Artist
Shana Levenson
United States
Born in 1981
Joined Artisor: November 2025
Artist Stats
Total pieces for sale: 1
Total pieces sold: 1
Highest price piece sold: $5,000 (Luster)
Average price per square inch: $35
Bio
Shana Levenson is an accomplished representational painter based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her artistic journey began with a BA in Fashion Design from The University of Texas, Austin. After the birth of her children in 2009 and 2010, she pursued and completed an MFA in Fine Art Painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Her work primarily focuses on portraiture and the figure, often capturing people who are significant in her life. Levenson aims to tell each person’s story in an authentic and meaningful way, drawing inspiration from her own experiences.
- Artworks
- Curriculum Vitae
- Previous works sold
Awards
2019 Outstanding Figurative Award, American Women Artists Online Exhibition
2018 Chairman’s Choice Award, ARC Salon Show
2018 Best in Show, Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, NYC
2018 Honorable Mention, Portrait Society of America
2018 Best in Show, American Women Aritst Online Juried Show
2018 2nd Place, June BoldBrush online awards
2018 Honorable Mention, NOAPS Best of America Exhibition
2017 Best Oil Painting, NOAPS Best of America Exhibition
2017 Chairman’s Choice Award, ARC Salon Show
2016 3rd Place, American Women Artist Online Juried Show
2015 Honorable Mention, ModPortrait Competition, MEAM, Barcelona, Spain
2015 Best of Show, Bold Brush competition, FASO.com
2015 Second Place, TRAC Online competition
2015 Gold Award, The American Artists Professional League
2015 Finalist in RayMar Online Competition
2014 First Place, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, TX
2014 First Place, Naples Art Association, 50th Founders Juried Awards Exhibition, Naples, FL
2014 Gold Ribbon, FAME exhibition online
2014 First Place, Shades of Red Show, Vista, CA
2014 Second Place, Louisville Art Association, Louisville, CA
2014 First Place Award, EAFA Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 Exhibition, NOPAS online international competition
Group Exhibitions
2020 Artist and the Muse, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL May
2020 Women’s Group Exhibition, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA March
2020 Women’s Group Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NYC, NY March
2020 The UNSEEN, Stone Sparrow Gallery, NYC, NY March
2019 5th International Figure Painting Competition, Salmagundi Club, NYC, NY
2019 Women’s group exhibition, Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT
2019 Portrait Society of American Tri State Competition, Oklahoma City, OK
2019 Paint The Figure Now, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019 Solo Show, Sheer Strength, McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2019 Painting Today: International Women’s Day, MEAM, Spain
2018 Miniature Holiday Exhibition, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2018 Galeria Artelibre 20×20 Anniversary Show, MEAM, Spain
2018 WMOCA, Wausau Museum, Wausau, WI
2018 Painting the Figure Now, Wausau Museum, Wausau, WI
2018 Lot 5 Collective, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, London, UK
2018 ModPortrait, MEAM, Spain
2018 ARC Salon Show, traveling exhibition, MEAM & Sotheby’s Los Angeles
2018 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
2018 RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2018 Women’s Group Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NYC, NY
2018 Works on Paper, Dacia Gallery, NYC, NY
2017 “Something more than realism .. XI”, Galería artelibre , Barcelona, Spain
2017 Distinction Gallery, CA
2017 Best of America, NOAPS, Castle Gallerieas, Fort Wayne, Indiana
2017 Women As Warriors, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2017 Sight Unseen, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2016 Miniature Group Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2016 Maxwell Alexander Online Show
2016, Holiday Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NYC, NY
2016 Miniatures and More, Albuquerque Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
2016 Contemporary Configuration Exhibition, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2016 Women Painting Women, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2016 Freak Out, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2016 Nexus, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2016 ModPortrait Exhibition, MEAM Museum, Barcelona, Spain
2016 Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2015 AAPL 87th Grand National Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, NYC
2015 Women Painting Women, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2015 Tell Them Stories: Origins, Mark Miller Gallery, NYC
2015 Portrait Society of Atlanta, Maretta Cobb Art Museum, Atlanta, GA
2015 Unconfined Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
2015 Academy of Art Spring Show, San Francisco, CA
2013 Academy of Art Spring Show, San Francisco, CA
Publications
December 2019 TIME Person of the Year, Paintings of Influencers, Emannuel Macron
March 2018 12 Women Artists, International Artists Magazine
June 2017 Cover and featured article, Artists Magazine
December 2015 Featured Artist to Watch, Southwest Art Magazine
June 2015 Featured Artist on FASO.com
May 2015 Staff pick on FASO.com Daily Art Show
April 2015 Artist to Watch, Rosemary Brushes Catalogue
