| SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED) | |
| 2012 | Galierie Gilles Peyroulet & Cie, Paris: "Landscape with Calm (and Trash)" |
| Gallery of the School of Architecture, Univrsity of Puerto Rico, San Juan: "The City and the Walls" | |
| 2010 | Musee d'art et d'histoire du Judaisme, Paris: "Cristina's History" |
| Hofstra University Museum, Hepstead, NY: "Settling into Nature" | |
| Galerie Gilles Peyroulet & Cie, Paris: "Prince Aniaba, il n'y a donc plus de différence entre vous et moi que du noir au blanc." (Louis XIV) | |
| 2009 | The Berardo Collection Museum, Lisbon: "Cristina's History" |
| Le Point du Jour, Cherbourg: "Cristina's History" | |
| 2008 | Galerie Gilles Peyroulet & Cie, Paris: "Seuil / Threshold" |
| 2003 | Bibliotheque Nationle de France, Paris: "Mikael Levin, Photographies" |
| 2000 | Storefront for Art and Architecure, New York: "Common Places" |
| 1998 | Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin: "The Burden of Identity" and "Suche" (War Story) |
| 1997 | International Center of Photography, New York: "War Story" |
| 1994 | Goethe House and French Cultural Services, New York: "The Border Project" |
| 1989 | Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany: "Traumhafte Reise" |
| 1988 | Centre d'Action Culturelle Granit, Belfort, France: "Silent Passage" |
| 1986 | Galerie Michele Chomette, Paris |
| 1984 | Susan Harder Gallery, New York |
| 1983 | Ernesto Mayans Gallery, Santa Fe |
| 1980 | Fundacion Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1979 | Camera Obscura, Stockholm |
| 1977 | The Photographers' Gallery, London |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED) | |
| 2011 | Musee d'art et d'histoire du Judaisme, Paris. "War Story" in "A journey through the MAHJ's Contemporary Collection" |
| 2010 | Bibliotheque Nationle de France, Paris. "Qumran" |
| 2009 | The Solo Project, Basel; Gilles Peyroulet Gallery. "New York Moments: Mikael Levin and Rudy Burkhardt" |
| 2008 | Smart Project Space, Amsterdam. "Settling into Nature" shown in "Field Work - Part II" |
| 2003 | Venice Biannual. "Notes from the Periphery" shown in "Structures of Survival" |
| 2001 | École nationale supérieure de beaux-arts, Paris: "Des Territoires" |
| 2000 | Museum of the City of New York: "New York Now 2000" |
| 1999 | White Columns, N.Y: "Coming of Age" |
| 1997 | Färgfabriken- Center for Contemporary Art and Architecture,Stockholm: "Form Follows [Anything]" |
| 1996 | Galerie F-15 Alby, Moss, Norway: "James Welling and Mikael Levin" |
| 1995 | French Cultural Services, New York: "The Landscape in Question" |
| 1993 | Grand Palais, Paris: "Salon Decouverts" ( Curated by Jean-Claude Lemagny) |
| 1990 | Brooklyn Museum, New York: "New Acquisitions" |
| Musem Ludwig, Cologne:"Vom Landschafsbild zur Spurensicherung" | |
| 1989 | Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm: "Lewis Baltz and Mikael Levin" |
| 1987 | One Penn Plaza, New York: "Beautiful Photographs" (Curated by Gene Thorton) |
| 1985 | Pavillon des Arts, Paris: "La Photographie Creative" (Curated by J.C. Lemagny) |
| Caves Sainte-Croix, Metz, France: "Construire le Paysage de la Photographie" | |
| 1984 | Witkin Gallery, New York: "Trees and Clouds" |
| SOLO BOOKS AND CATALOGUES | |
| The City and the Walls. Exhibition catalog. Essay by Etienne Helmer. School of Architecture/ University of Puerto Rico. 2012. | |
| Settling Into Nature. Exhibition Catalog. Essay by Sophia Hatz. Hofstra University Museum. 2010 | |
| Cristina's History. Essays by Jean Francois Chevrier, Jonathan Boyarin, and Carlos Schwarz Da Silva. Le Point du Jour, Cherbourg, 2009 | |
| Pleasant if Somewhat Rude Views. Essays by Gabriel Levin. Onestar Press, Paris, 2005. | |
| Mikael Levin photographies. Exhibition catalog. Essay by Philippe Arbaïzar: "Informer le paysage." Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris 2003. | |
| War Story. Exhibition catalog. Roundtable discussion with Jean-François Chevrier, Mikael Levin, and Annette Wieviorka. Centre historique des Archives nationales, Paris, 2003. | |
| Common Places Response Catalog. Texts by Catharina Gabrielsson, Gertrud Sandqvist, Ingo Schulze, Alexandra Yerolympos, Jean-François Chevrier, and others. Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, 2000. | |
| Common Places. Project catalog. Essay by Christopher Phillips, 1999. | |
| The Burden of Identity. Exhibition catalog. Essay by Peter Stephan Jungk. Gina Kehayoff Verlag, Munich, 1998. | |
| War Story. Texts by Meyer Levin. Introduction by Hanno Loewy, afterword by Ellen Handy. Gina Kehayoff Verlag, Munich, 1997. (Also published in German as Suche.) | |
| Borders. Exhibition catalog. Essays by Jean-Francois Chevrier, Reinhold Mißelbeck, and Laura Trippi. Goethe House / French Cultural Servies, New York, 1994. | |
| Silent Passage. Introduction by Andy Grundberg. Hudson Hills Press, New York, 1988. | |
| PUBLICATIONS/GROUP EXHIBITION CATALOGUES | |
| Division/Review. Vol. 1 No. 2, Summer 2011. | |
| Memoires de Photographes. Fonds Photographique Pierre Soulillou. 2011. | |
| Ligeia; Dossiers sur l'art. Ruines, Photo & Histoire. #105-108. 2011. | |
| En Diplomatins Hantverkare. Bokförlaget Atlantis, Stockholm, 2010. | |
| Fario. Revue semestrielle de littérature et d'art. Portolio of 8 images from "Margins." Issue #8, 2010. | |
| Qumran. Bibliotheque Nationle de France, Paris, 2010. | |
| Storefront Newsprints 1982–2009. Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, 2009. | |
| The Solo Project. Basel 2009. Exhibition Catalog. p.50-51. | |
| Les voyages de Vauban. Guillaume Monsaingeon. Editions Parenthese, Marseille, 2007. "Epilogue: Sur Quelques Photographies de Mikael Levin." p.173-175. | |
| Chinati Foundation newsletter. "Artists in residence / Mikael Levin" by David Tompkins. Vol 11, October 2006, p.72-73. | |
| Barrow Street. "Absent Memories." New York, Summer 2006 p.53-63. | |
| Dreams and Conflicts; the Dictatorship of the Viewer. "Notes from the Periphery." La Biennale di Venezia, Marsilio Editions, 2003, p.262-263. | |
| Paysages territoires. L'Île-de-France comme métaphore. "La Bassée." Parenthèses editions, Marseille, 2002, p.215-237. | |
| Spectral Evidence; The Photography of Trauma. By Ulrich Baer. Chapter Two: "To Give Memory a Place: Holocaust Photography and the Landscape Tradition." Chapter Three: "Meyer Levin's In Search, Mikael Levin's War Story." MIT Press, 2002. | |
| Des territoires en revue. "Walking City." Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts, Paris, 5/5, October 2001. | |
| Le Visiteur. "Common Places." Paris, Issue #6, Fall, 2000. | |
| Arkitektur. "Allmänna Platser" by Catharina Gabrielsson. Stockholm, October 2000. | |
| Reflections in a Glass Eye. Works from the International Center of Photography Collection. Bulfinch Press, New York, 1999. | |
| Photosynkyria 10+1. Camera Obscura, Thesssaloniki, 1999. | |
| Handla. "Borderline." Essay by Catherina Gabrielsson Åman. Nerenias & Santerus Förlag, Stockholm, 1997. | |
| Documenta X- the book. Cantz Verlag, l997. | |
| Kunstforum. "Mikael Levin: Judische Spurensuche." #137, 1997. | |
| Blind Spot Photography Magazine. "Coming of Age." New York, #9, Spring 1997. | |
| Magasin för modern arkitektur. "Out of the Archives - Referring to architecture." #12, Stockholm, 1995. | |
| Les Quatre Saisons du Territoire.
four-volume set. Editions de l'Est 1992: L'Hiver Introduction by John Berger L'Automne Introduction by Claude Louis-Combert Le Printemps Introduction by Regis Durand, essay by Alain Buttard L'Ete Introduction by Jean-Claude Lemagny |
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| Un petit pan de mur blanc. Galerie Jean Pierre Lambert, Paris, 1987. | |
| Cre. Art Photo 85. Festival International de la Photographie Contemporaine, Dunkerque, 1985. | |
| La Photographie Creative. Contrejour, Paris, 1984. | |
| Camera Obscura. Camera Obscura Gallery, Stockholm, 1981. | |
| RADIO | |
| "Le Point du Jour a l'épreuve du réel. Surpris par la Nuit." France Culture, May 11, 2009.
11:15–12:00 PM. Produced by Natacha Wolinski, directed by Angélique Tibau. |
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| "Aucun d'entre nous n'avait vu. Surpris par la Nuit." France Culture, March 18, 2003.
10:30–12:00 PM. Produced by Sèverine Nikel, directed by Anna Szmuc. |
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| VIDEO | |
| War Story. Introduction to the project, interview with Mikael Levin. 22 minutes. Directed by Sussane Partoll. Produced by the Fritz Bauer Institute, Frankfurt / Media Films, Dornbirn, Austria. | |
| MAJOR PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | |
| Jüdisches Museum, Berlin (a selection from War Story in the permanent installation.) | |
| Whitney Museum of American Art, New York | |
| Metropolitan Museum, New York | |
| Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
| International Center of Photography, New York | |
| Jewish Museum, New York | |
| Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris | |
| Centre national d'art et de culture George Pompidou, Paris | |
| Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris | |
| Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ | |
| Victoria and Albert Museum, London | |
| Israel Museum, Jerusalem | |
| Moderna Museet, Stockholm | |
| Statens Konstrad, Stockholm | |
| Canadian Center for Architecture, Montréal | |
| GRANTS/AWARDS/COMMISSIONS | |
| 2010 | Artist in Residence. Fonds Photographique Pierre Soulillou. Moncalou, France. |
| 2009 | Prix Maratier. Foundation pour le Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaisme, Paris. | 2008 | Burundi National Police Training Photographs. Commissioned by Belgian Technical Cooperation. |
| 2006 | Visiting Artist. Cooper Union. New York. |
| 2005 | Artist in Residence. Chinati Art Foundation. Marfa, Texas. |
| 2002 | Commission "La Bassée: A French Landscape in Transition." Direction Régional de L'environment, Paris. |
| 2001 | Artist in Residence. Caribbean Contemporary Arts. Port of Spain, Trinidad. |
| Artist in Residence. Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. Bethany, Connecticut | |
| 2000 | Commission "Sanctuaire de Source." Direction Régional de L'environment, Paris. |
| Visiting Artist. Ecole d'Architecture, Nantes, France. | |
| 1999 | Commission "La Bassée - The alluvial plain." Direction Régional de L'environment, Paris. |
| 1997 | Fellowship. Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, New York. |
| 1996 | Artist's Residency. Institut Francais de Thessalonique, Greece |
| 1993 | Project Grant "The Border Project." French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1991 | Artist in Residence. Light Work, Syracuse, New York |
| 1987-91 | Commission "Les Quatre Saisons du Territoire."
Centre d'Action Culturel Granit, Belfort, France |
| 1985 | "Jury Prize" Festival International de la Photographie Contemporaine, Dunkerque, France |
| LECTURES | |
| 2012 | Ecole Européenne Supérieure D'Art de Bretagne, Rennes, France: "Mikael Levin, Photographe" |
| 2009 | Maumaus School of Art, Lisbon: "Issues of representation/expression of time in film and photography" (presented at start of 5 day workshop) |
| 2006 | Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris: "Cristina's History" |
| 2001 | Montclair State University, Montclair, N.J.: "Recent projects" |
| Malmö Konsthögskola, Malmö, Sweden: "War Story and other projects." (presented at start of two week workshop "Malmö flanerie") | |
| Design Trust For Public Space, New York: "Marked Landscapes" | |
| 2000 | Johns Hopkins University (Neil Hertz: "Urban Photography") Baltimore, MD |
| Ecole d'architecture de la Ville et des territoires. Valle de Marnes (Paris) | |
| 1999 | Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris: "Landscape and Memory." Triennale di Milano, Milan: "Katrineholm and Other Common Places." |
| STUDIES | |
| 1972-73 | Williams College |
| 1974-76 | Hampshire College (B.A) |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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