SIMONE CAROLE LEVY
grew up in Herrliberg near Zurich, Switzerland. In conjunction with her formal music studies as a singer, she followed her inclinations for sculpting. Her studies took her to Chicago, London, Milan and Mannheim. Since 1987 she has been living and working as an artist in in Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany.
In 1995 she won first prize in the international art competition “Offener Kunstpreis”. In 1997 the public placed her second at the art competition “Goldene Palette”. Television reports and newspaper articles followed many of her exibitions in Europe. Her sculptures can be found in public venues and in many private collections.
From 1996 until 2000 she worked together with ceramics-designer Lothar Schwarz. They experimented with the combination of their different materials, ways of working and points of view.
In 2001 S.C.L. won her first public commission for a school in Westerburg. In cooperation with Lothar Schwarz she designed and realised three wall reliefs. In 2002 two further commissions followed in Wirges, this time outdoors. |