Rom Levy

ROM LEVY

b. 1983, France
Lives and works in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

BIOGRAPHY

Rom Levy is a curator, collector and an advocate of Contemporary and Urban Art. He is the founder and senior curator of Volery Gallery, Dubai. Established in 2020, the gallery aims to promote international contemporary artists and runs year-round exhibitions that introduce the audience in the region to the latest happening in the art world. Levy is also expanding the limits of contemporary art by supporting artists through commissions, residencies and a growing collection of over 500 artworks by some of the most prestigious contemporary artists, such as Allison Zuckermann, Ana Benaroya, Yukimasa Ida, Javier Calleja, Anna Park, Edgar Plans, Chen Fei, Oli Epp, Madsaki, Zhang Zipiao, Travis Fish, Alejandro Cardenas and Blair Whiteford.

Alongside Volery, Levy is the owner of RexRomae, London and SAN Projects Agency, London/Dubai, as well as being the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of StreetArtNews.

For more than 15 years Levy has continuously pushed the boundaries in Urban Art by participating in its emergence, organising projects in major cities including Paris, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Berlin, Shanghai and Dubai among others. Moreover, he was a core member and lead curator of the curatorial team for the inaugural exhibition at Urban Nation Museum in Berlin.