Renée Levi

Renée Levi was born 1960, in Istanbul and grew up in Switzerland. She lives and works in Basel. Levi has been investigating the medium of painting, in her spatially extensive installations as she expands the effects of color and form to break the boundaries within the space. She merges painting and architec-ture in unconventional ways bringing to light a whole new set of dynamics within the medium. Levi’s interventions are both piercing and precise. Her use of color and her shapes take on a powerful presence in a lively and luminant way. After studying architecture at the HTL Muttenz/ Basel, Levi studied at the Zurich School of Art and Design. In 1998, she started working together with Marcel Schmid as a studio partner. Recent solo exhibitions include at Öktem Aykut (Istanbul, 2025); Galerie Mezzanin (Geneva, 2024); Phillip Zollinger (Zurich, 2023); Öktem Aykut (Istanbul, 2022); Villa du Parc (Annemasse, 2021); Musée d’Art, Histoire et Archéologie d’Évreux (2020); Biennale de Lyon (2019); Museum Langmatt (Baden, 2019) and Istituto Svizzero Milan (2019). The artist has been included in numerous group exhibitions, such as at Kunsthalle Zurich (2023), Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2023); Centre d’art Pasquart (Biel, 2022); MAMCO (Geneva, 2021); Istituto Svizzero Rome (2019); Kunstverein Munich (2015); Centre d’art contemporain, Villa du Parc Annemasse (2014) or at Frac Bretagne Rennes (2013). Renée Levi has received several awards, including the Prix de la Société des Arts de Genève, Arts Visuel, in 2019, or the Prix Meret Oppenheim in 2002. Levi is the winner of the public art competition of the Parliament Building in Bern, Switzerland. She was a part of Basel Social Club with her piece BABRA in 2024. Her solo project LA ELLE took place in Palais de Tokyo in 2024. She made a site specific commision Mira at Kunstmuseum Basel, 2025.

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