Jaynee Levy-Polis
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Biography
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Jaynee Levy-Polis is a classically trained artist with a BFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and an M.Ed. She has been exhibiting her paintings since 1968. Her work has been included in many galleries and exhibits, including the Tom of Finland Show, The Male Ego, ALMA, B-Square, Reset, Tzigane Invitational Exhibit at the Resurgam Gallery in Baltimore, and the High Wire Gallery, Synapses Gallery, Fetishes Gallery, CCC Gallery, The Art Place, DiVinci Art Alliance, Aslan Gallery and Ebullience Gallery, all in Philadelphia, Pa. She teaches Erotic Art for Behind The Scenes. On-line, she is featured on About.Com's New York East Village exhibit, Gender Blur, Sabine, Art Commentary Magazine, LibidoArt's Classic Gallery and many others. Her work is part of the Tom of Finland Permanent Exhibit in Los Angeles. Jaynee was February's Philly Art World's Artist of the Month and the Philadelphia City Paper's Critic's Choice for her exhibit in November 1999 at the Fetishes Art Gallery. She was awarded the Hannah Price Award in 1994, the Elizabeth Simon Purchase Prize 1988, and the Griff Award in 2001.
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Statement
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Artist's Statement: Since I was eight years old, I have wanted to paint. I started art classes at 13 and never stopped. I believe each person possesses a unique response to life and that it can be expressed in many ways, one of which is Art. My creative method is to allow whatever I feel to rise to the surface and be expressed in my artwork. I watch the painting form and coalesce on the canvas. Without consciously drawing and designing, I paint in a kind of a trance. What seems to have emerged is a journal through painting of my life, emotions, and experiences. For about three years, I have focused on erotic nudes pursuing their fantasies or my painting erotic nudes from life doing that. Whatever I do, whether it's from life or from my imagination, I want to have fun with it. I enjoy the excitement of creating art, and look forward to going wherever it leads me. My painting is my personal adventure, my (dubious) contribution to the world and what makes my life interesting.
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Exhibitions
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I've been exhibiting since 1968, mostly in small galleries, at least twice a year. If you really want to know where I've exhibited, there's a partial list that hasn't been updated on my website: http://www.painterjayne.com
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