Viera Levitt
Viera Levitt settled in Rhode Island 6 years ago following her Artslink Residency at RISD's Graduate Studies and an internship in the Photography Department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She currently works as the Director/Curator of the CCRI Knight Campus Art Gallery as well as a freelance curator and photographer. Her show at CCRI about its brutalist megastructure “We Talk About Architecture, Architecture Talks Back” recently won the 2011 New England Art Award in the Concept/theme show
curator category. Before moving to the United States, Viera served as the youngest public art museum director in Slovakian history. From 1996 to the present, Viera has curated or co-curated more than sixty exhibitions in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, and in the USA and has lectured about contemporary art in Bratislava, Brno, Berlin, Rotterdam, Hiroshima, New Delhi, Caracas, Nairobi, as well as in Rhode Island.
Artist's statement:
"My photographs depict intimate, unnoticed visual experiences, unusual structures and architectural details and forms. I make no distinction between modern architecture or a safari. I think that a photographer can find interesting and haunting images or surprising geometric forms anywhere.
My appreciation for unexpected juxtapositions in the combination of images comes from my curatorial experience. I enjoy combining and 'curating' seemingly disconnected visual elements. My perception of and appreciation for the world are often experienced through a lens and I enjoy sharing my unique vision and curiosity with others. In my work, I prefer 'straight' photography and chose not to manipulate my images in a computer."
