Chris Levine

Chris Levine
Flower of Life – Laserpods, Dichroic Glass, Swarovski Crystals, Aluminium.
Born	1960 (age 56–57) Ontario, Canada

Chris Levine (born 1960) is a UK based artist, working in the field of light art.

Chris Levine uses cross-fertilization across many fields including music, performance, installation, fashion and design in a multitude of collaborative projects. He has worked with a wide range of collaborators, including Antony and the Johnsons, Philip Treacy, Massive Attack, Grace Jones, Asprey Jewellers and has an ongoing relationship with The Eden Project. Levine is known for creating the Lightness of Being and Equanimity, both portraits of Queen Elizabeth II.Equanimity was commissioned by the Jersey Heritage Trust in 2004 and on 1 June 2012, a £100 note was issued to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II based on the portrait.

To mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, Levine partnered with Asprey to create a new work based upon his seminal 2004 portrait Equanimity. This new work is entitled The Diamond Queen. Asprey re-created the Queen's diamond diadem, worn at the Coronation in 1953. In June 2013, Chris Levine's exhibition Light 3.142 was shown at The Fine Art Society on New Bond Street, this featured his new subject Kate Moss in 'She's Light'.

In 2012 his work featured in The Queen:Art and Image at London's National Portrait Gallery and Out of Focus at The Saatchi Gallery. He has artwork in the Science Museum in London and has staged light performances in association with the Museum of Modern Art in New York at Radio City Music Hall. His exhibition Hypervisual 1.2 completed a tour of 12 countries with the British Council.