From my studio window, Flatrock, Newfoundland.
ABOUT
Jessica Levman was born in Toronto and is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the Ontario College of Art and Design. She studied in Paris and London and holds a Master of Fine Art from the University of Calgary and a Bachelor of Education from Memorial University in Newfoundland.
As a visual artist and arts educator, she believes in the importance and healing power of creativity.
Her artwork is in collections across Canada and internationally.
She divides her time between her studios in Toronto and Newfoundland.
Sleep, 2026
Charcoal, chalk, ink, gouache and collage on paper
67.5 x 51 cm
Jessica Levman
M.F.A., B.Ed, AOCAD
EDUCATION
2001 / Master of Fine Art, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
2000 / Term abroad at Royal College of Art, London, England
1997 / AOCAD certificate, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON
1997 / Term abroad at École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France
2009 / Bachelor of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland
1995 / Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 / Widening Circles, Emma Butler Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
2023 / Meditation on Blue, James Rottman Fine Art, Toronto
2021 / Flatrock Tapestries, Ingram Gallery, Toronto
2012 / Intense Fragility, The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2008 / Flowing, The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2006 / Galerie Luz, Montréal, Québec
2006 / Afterbirth, The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2004 / Skinning, The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2001 / Fluid Bodies, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta
2000 / Vein, The Little Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2000 / Stone, Water, Fire, Breath, The Little Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1998 / Time, Gallery 76, Toronto
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026/ Presence and Absence (2 person exhibition), James Rottman Fine Art, Toronto
2026/ Changing Seasons, Emma Butler Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
2025 / Landscape, Emma Butler Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
2024 / Small Works, Emma Butler Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
2023 / Migrating Forces, James Rottman Fine Art, Toronto
2022 / Ideas on Nature, James Rottman Fine Art, Toronto
2022 / Echoes, Women’s Art Association of Canada Dignam Gallery, Toronto
2019 / Summer Series VII, Ingram Gallery, Toronto
2018 / Rock Paper Scissors, Ingram Gallery, Toronto
2017 / Subject Matters II, Ingram Gallery, Toronto
2015 / Spring, Red Ochre Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2014 / Splash, Red Ochre Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2012 / La Fabrique Centre des arts de Chelsea, Québec
2008 / Biennale of Small Art, Venezuela
2007 / Breaking Ground, Cre8ery Gallery, Winnipeg
2005 / Töreki, Kálman Imre Múzeum, Siófok, Hungary
2003 / Expose, Latitude 44, Toronto (SOLO)
2002 / Porous, The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2002 / Emergence, Junction Gardens BIA, Junction Arts Festival, Toronto
1999 / Toronto in Art, Ingram Fine Art, Toronto
1999 / École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France
1998 / Re/membering, OCAD Gallery, Toronto
AWARDS
2009 / Mercy & Presentation Sisters Education Scholarship, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Faculty of Education
2006 / Atelier de l’Île Artist Residency Grant, Atelier de l’Ile, Val-David, Québec
2003 / Audience Favourite Award, The Junction Arts Festival, Toronto
2000 / Finalist for Drawing Award at Royal College of Art, London, England
2000 / Royal College of Art Travel Grant, London, England, Awarded by the University of Calgary
1999 / Dean’s Special Master’s Scholarship, University of Calgary
1999 / Malaspina Printmakers Society Scholarship, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver
1994 / Timothy Burton Modern Language Scholarship, University of Toronto
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2006 / Interrarium, The Banff Centre for Continuing Education, Banff, Alberta
2005 / Töreki Artist Colony, Toreki, Hungary
2005 / Atelier de l’Ile Printmaking Studio, Val-David, Québec
2002 / Pouch Cove Artist Residency, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Hickey, Alex “Special Places”, All Things Saint Jacques, August 16, 2024, alexhickey.com/2024/08/16/special-places.
“An endless source of inspiration: how the natural environment enlivens Jessica Levman’s artworks”, Newfoundland Quarterly, February, 2025, nqonline.ca/article/an-endless-source-of-inspiration-how-the-natural-environment-enlivens-jessica-levmans-artworks.
“Ships Portfolio”, Newfoundland Quarterly, Fall 2024, Volume 117, Number 2.
“Jessica Levman: Meditation on Blue”, blogTO, 2023, blogto.com/events/jessica-levman-meditation-on-blue-toronto.
“In Conversation with Jessica Levman”, Flatrock Tapestries Catalogue, Ingram Gallery, December 2021.
COLLECTIONS
Private collections in Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador Art Bank
Glenbow Museum Archives, Calgary, Alberta
Atelier de l’Ile Print Archives, Val-David, Québec