Conceptual artist Les Levine, born in 1935 in Dublin, Ireland, and now lives in New York City. He was a founder of media art, his first videotapes produced in 1964. Since then, he has created environments, installations, sculptures and mass media campaigns. He also makes plasticine models for these media projects.

Levine's large-scale drawings on canvas are usually 6' x 8' in size and are done with oil stick or with wax on paper. Typically, his work consists of an image of an object, such as a building, combined with a word, for example, "Taking a Position," is one of his large drawings.

Levine was educated at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, England. His awards include First Prize at the Art...