Beach, FL,
B J Spoke Gallery, Huntington, N.Y., "Paper Works," Juror:Laura Phipps, Assistant Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Second Ave. Gallery, Florida Atlantic University,Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Nathan Rosen Gallery and Museum, Boca Raton, FL
Rossetti Fine Art, Pompano Beach, FL
Highland Beach Library Gallery, Highland Beach, FL, "
Armory Art Center,West Palm Beach, Fl,
Publications
Woven Tale Press. Vol. VII #2
* Salaan Magazine, vol.2
* AllthingsPaper.net Blog by Ann Martin article: Francene Levinson 2014
*Contemporary paper Sculptures
"500 Paper Objects" by Lark Crafts,Sterling Publishers, 2013
"Art and Beyond", pg 37, "Ocean Garden" Paper Sculpture by Francene Levinson
2013
* "Art Takes Miami",Juried Competition, Catalog Published for presentation at Scopes, Miami, 2011
* "Visual Masters Magazine", London, England Feb. 2011
* "Best of World Wide Sculptors", Spring, Kennedy Publishing - 5251-18 JOHN TYLER HIGHWAY #311, WILLIAMSBURG, VA 23185
* Hongkiat.com: Masters of Paper Art and Paper Sculptures, Part II 2011
* "Visual Overture Magazine", Artist of the Week, July 4, 2011
* American Juried Art Society(AJAS) Quarterly, July2011