Shevy Levy is a noted Vancouver artist who visualizes her memories as contemporary abstract paintings using bold gestural brushstrokes and vibrant colour pallet. She began her art career in 1975. An Israeli native, she met and studied with master artists Moshe Gershoni and Raffi Lavie who significantly influenced Shevy’s work. In 1993 Shevy immigrated to Canada where she very quickly became part of the Vancouver art community.

Shevy studied at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, developing her style. She started as a portrait painter as she is fascinated by people’s facial expressions and behaviours. Shevy later felt an urge for simplicity and decided to focus on how we share ideas and thoughts without directly depicting them on canvas. This is how the “Colors of Memory” series came about.

Her abstract pieces look simple on the outside but they are more complex and dynamic on the inside. Shevy’s work is about what you don’t see, and it invites the viewer to create a meaning for the painting based on their personal experiences and memories - so they might experience them more fully in their own life. 

One of the most unique elements of Shevy’s abstracts is the use of mathematical formulas as part of the composition. This influence is coming back from her university degree in mathematics and fascination with exactness of shapes and formulas. 

Solo Exhibitions

2019 COLOUS OF MEMORY, eSpace d., Vancouver, Canada

2018 ENCOUNTERS, Buckland Southerst Gallery, West Vancouver

2017 Vancouver Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver, Canada

2016 Vancouver Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver, Canada

2015 ART VANCOUVER, Vancouver, Canada

2015 RECOLLECTION, Zack Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2014 Vancouver Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver, Canada

2013 Vancouver Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver, Canada

2012 Vancouver Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver, Canada

2011 Vancouver Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver, Canada

Group Exhibitions

2023 PLANTASIA, Slip Gallery, Seattle, US

2023 LEFT OVER, The Kube Studios, Canada

2022 YELLOW, M.A.D.S Gallery, Milan, Italy

2022 Cityscape Gallery, Canada

2021 ESSENTIAL TRAVEL, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2021 ISOLATION, Gallery George, Vancouver, Canada

2019 Parker Art Salon, Vancouver, Canada

2017 Parker Art Salon, Vancouver, Canada

2017 Buckland Southerst Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2015 Vancouver Art Institute, Vancouver, Canada

2014 Ferry Building Gallery, Juror’s Choice, Vancouver, Canada

2014 Hollyburn Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Awards & Recognitions

2017 Featured Artist by the Saatchi Gallery

2014 Juror’s Choice by Ferry Building Gallery

2014 Featured Artist by the Saatchi Gallery