Ellen Levy
Ellen Levy

Title: Artist, Writer, Curator; Past President, College Art Association (2004-2006)

Institution: Independent (New York, NY)

Discipline: Creative & Performing Arts

Appearances: 1

Notable: Past President of the College Art Association (2004-2006); PhD from University of Plymouth on the art and neuroscience of attention; guest editor of Art Journal's 'Contemporary Art and the Genetic Code' (1996), the first in-depth academic publication on genomics and art; 1985 arts commission from NASA; co-editor of the Routledge Science and the Arts Since 1750 book series

Biography

Ellen K. Levy is an American multimedia artist, writer, curator, and educator whose interdisciplinary work explores the intersections of art, science, technology, and the environment. Since the early 1980s she has investigated how scientific paradigms -- including neuroscience, evolution, and complexity theory -- inform visual culture and artistic practice.

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