British (b 1978) Lives and works in London
The Spaghetti Tree was recently selected as winner of the Conscientious Portfolio Competition 2014 and will be featured on cphmag.com in the form of an extended interview. The Spaghetti Tree was also recently featured in Fotografia Magazine. Work from My Father’s House was selected as one of the projects to feature in a ‘Best of.. 10 years of Magenta Flash Forward' publication, also available now.
| 2014 | Conscientious Portfolio Competition 2014, UK |
| 2012 | 1000 Words Magazine Award, UK |
| 2012 | Flash Forward, Magenta Foundation, UK winner, Canada |
| 2012 | Grand Prix de la Découverte, Jurors award of merit, France |
| 2002 | The Stills Gallery/Archibald Campbell and Harley Photography Prize, Scotland, UK |
| 2002 | London Photographic Awards, Silver, UK |
| 2014 | Photobookshow, Brighton Photo Biennial, Jubilee Library, Brighton, UK |
| 2014 | Rebecoming; The Other European Travellers, curated by Tim Clark of 1000 Words, Flowers Gallery, London, UK |
| 2014 | The Other European Travellers, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, Spain |
| 2013 | Flash Forward 2012, Flash Forward Festival, Boston, USA and Photofusion, London, UK |
| 2012 | Going Out, Gensler Gallery, The Rockerfeller Centre, New York, USA |
| Figure in the Landscape, 511 Gallery, New York, USA | |
| 2011 | Facing Forward, The Forward Thinking Museum. Online exhibition curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer and William Ewing |
| 2009 | Now: The Art of the 21st Century, Philips De Pury, London, UK |
| Kol Isiah, In Her Voice, EMET Gallery, Montreal, Canada | |
| Fresh, Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles, USA | |
| Shine On, Smithfield Gallery, London, UK | |
| 2008 | Architecture, 511 Gallery, Lake Placid, USA |
| In Our World; New Photography in Britain, curated by Filippo Maggia,The Modena Museum, Italy | |
| 2007 | The Photographic Portrait Prize 2007, National Portrait Gallery, London |
| ReGeneration, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Musée de l‘Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, La Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy, Aperture Gallery, New York, USA and the Pingyao festival, China, curated by William Ewing | |
| Emerging International Photographers, Aftermodern, San Francisco, USA | |
| Borderline, 44th Troya Art Festival, Canakkale, Turkey | |
| The Delicate Triangle, Aftermodern, San Francisco, USA | |
| 2006 | Plug, Curator and participant, County Hall Gallery, London, UK |
| The Seven Deadly Sins, The Bienale Internationale de l’Image de Nancy, France | |
| 2005 | Focus On: New Photography, Norton Museum of Art, Miami, Florida, USA |
| 2004 | Schweppes Photographic Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London |
| Standing on the edge, curator and participant, Hiscox Arts Projects, London, UK | |
| Auslander, Dahl Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland | |
| Essen Arts Festival, Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany | |
| The Festival Times 2003, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh |
Factory floors and sexual frustration: photographing the migrant worker’s life, The Guardian Art & Design Blog, Sean O’Hagan, September, 2014
Photographing Love, The New Yorker Blog, Jessie M Wender, February 2014
Lucy Levene, Art News, New York, Rebecca Robertson, March 2011, p.113
Come & be my baby, 10x15, Issue #24, 2011, p.51-54
Lucy Levene, Studies in Photography 2009, Ray McKenzie, National Portrait Gallery of Edinburgh publication, p.60-63
Lucy Levene, In Our World; New Photography in Britain, Filippo Maggia, Skira Publication, July 2008, p.72-81
Come and be my baby, Adbusters; The Reconquest of Cool, Issue #76, March/April 2008
A Delicate Balance, The Examiner, San Francisco, Tiffany Martini, April 24th 2007
Lydia Goldblatt and Lucy Levene: Club Series, PLUK, Isabelle Shiavi, Nov/Dec 2005, p.36-37
Alone in Clubland, Metro, Rahui Verma, 26th September 2005, p.33
Lucy Levene; Dans Un Club Anglais, Paris Photo, 24th Aug 2005, p.14
Lucy Levene, Regeneration - 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Thames & Hudson Publication, 2005, p.121-124
Nightcub Documentary Series, Portfolio Catalogue of Contemporary Photography in Britain, issue #41, p.76-77
Photography Club, The British Journal of Photography, Diane Smyth, March 2005, p.20-24
Pick Hit, The Village Voice, New York, December 2004
A Fresh New Crop, The Show, 2004 RCA, Blueprint Magazine, Ken Edwards, July 2004
Royal College of Art, the Show 2004, Hotshoe Magazine, Issue #130, June/July 2004, p.48-‐52
Lucy Levene, Contemporary Photography 2004 supplement, The Guardian, Charlotte Cotton, 29th May 2004, p.16-17
Swot Shots, Metro, Tim Ingham, 24th May 2004
Multiple Exposures, The Festival Times 2003 Catalogue, John Calcutt, p.8-10
Victim of a Split Personality, The Scotsman, Duncan MacMillan, 26th Aug 2003
Marrying In (Please God by You), Portfolio Catalogue of Contemporary Photography in Britain, Issue #34, p.54-55
| 2004 | The Royal College of Art, London, MA Photography, with distinction |
| 2001 | Edinburgh College of Art, BA (Hons) Photography, First class honours |
| Current | University of Portsmouth, lecturer, since 2010. Teaching photography and visual culture |
| Freelance Editorial Photography, since 2004. Recent clients include the Saturday Telegraph Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine (Seven) and The Guardian Weekend Magazine | |
| July 2012 | University of the Creative Arts, Rochester, Artists lecture and tutorials on MA program |
| May 2012 | University of Westminster, artist lecture on professional practice & tutorials |
| 2010-2012 | University of Portsmouth Visiting Lecturer, BA Photography Course |
| May 2009 | Kol Isiah, In Her Voice, artist lecture and panel discussion, EMET Gallery, Montreal |
| March 2003 | University of Portsmouth, visiting lecturer |
| Dec 2008 | Artist Talk and panel discussion, The National Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| March 2007 | Visiting Lecturer, BA Photography, Suffolk College, Ipswich, UK |
| Aug 2006 | PLUG, Exhibtion Co-curator/Co-organiser, County Hall Gallery, London |
| May 2006 | Photo London, Panel discussion chaired by Olivier Richon, The Royal Academy, London |
| March 2006 | Jewish Life in Germany, Guest Speaker, The London College of Communication, London, UK |
| May 2004 | Preparing to Teach for Postgraduates, Centre for Learning and Teaching in Art and Design, University of the Arts, London, UK |
| March 2004 | Visiting Lecturer, BA Photography, Derby University, Derby, UK |
Represented in the USA by the 511 Gallery, New York
The Progressive Corporation Cleveland, Ohio, USA
The Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Hiscox Arts, London, UK