Background

• Honors B. A. in Fine Arts, University of Toronto, Canada, 1963
• Assistant Curator, Vancouver Art Gallery, B. C. 1963-65
• Brooklyn Museum Art School, N. Y. C., 1968-69
• Art Students League, N. Y. C., 1969
• New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, 1970-71
• Master of Fine Arts, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
• 1974-77 Docent, Brooklyn Museum, 1983-86

Selected Exhibitions

• Work of Art Gallery: 2 Person Show, N. Y. C., 1979
• Blue Mountain Gallery: One Person Shows, 1983, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006
• Erpf Catskill Cultural Center Gallery: 3 Person Show, Arkville, N. Y., 1980
• Ammo Gallery: 'The Catskills' Exhibition, N. Y. C., 1986
• Contemporary Images: 6 @ 1, presented by Prudential and the Mendik Co., N. Y. C., 1986
• Christie's Benefit Auction for Talbot Perkins Children's Services, 1989; 1990
• National Academy of Design, 1992
• Zone One Contemporary Gallery: Group Show, Ashville, N. C., 1996, 1997
• Wayne Art Center, Wayne Pennsylvania, Group Exhibition, 1997
• Allegory Show; Traveling Exhibition: W. Va. Wesleyan College; West Carolina University, 1997
• Texas National Juried Exhibition, 1998 BCUE Gallery, Prospect Park: One Person Show, April-May, 1998
• Bradshaw House Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama: Two Person Show, May-June, 1998
• Erpf Catskill Cultural Center Gallery: Flowers and Flower Gardens, Juried Exhibition, 1999
• Brooklyn College Juried Exhibition: ‘Bridges of Brooklyn’, 2001
• Catskills Rural AIDS Service Exhibition and Sale: ‘Light for Life’, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Café on Main Street: One Person Show, 2004, 2006
• Blue Mountain Gallery: Word and Image, 2005
• Saratoga County Arts Council Exhibition: Saratoga Inside Out, 2005
• Enderlin Gallery, Roxbury, NY: Landscape Paintings, 2005, 2006
• Prince Street Gallery, Philip Pearlstein Selects, Juried Exhibition, 2007
• Erpf Catskill Cultural Center Gallery: Catskill Botanicals, Feb. 24-April 28, 2007
• Erpf Catskill Cultural Center Gallery: One Person Show, 2008
• Galerie Mani, Berlin: Group Show, 2009
• Walt Meade Gallery, Roxbury, NY: Group Show, 2009

Juries

• Judge, Art Exhibition, Greater New York Orchid Show, 1994-97
• Juror, Roxbury Arts Group Regional Art Show, 1997

Publications and Reviews

• Pastel reproduced, back cover Readers Digest, January, 1996
• Work reproduced in New American Paintings, vol. 10, June, 1997
• Review in Kingston Freeman of “Bovina Garden” 4/16/99
• “Bovina Garden” selected for use in Martin Scorcese film You Can Count On Me (1999-2000)
• "Yellow Field No. 1" included in American Artists Series Cards, 1999
• Artezine, #9, 2003, review of solo show at Blue Mt. Gallery, 2003
• Catskill Center News: Margaret Leveson Paints the Pakatakan Art Colony, April, 2008
• Catskill Mountain News article: August 6, 2008
• Ulster Publishers Almanac, August 14, 2008
• The Walton Reporter, August 6, 2008

Teaching

• Artist in residence, Sunnyside, Hudson River Artists Weekend, 1997-2007
• Project Arts Teaching Residency, P. S. 193, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1998 - 2002
• Greater N.Y. Girl Scout Council Teaching Residency, 2001-2007
• Garfield Temple, Brooklyn, NY – after school program 2002 – 2003

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