SUZANNE LEVESQUE
born in Luxembourg, lives and works in Berlin, Vienna and NYC
2007 - 2012 Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Painting, Diploma, Hamburg, Germany
2010 - 2011 Maryland Institute College of Art, Painting, Baltimore, MD, USA
Solo
2022 Suzanne Levesque Parallel Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2020 Eigengrau Galerie Pfundt, Berlin, Germany
2018 Tingle Museum Macura, Belgrad, Serbia
2018 Snug Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
2017 Müde bin ich. Galerie Schloss Parz, Grieskirchen, Austria
2016 Lollygag Galerie Goethel, Hamburg, Germany
2016 Inzwischen Installation with performances by Ensemble Horizonte, Kulturfabrik Hangar 21, Detmold, Germany
2016 Peeping Tom Atelier Xylos, Vienna, Austria
2015 Kiddo Atelier Xylos, Vienna, Austria
2015 Wunderkind Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria
2015 The Daily Moods of Suzanne Levesque Herr Beinlich Contemporary Fine Art, Bielefeld, Germany
2014 Atta Girl! Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg, Germany
2013 Lullabies Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, Germany
2013 Lichtwark Jahresgabe: Suzanne Levesque Lichtwarkgesellschaft e.V., Hamburg, Germany
2013 Holotypes Mayr‘sches Haus, Hamburg, Germany
2013 Suzanne Levesque Kulturzentrum Essigfabrik, Lübeck, Germany
2012 In Gedenken der Kinder Museum of Medical History, Hamburg, Germany
Two and Three- Person
2025 Christian Ludwig Attersee / Suzanne Levesque, Galerie Schloss Parz, Austria (forthcoming)
2025 Haut, Holz, Haare Suzanne Levesque / Laura Eckardt / Isa Stein, Galerie Schloss Parz, Austria (forthcoming)
2023 Christo & Jeanne-Claude / Suzanne Levesque - Seek and Hide Museum Pyrmont, Bad Pyrmont, Germany
2022 Güter Brus / Suzanne Levesque / Peter Niedertscheider Galerie Schloss Parz, Austria
2018 Bernhard Heiliger / Suzanne Levesque Galerie Pfundt, Berlin, Germany
2013 Suzanne Levesque / Eiko Borcherding Galerie Goethel, Hamburg, Germany
Group (selection)
2024 Broad Picnic Europa, NY, NY
2024 Kunstsalon Museum Linz, Linz, Austria
2024 Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
2023 Roar! curated by Sondra Kitchen, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
2021 Unter 1000 Galerie Schloss Parz, curated by Jacinta Mössenböck, Grieskirchen, Austria
2021 Gunst und Gabe Galerie Subject+Object, Berlin, Germany
2021 Von Nähe und Distanz Galerie Subject+Object, Berlin, Germany
2020 STYX Galerie Pfundt, Berlin, Germany
2020 Vital Force: Water Essential Front Room Gallery, curated by Katherine Vance, New York, NY, USA
2019 Unter 1000 Galerie Schloss Parz, curated by Barbara Wetzlmair-Steininger, Grießkirchen, Austria
2017 Nine Drawings The Art Vacancy, Gallery 301, curated by Sang Huynh, New York, NY, USA
2016 The Best Thought I've Had One Art Space, curated by Georgia Harrel and Suzanne Levesque, New York, NY, USA
2015 Let's Talk About S*x Galerie Jens Goethel, Hamburg, Germany
2013 Buchmacher Schauraum, curated by Monica Bohlmann, Hamburg, Germany
2013 Kunst im Herbst Kunstverein Westklinikum, curated by Mesaoo Wrede, Hamburg, Germany
2013 Elysee - Preis für Malerei Galerie im Elysee, Hamburg, Germany
2013 Kafka im März Museum Zünndorfer Wehrturm, Cologne, Germany
2012 Zeitgeist Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg, D
2009 Wege in den Tod Euthanisia Memorandum Ochsenzoll, curated by Nir Alon, Hamburg, Germany
2009 Mee(h)r Museum Cap San Diego, curated by Jan Köchermann, Hamburg, Germany
2008 Klinische Studien Amalie Sieveking Klinik, curated by Hinnerk Bodendiek, Hamburg, Germany
Awards, Scholarships and Residencies
2023 Nominated for the 'Kunstpreis der Neuen Nationalgalerie Berlin'
2021 Stiftung Kunstfonds, exhibition grant
2018 Artist Residency, Museum Macura, Belgrade, Serbia
2012 - 2014 Artist Fellowship and Residency, Künstler zu Gast in Harburg, e.V., Hamburg, Germany
2013 Ad Art, exhibition grant, Hamburg, Germany
2011 Elysee-Award, Painting
2009 HAW-Scholarship
2009 BaFög International Exchange Scholarship
2009 DAAD Scholarship
Collections (public and private)
Lichtwark-Gesellschaft, Hamburg
Museum Pyrmont, Bad Pyrmont
Altonaer Museum, Hamburg
Helms Museum, Hamburg
Museum Macura, Belgrade
Bildwechsel, Archive, Hamburg
Amalie Sieveking Foundation, Hamburg
Galerie im Elysée, Collection, Hamburg
Sammlung Jacobi, Zürich
Privathotel Lindtner, Collection, Hamburg
Sammlung Hagenauer, Vienna
Freddie Leiba, NYC
Christoph Schlingensief, Berlin
Oleg Popow, Egloffstein
Penn Jillette, Las Vegas
Tom Cahill, NYC
Bibliography (Selection)
Suzanne Levesque: Seek and Hide Museumsverein im Schloss Pyrmont e.V., ISBN 978-3-00-077254-2, 2024
Dents: Iconographies du Contemporain Giacomo Rambaldi, Gli Ori, Pistoia, ISBN 978-88-7336870-0, 2024
Günter Brus/ Suzanne Levesque/ Peter Niedertscheider Catalog, Galerie Schloss Parz, Grieskirchen, 2022
Aufatmen Catalog, Landesverband Hamburger Galerien, e.V., ISBN 978-3-00-073820-3
Let‘s Play, Suzanne Levesque Catalog, Galerie Pfundt, Berlin, 2022
Suzanne Levesque, Hold to the Now Sophie Stadler, Verlag Kunst und Altag, Munich, 2022 (forthcoming)
Suzanne Levesque: ATTA GIRL! Catalog, Fabrik der Künste/ Galerie Jens Goethel,
2014 Suzanne Levesque: Lullaby, Dr. R. Busch, R. Mattheis, Sautter + Lackmann, Hamburg, ISBN 9783889200686
25 Jahre Künstler zu Gast in Harburg e.V. Dr. Ralf Busch, Sautter + Lackmann, ISBN 9783889200679
Haut, Haare, Holz at Galerie Schloss Parz, Whitehot Magazine, David Jager, March 2025
Ein guter Start ins Ausstellungsjahr 2024 Kunst News 25, January 2024
„Seek and hide“: Pastellfarbene Ratlosigkeit im Schlossmuseum Bad Pyrmont, DEWEZET, Michael Krowas, October 2023
Künstlerin Suzanne Levesque stellt Zeichnungen an Fäden aus Lippische Landeszeitung, B. Luetgebrune, Sept. 2016
Suzanne Levesque, Column: Kunstkosmos Emotion / Inspiring Network GmbH & Co KG, November 2016
I‘m younger than that Now kid-in.net, Larissa Zaharuk, June 2015
Suzanne Levesque: Aufgetaucht aus dem Grau Neue Westphälische, 2015 Suzanne Levesque im Atelier Der Hamburger, Katja Engler, September 2014
Levesque: Zwischen Absurdität & Tragik hh-mittendrin.de, Dominik Brück, September 2014
Suzanne Levesque: Diese Atelier ist wie ein Jackpot für mich Hamburger Abendblatt, Lutz Kastendiek, 2012
Addional Media and Projects (selection)
Drawing licensed for use: Wempe, New York Times, 2016
Paiting licensed for use: Film ‚Povov the Clown‘, McDonald‘s, Director Alex Pfeil, Tempo Media, 2014, Silver Lion Cannes
Paiting licensed for use, album cover: The Shivers, Grey Romantic, 2016
Drawings licensed for use, album cover: Sabine Stieger, Sabinschky, Ear Lab Records, 2015
Drawings licensed for use, album cover: De fofftig Penns, Een vun de Fofftig, Welcome Home Music, 2014
Suzanne Levesque: I‘m always Painting, Film, Center Productions, 2016
Suzanne Levesque: Müde bin Ich, Parz One, Kaiser Films, Vienna, 2017
Production and painting of the historical glass dome at Stadtpalais Potsdam
Artistic documentation/ courtroom paintings for ARD german broadcast of the Motassadek 9/11 trials, Hamburg 2007
Artistic documentation, Amalie Sieveking Klinik, 2008
Painting licensed for book cover: Hohlkörper, Robert Mattheis, Acabus Verlag, 2009, ISBN: 3941404555
Painting licensed for book cover: Irish Art Songs, M. Fitzgerald, G. Böger, MelBay Publications, Inc., 2011, ISBN: 0786681497
Lürzer‘s Archive, Fritz Cola, Jung von Matt, 2012