YEHUDIS LEVITIN
BEGAN HER ART EDUCATION IN NEW YORK CITY AT THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WITH A DEGREE IN COMMERCIAL ART. SHE ATTENDED BROOKLYN COLLEGE IN N.Y.C. AND THE ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA AND THE SOUTH FLORIDA ART INSTITUTE FOR HER FINE ARTS DEGREE.
SINCE 1978 SHE HAS EXHIBITED HER WORKS IN AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH FLORIDA. YEHUDIS LEVITIN HAS HAD HER OWN ONE-WOMAN SHOW AT THE MIAMI JEWISH HOME FOR THE AGED AND HAS BEEN FEATURED AS THE SOLO PAINTER IN THE LARGEST JEWISH CAMPUS COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE USA, LOCATED IN BOCA RATON FLORIDA. YEHUDIS HAS TWICE BEEN CHOSEN TO EXHIBIT AT THE HORT ART COMPETITION AT THE FORT LAUDERDALE MUSEUM OF ART IN FLORIDA. SHE HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED ON LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION BY THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS FOR THE ARTS & THE JEWISH EDUCATIONAL CHANNEL.
YEHUDIS' PRESENT WORK HAS EVOLVED FROM A MORE TRADITIONAL REPRESENTATIONAL ART EVOKING HER RELIGIOUS CHASSIDIC UPBRINGING TO THE CREATION OF FREE-FLOWING, EROTIC IMAGES. YEHUDIS IS CURRENTLY INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THE MAGNETIC POWER OF IMAGES WITH THE EXPLOSIVE POWER OF LANGUAGE TO CREATE ART FOR SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION OR AS DESCRIBED BY HER COLLEAGUES AS: " OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENTS COMBINING ART & POP PSYCHOLOGY ".
YEHUDIS LEVITINS' WORK HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS & COLLECTORS IN NEW YORK ,DETROIT, FLORIDA, CANADA, & AUSTRALIA.
