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Jaynee Levy-Polis
Artist's Reception- Friday April 8th, 7-9pm
“Deviant Sexual Expressions”
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
(now Aphrodite 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 (now Aphrodite 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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ISince 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. 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 contribution to the world and what makes my life
interesting.
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