Artist Profile: Levi Japhet
Overview
Levi Japhet is a Peruvian-born artist whose practice moves between oil painting and experimental filmmaking. Now based in Brooklyn, Japhet approaches storytelling as a visual and emotional architecture—building compositions that explore queerness, displacement, and fleeting urban encounters. Their work is informed by a background in architecture and a deep sensitivity to space, gesture, and silence.
Rooted in poetic realism, Japhet’s paintings invite viewers into dreamlike slices of city life—full of contradiction, humor, and intimacy. With brushwork that feels both precise and instinctive, Japhet captures moments where the absurd becomes tender, and the overlooked becomes unforgettable.
Featured Artwork
Bushwick Gallery
Artwork Title: Happy Hour in Bushwick
Year of Creation: 2024
Medium: Oil paint on paper
Dimensions: 18″ x 24″
Location: Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY