DANI (LEVENTHAL) RESTACK

Dani (Leventhal) ReStack (b. 1972, Columbus, Ohio) is a multidisciplinary artist whose tactile videos and works on paper investigate sensorial and emotional states via juxtaposition and the intersection of individual stories. Drawing from her own life and the lives of those around her, Leventhal ReStack’s images are challenging, unnerving, and tender. Her work has been featured in screenings and exhibitions at the Camden Arts Centre, London, UK; Whitney Biennial, New York, NY; Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands; NYFF Projections, New York, NY; Oberhausen , Germany; The Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MY; UnionDocs; MoMA PS1, New York, NY; The Nightingale, Chicago, IL; Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY; and Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY. Leventhal ReStack is the recipient of a Wexner Film/Video Residency Award, the Kazuko Trust, the Eileen Maitland Award and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Visual Arts Grant. In 2003 she received an MFA in sculpture from the University of Illinois at Chicago and in 2009 an MFA in film/video from Bard College. Her drawings are in the permanent collection of Yale University, the Museum of Modern Art, and others. Leventhal ReStack lives in Columbus, Ohio, where she is Professor of Drawing at The Ohio State University.

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