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Les LeVeque Film/Video
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Les LeVeque is an artist who works with digital and analog electronic technology. His projects include single and multi-channel videos and video/computer based installations. He holds an MFA from Syracuse University with a concentration in Video. He has received numerous awards including: The inVisible art_science International Media Award organized by Südwestrundfunk SWR, Baden-Baden and the ZKM in cooperation with Swiss Television SF DRS and Arte; The Audience Award at Transmediale in Berlin and the Silver Spire award at the San Francisco Film Festival. His work has been exhibited and screened internationally including: The Whitney Biennial, New York; Georges Pompidou Center, Paris; Museum fur Neue Kunst ZKM, Karlsruhe; Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne; Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires; Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City; Centre Culturel et de Cooperation Linguistique Bilbao; Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art; Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen; The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Austrian Film Museum, Vienna; Museo Nacional Center de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Anthology Film Archive, New York; REDCAT Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, Los Angeles; Hong Kong Cultural Art Center; Museu d'Art Contemporani Barcelona; Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; The Wexner Center, Columbus; The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; Image-Movement Cinematheque, Taipei; The Ottawa Art Gallery; Pleasure Dome, Toronto; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Center for Contemporary Art and Culture, Bucharest and The Other Cinema, San Francisco.
Festival screenings of his work include: Transmediale, Berlin; San Francisco International Film Festival; Sundance Film Festival, Park City; Viennale International Film Festival, Vienna; Recontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid; New York Underground Film Festival; Images Festival of Independent Film and Video, Toronto; Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival; Leeds International Film Festival; Images du Nouveau Monde, Montreal, ARS Electronica, Linz; Pandemonium Festival of Moving Images, London; International Audio Visual Experimental Festival, Arnhem; Filmothek Oberhausen; Seoul Net Festival. The Video Data Bank distributes his single channel video work. His work is also represented by KS Art in New York City.
Festival screenings of his work include: Transmediale, Berlin; San Francisco International Film Festival; Sundance Film Festival, Park City; Viennale International Film Festival, Vienna; Recontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid; New York Underground Film Festival; Images Festival of Independent Film and Video, Toronto; Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival; Leeds International Film Festival; Images du Nouveau Monde, Montreal, ARS Electronica, Linz; Pandemonium Festival of Moving Images, London; International Audio Visual Experimental Festival, Arnhem; Filmothek Oberhausen; Seoul Net Festival. The Video Data Bank distributes his single channel video work. His work is also represented by KS Art in New York City.