Visiting Artist: Naomi Lev

Naomi Lev is a curator, critic, and art writer. She is currently the Director and Chief Curator at EFA Project Space at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in NYC. Focusing on community engagement, Lev is dedicated to supporting local communities, social justice, and femme advocacy. As a curator, she has worked individually with artists and has collaborated with curators and institutions while focusing on processes and community building. She is the founder of the all-women group Collective_View, and artistsandwriters4ever.com, and recently curated projects include: “Words and Actions” (BG, NY), “LAZYBOY” (NY), “Private View” (NY), “With Passion” (NY), “in, side – throughout” (NY), and “Preliminary Study: RSI-T” (NY and MI). Lev’s writing is about social and political infused art. She was a contributing editor at Creative Time Reports, and contributes to publications such as ARTFORUM, The Brooklyn Rail, and BOMB, among others. Lev holds a BFA in Fine Arts from Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem, and an MFA from the Art Criticism & Writing program from the School of Visual Arts in NYC.