bio

Born in 1979, Bruno Levy is a multi-disciplinary artist who works in diverse mediums that range
from video, photography, music, painting and drawing. His works focus primarily on the relationship
between motion and sound. Often hypnotic and psychedelic, they are a testament to visual phenomena
as experiential language.
His early works manipulating video in real-time under the acronym SQUARESQUARE, gained him recognition
as a pioneer in video scratching by both Apple and Wired, In 2001, he exhibited his works and performed
at institutions such as the Guggenheim, the SFMOMA, the MCA in Chicago, the Bronx Museum, the Jumbotron
in Times Square, 111 minna, the San Jose Museum of Art.
He has directed and shot a series of music videos for bands such as The Walkmen and Modeselektor.
In 2009, Bruno Levy founded the new media collective SWEATSHOPPE with Blake Shaw. SWEATHSOPPE performed
a series of live 3D AV sets and “video painting” a technique invented by the duo. Touring internationally
at institutions and festivals ranging from Sundance Film Festival, SCOPE Art Fair, White Box Gallery NY,
Jonathan Levine Gallery, and the Ise Cultural Institute. This project was widely publicized and was featured
in the New York Times, the HuffingtonPost, the Atlantic, winning multiple awards from the Vimeo Awards in
2012, a OneScreen award, and the Prix Partouche.
Bruno Levy currently lives in NYC where he continues to create works that deal with the relationship between
audio and video and runs a bi-weekly online publication called DISPOSE.

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Selected Performances and Exhibitions

2014
Cutlog, New York, NY, World’s End Performance
Cutlog, New York, NY, “Soma”, screening
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Ball, Brooklyn NY, SWEATSHOPPE video painting
Pioneer Works, Brooklyn NY, Art and Science Residency

2013
Royal College of Music, London, “Crystals” performance
PopRally MoMA, Abract Currents “AV SKETCH // POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE ver I.I”, screening
Videoart.net Film Festival, Tribeca Cinemas, New York, NY, “SOMA” screening

2012
Le Prix Partouche, Le Havre, France “The Landing” screening

2010
SCOPE Art Fair, Miami, “Excerpts from ‘Ouroboros: The History of the Universe”
Dis-patch festival, Serbia, SWEATSHOPPE 3D a/v perfromance
24 hrs HAM, Arts and Music festival Newfoundland Ca. SWEATSHOPPE video painting and artist talk
Biennial of the Americas, Denver Colorado, SWEATSHOPPE 3D A/V performance and Kids workshop
Christopher Henry Gallery, NYC, T-minus group show, SWEATSHOPPE “Mix 002” screening
Luminato- Toronto festival of arts and creativity, SWEATSHOPPE video painting performances
New York Photo Festival, NY, “Sialagogue” screening
White Box Gallery NYC, SWEATSHOPPE 3D A/V performance
Ise cultural Foundation, :Ouroboros the History of the Universe” a 3D immersive installation in collaboration with Ali Hossaini
Sundance Film Festival, SWEATSHOPPE Sponsored by the Sundance Channel to shoot a 3D video, screening at a private event.

2009
Times Square, NYC, “Deboutonner” , screening, winner of honorable mention for the Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize
Jonathan Levine Gallery, NYC, SWEATSHOPPE 3D A/V performance for the Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize event
SCOPE Art Fair, Miami “Do you need some water?” SWEATSHOPPE
SCOPE Art Fair Miami launch party SWEATSHOPPE 3D A/V performance

2003
Bronx Museum, SQUARESQUARE Live performance
Tribeca Film Festival, SQUARESQUARE Live performance
San Jose Art Museum, SQUARESQUARE live performance
111 minna SF, SQUARESQUARE live performance
Art in General NYC, SQUARESQUARE performance during 5th Annual Video Marathon, NYC January 2003

2002
JumboTron, Times Square, NY “Eye Surgery” CBS Open Air Shorts:, Mar.02
Art in General NYC, SQUARESQUARE performance during 4th Annual Video Marathon, NYC January 2002

awards
OneScreen 2012, “SWEATSHOPPE video painting Europe” Animation, winner
Le Prix Partouche 2012, ” SWEATSHOPPE, The Landing” winner
Vimeo Awards Captured Category 2012, “SWEATSHOPPE video painting Europe” Winner
Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize 2009, “Deboutonner” Honorable mention
New York Photo Festival 2009, “Sialagogue” best short film / video

selected press
2013
Readers Digest “Seven Objects That Look Really Cool When You Put Them on a Scanner” August, 2013
Mashables “This Is What Happens When You Scan Saran Wrap” July 27, 2013
Wired “If You Put Saran Wrap on a Scanner, You Get This Ghostly Art” July 25, 2013
2012
The Atlantic, “Artists Cover Europe With Invisible Graffiti” September 7, 2012
Huffington Post “New Media Art Duo Sweatshoppe Paints Videos Onto Walls Over Europe” July 6, 2012
The Creators Project “Sweatshoppe Video Paint Europe With “Electronic Rollers”” June 19, 2012
Canal+.fr Pepites sur le Net “Mur de lumière” SWEATSHOPPE June 14,2012
2011
Designboom “The Bigfoot Project” Oct 28, 2011
ECS Living “Street art aesthetics” Oct 21, 2011 Pranaya Sjb Rana
Cool Hunting “The Bigfoot Project, NYC artist Bruno Levy introduces street art to Nepal” Oct 20, 2011 Graham Hiemstra
The Kathmandu Post “Reimagining the Streets” Jun 03. 2011 Sworup Nhasiju
IdN Video v18n2: Projection Mapping DVD “The Landing Extras by Bruno Levy and Blake Shaw (SWEATSHOPPE)” May 2011

2010
Create Digital Motion “Hypnotic Colored Geometries and Balloon AV from SWEATSHOPPE” Jun 30, 2010 by Peter Kirn
Cool Hunting “Ouroboros Animated geometric shapes and colors in a video installation on the history of the universe” April 20, 2010 by Maggie York- Worth
The New York Times. “For 3-D Travelers, a Cosmic Journey” March 26, 2010 by Dennis Overbye
Flavorpill “Ali Hossaini and Sweatshoppe Art Collective present Ouroboros at Ise Cultural Foundation” march 9, 2010 by Kelsey Keith

2009
Wooster Collective “SWEATSHOPPE – An Introduction” oct 21, 2009
Designboom “SWEATSHOPPE: Video Painting” oct 22, 2009
Trashmenagerie “SWEATSHOPPE – rollin out a way to paint with video” by Jacky Tran oct 20, 2009

2003
Mac Format “Superstar VJs PowerBooks make a splash in music circles” June 2003
New York Post “Primal Screens get digitally stimulated at the XFEST video bash” March 8, 2003 by Johanna Huden

2002
Wired “Video Scratching on M-M-Macs” July 12, 2002 by Leander Kahney
Apple.com “Lapdance” July 2002
Esquire UK Volume 12 number 11 “Superstar VJ” nov 2002

2001
Videography “When Disaster Strikes…Can A Video Professional Really Be Prepared? Oct 2001, by Linda Romanello