{{Short description|Canadian artist and educator}} '''Nina Levitt''' is an artist who works primarily in the area of photography, installation, and video.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.yorku.ca/nlevitt/html/about/index.htm|title=Nina Levitt, Nina Levitt, ARTWORK|website=www.yorku.ca|access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ninalevitt.com/about/|title=ABOUT|website=Nina Levitt|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref> Levitt is also an associate professor in the Department of Visual Art and Art History at York University.<ref name=":6" />
== Biography == Levitt has shown her work extensively in Canada, and also in the United States, and the United Kingdom.<ref name=":7" /> Her work focuses on the experiences of women and frequently uses techniques which involve the reuse and manipulation of existing images, and video.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2008/11/09/the_secret_life_of_women_spies.html|title=The secret life of women spies {{!}} The Star|website=thestar.com|date=9 November 2008 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref> Levitt's work has been extensively reviewed in publications such as: ''Canadian Art'',<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://canadianart.ca/features/nina-levitt-2/|title=Nina Levitt: Red Herrings and Real Herstories|website=Canadian Art|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref> the ''Toronto Star'',<ref name=":8" /> and ''The Globe and Mail''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.ninalevitt.com.customers.tigertech.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/100yrshealing.pdf|title=One hundred years of healing|last=Mackrael|first=Kim|date=June 9, 2011|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref> Levitt has received commissions from the Gladstone Hotel, and Women's College Hospital.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":0" />
Levitt also works in through research and received a Research Creation grant from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council.<ref name=":7" /> This work was focused on the story of British female spies.<ref name=":1" /> This work culminated in two exhibitions at the Koffler Gallery and Robert McLaughlin Gallery.<ref name=":8" />
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