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Sandra Leveson (born 1944), also known as Sandra Leveson-Meares, is an Australian painter, printmaker, and teacher.

Training

From 1959, aged fourteen, to 1963, Leveson studied design at Caulfield Institute of Technology where she and sculptor Ken Leveson met while he was taking fashion illustration. She continued studies at the National Gallery School 1959-63 and they married in 1966 and lived in Sandringham and both taught at Brighton Technical College. In 1971 they were contemplating buying nineteenth-century mill near Castlemaine "for another environment to work in," but instead converted a warehouse to a studio-cum-townhouse at 4 Tyrone Street, South Yarra. She undertook overseas study in the UK and US in 1974 and 1976.

Exhibitions

Solo

Leveson achieved early recognition and from 1962, then aged 18, she commenced a series of solo shows, first in Melbourne's Pinacotheca, and Realities and later, Greythorn, and at Macquarie Galleries in Sydney. Others include;

• 1962, to 29 November: Sandra Leveson, Pinacotheca, St Kilda
• 1968, 18 – 29 November: Recent prints Joint show with Alan Warren. Pinacotheca'
• 1970: Joint show, Strines Gallery, Cnr Rathdown & Faraday Sts., Carlton
• 1972, March: Holdsworth Art Gallery
• 1972, December: Realities, Toorak
• 1974, from 1 February: Sandra Leveson, paintings and prints and Gordon Andrews, jewellery and sculpture. Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney
• 1976: Realities Gallery, Toorak
• 1977, 26 April - 3 June: A Decade of Sandra Leveson, Melbourne University
• 1978, 4–18 August: Paper Works, with Peter Powditch, Powell Street Gallery
• 1978, 18 November – 8 December: First US exhibition, Gallery One, Fort Worth, Texas
• 1980, 29 March – 12 April: Sandra Leveson, New Paintings, Australia's Finest Contemporary Artist, Gallery One, Fort Worth, Texas
• 1980, to 24 December: Prints by Sandra Leveson, Axiom Gallery, Richmond
• 1982, 5–26 November: Recent paintings and works on paper by Sandra Leveson Meares. Realities gallery, Toorak
• 1983, 7 May – 18 June: Sandra Leveson-Meares, Gallery One, Fort Worth, Texas
• 1985, 5–23 February: Sandra Leveson-Meares - Gouaches, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
• 1985, 22 October –  6 November: Paintings by Sandra Leveson-Meares, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
• 1987, 4–22 August: Recent Paintings by Sandra Leveson, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
• 1989, 18 March–8 April: Sandra Leveson : Recent Paintings, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
• 1991: Exhibition of works by Sandra Leveson and David Van Nunen from the 1990 Artists' Camp organised by the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory
• 1991, 12 October – 16 November: Australian painter Sandra Leveson, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
• 1994, to 8 January: Sandra Leveson 30 Year Survey, Campbelltown City Art Gallery
• 1994: New England Regional Art Museum with a tour of regional galleries
• 1994, December–January: William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
• 1994–95, 2 December to 22 January: Sandra Leveson 30 Year Survey, Campbelltown City Art Gallery
• 1995: Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery
• 1995, June: Sandra Leveson : Impressions of the Landscape, Greythorn Galleries, Toorak
• 1996: A Decade of Sandra Leveson 1986-1996, BMG Art Gallery, Adelaide
• 2011: Sandra Leveson : painting of poise and passion, TarraWarra Museum of Art
• 2015: Sandra Leveson : painting of poise and passion, Macquarie University. Art Gallery

Group

• 1971: A Decade of Australian Painting, McClelland Gallery 1971
• 1973: Georges Invitation Art Prize
• 1975, 26–28 November: Artists For Labor And Democracy : An exhibition of paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and photographs. Ian Armstrong, Asher Bilu, Jack Courier, Peter Campbell, Liz Cross, Peter Corlett, Noel Counihan, Peter Cole, Joan Coxsedge, Lesley Dumbrell, John Davis, Neil Douglas, John Hopkins, Geoff Lowe, Vlase Nikoleski, Gareth Sanson, Ivan Durrant, Dale Hickey, Kevin Lincoln, Keith Nicholl, John Scurry, Len French, Mary Hammond, Sandra Leveson, John Neeson, Andrew Sibley, Anita Furey, George Johnson, Alun Leach Jones, Ailsa O'Conner, Douglas Stubbs, Mike Field, Martin Jones, Donald Laycock, Chris Pyett, Max Thompson, Bob Grieve, Robert Jacks, Danny Moynahan, Laurie Peterson, Andrew Maclean, Craig Gough, Inge King, Ted May, Cliff Pugh, Jennifer Talbot, Geoff LaGerche, Grahame King, Vic Majzner, Lenton Parr, Edith Wall, Bill Gregory, Les Kossatz, Clive Murray-White, Richard Rudd, David Wilson, Helen Geir, Bill Kelly, Jeff Makin, Sweeney Reed, Patrick Geir, Roger Kemp, Erica McGilchrist, and others, at Toorak Art Gallery
• 1977, 29–31 January: Brighton City Cultural Centre opening exhibition, with Roger Kemp, Gary Shead, John Howley and others, Halifax St., Middle Brighton
• 1978, May: Prahran College Staff exhibition, Roger Kemp. Vic Majzner, David Wilson, Sandra Leveson, Helen Geier, Jeff Makin and others
• 1978, 29 July – 8 August: David Aspden, John Firth Smith. Sandra Leveson, Peter Powditch. Powell Street Gallery, Sth Yarra
• 1978, 12–22 December: Works on paper with Barbara Campbell, Sandra Leveson, Kate Briscoe, Jenny Watson and Mandy Martin. Susan Gillespie Galleries, Manuka
• 1979, March: Frank Hodgkinson, Don Laycock, John Wolseley, Roger Kemp, Asher Bilu, Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa, David Rankin, Lloyd Rees, Realities gallery Toorak
• 1979, September: Contemporary prints and paintings including artists Miro, Leroy Neiman, Jim Dine, Folon, Gene Davis, Bruno Bruni, Victor Vasarely, Sandra Leveson, Will Barnet and R. C. Gorman. Gallery One, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
• 1982, from September 1982 – February 1985: Australian Screenprints, with Ray Arnold, Sydney Ball, John Coburn, Bruce Latimer, Alun Leach-Jones, Mandy Martin, Greg Moncrieff, Ann Newmarch, Sally Robinson, David Rose, Stephen Spurrier, Arthur Wicks, Norman Wight and Paul Zika. Starting Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane and touring 21 state and regional galleries throughout Australia
• 1986, April: ArtWalk '86, with Dan Allison, Jack Boynton, Michel Demanche, Ken Dixon, Peter Dean, Dorothy Gillespie, A.M. Hudson, Val Hunnicutt, Doug Hill, Nancy Lamb, Sandra Leveson-Meares, Larry Millar, David McCullough, Richard Thompson, Cecil Touchon, Karl Umlauf and Sara Waters. William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
• 1986, 15 August – 21 September: Original prints of the 70s by Syd Ball, John Coburn, Sandra Leveson and Martin Sharp. Lake Macquarie Gallery, Old Council Chambers, Speers Point, Lake Macquarie.
• 1987, 18 September – 17 October: Gallery artists, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
• 1988, to 16 January: Gallery artists, including work by Michael Johnson, Fred Cress, John Coburn, Sandra Leveson, John Beard, Bernard Ollis and others, Macquarie Galleries
• 1988, to 17 July Contemporary views of New England with works by Cressida Campbell, Sandra Leveson, Max Miller, Angus Nivison, Ann Thomson and Guy Warren. New England Regional gallery, Armidale
• 1988: Aspects of Australian Art, Houston International Festival exhibition, Houston, 1988
• 1988: Contemporary views of New England : Cressida Campbell, Sandra Leveson, Max Miller, Angus Nivison, Ann Thomson, Guy Warren
• 1991, August: Gallery artists, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
• 1994, to 18 May: Prints and Etchings by Michael Leunig, John Spooner, Anita Lawrence, Sandra Leveson and Louis Kahan, Avant Garden, 46 Vincent St, Daylesford.
• 1994, 12–30 November: Prints by Frank Hodgkinson, Sandra Leveson. Jeff Makin, Graeme Peebles, David Rankin. Distelfink, 432 Burwood Rd Hawthorn
• 1995, 15–16 July: Works from Australian Galleries artists, 5th International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney
• 1995, July: Limited edition prints by Lin Onus, Frank Hodgkinson, Graeme Peebles, Sandra Leveson, Gallery 130, 130 Flinders St, Melbourne
• 1996, from 19 January: It's a Guitar Shaped World Two, Tamworth Country Music Festival exhibition, Tamworth City Gallery
• 1996, April: Original prints by Jan Neil, Clem Millward, Sandra Leveson and David Rose, Steven Print, 259 Victoria St. Abbotsford
• 1998, to 31 March: Summer Exhibition; Paintings by Prominent Australian Artists, Wagner Art Gallery, 39 Gurner St, Paddington
• 1998, 8 October: Recent paintings by Sandra Leveson, Greythom, 462 Toorak Rd, Toorak
• 2000, 26 October–12 November: New Works: Paintings By Sandra Leveson, Greythorn Galleries, 462 Toorak Rd, Toorak
• 2000, 9–23 December: Christmas Exhibition, Contemporary paintings by leading Australian artists including: Albert Tucker, Arthur Boyd, Charles Blackman, David Boyd, David Aspen, Judy Cassab, John Coburn, Ray Crooke, Robert Dickerson, Geoff Dyer, Donald Friend, William Boissevain, Frank Hodgkinson, Robert Juniper, Louis Kahan, Sandra Leveson! Leonard Long, Sidney Nolan, John Olsen, John Perceval, John Rigby, Susan Sheridan, Brett Whitely & Margaret Woodward. Wagner Art Gallery, 39 Gurner St, Paddington
• 2001, 8–31 March: Australian Women Artists: Hermia Boyd, Celia Perceval, Sandra Leveson. Elizabeth Durack, Eveline Syme, Janet Cumbrae-Stewart, Barbara Tribe. Vanessa Wood Fine Art, Mosman
• 2001, 5–30 April: Autumn Collection, Fred Cress; Brett Whiteley; Sidney Long; Robert Dickerson; Arthur Boyd; Jason Cordero; David Boyd; Sandra Leveson: Frances Fussell; Elizabeth Durack; Celia Perceval; Hermia Boyd; John Firth-Smith; Charles Blackman; John Coburn; Harry Bilson; J.J. Hilder; Sir Ivor Hele; Thomas Gleghorn; Scott McDougall. Vanessa Wood Fine Art, Mosman
• 2001, 26 October – 25 November: Portia Geach Memorial Award, Julianne Mills, Yuri Shimmyo, Sandra Leveson, National Trust, S. H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney
• 2012, 5 April to 3 May: Less is more - more or less, with George Baker, Malcolm Benham, Virginia Coventry, Elizabeth Cummings, Margaret Dredge, Ruth Faerber, Vivienne Ferguson, Victor Greenaway, Steve Harrison, Anna Herold Pola, Jenny Herbert-Smith, David Horton, Melanie Howard, Tim Maguire, Frank Marinelli, Russell McQuilty, Miranda Parkes, Robyn Quinn, Peggy Randall, Jai Smith, Carly Snoswell, Daniel Templeman, Aida Tomescu, Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
• 2013: Great and Small, Yvonne Boag, Ian Grant, Sandra Leveson, Alan Oldfield, Eric Smith, Anita Taylor, Ken Woolley; Pinson Gallery at Syndicate at Danks, Sydney

Awards and commissions

• 1971: 1971 Corio Painting Prize, Geelong Art Gallery
• 1972: Alice Prize, Painting Prize, Northern Territory Art Gallery
• 1972: Trustees Award, Queensland Art Gallery
• 1975: Trustees Purchase Award, Tasmanian Art Gallery & Museum
• 1978: Commissioned Patron Print for Australian Print Council
• 1978: Transporting Art, painted trams, Victorian Arts Board

Collections

• National Gallery of Australia
• Art Gallery of New South Wales
• Art Gallery of South Australia
• Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory: MAGNT
• National Gallery of Victoria
• Queensland Art Gallery
• Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG)
• Parliament House
• Artbank
• International Convention Centre Sydney
• Geelong Art Gallery
• Newcastle Art Gallery
• University of Melbourne
• University of Western Australia
• M.G. Dingle and G.B. Hughes Collection, Shoalhaven City Arts Centre