CHRIS LEVINE,
COMPASSION, 2016,
Giclée Print, signed and dated,
43cm x 23cm,
Edition of 500

Chris Levine is a light artist who works across many mediums in pursuit of an expanded state of perception and awareness through image and form. Levine’s work considers light not just as a core aspect of art, but of human experience more widely and a spiritual, meditative and philosophical edge permeates his work. Levine is perhaps best known for producing what is already being described as one of the most iconic images of the twenty-first century, Lightness of Being. He has recently completed another historic portrait to commemorate the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday. He is only the second artist to take a formal portrait of His Holiness, the previous being Annie Leibovitz.