Education
1980-82, Pratt Institute, MFA Photography
1976-79, San Francisco Art Institute, BFA Photography
 
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2014, Historic Hawai`i Foundation Preservation Media Award, "A Source of Light, Constant & Never Fading" Exhibit
2013, Ili Na Ho`omana`o o Kalaupapa: Casting Remembrances of Kalaupapa, Pacific Historic Parks, Hawai`i Book Publishers Association,
          Excellence in Photography and Honorable Mention for Excellence in Design
1998, Through a Liquid Mirror, Hawai`i Book Publishers Association Hawai`i Book of the Year, Best Design, Best Illustrative Book, Best Photography
1986, Maine Photographic Workshop, Resident Work Grant
1979, San Francisco Art Institute, Publishing Grant

Collections 
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California
Dimbola Museum & Galleries, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
The Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, Virgina
Datz Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Tudor Investment Corp.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, Hawai`i
Mokupapapa Discovery Center, Hilo, Hawai`i
Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu
Honolulu Board of Realtors
Cavallo Point, San Francisco, California
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
University of Wyoming
St. Johns Hospital, Santa Monica, California
Progressive Art Collection, Ohio
Banana Republic
Pfizer, New York City, New York
Dayton Art Institute, Ohio
Noguchi Museum, New York
Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Missouri
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawai`i
Honolulu Advertiser Collection, Honolulu, Hawai`i
Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawai`i
Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai`i
First Hawaiian Bank
 
Solo Exhibitions
2025, Wayne Levin, Explorations: A Retrospective, 1965-2024, Kahilu Exhibits, Waimea, Hawai`i
2024, Wayne Levin: A Life in Photography, Retrospective 1965-2024, Downtown Art Center, Honolulu, Hawai`i
2023, Datz Press, South Korea
2023, Polu Gallery, Haleiwa, Hawai`i ​
2017, Mumm Fine Art Photography Gallery, Napa, California
2016, Smith Andersen North, San Anselmo, California
2016, Keck Center, Washington, D.C.
2015, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
2014, Molokai Museum and Cultural Center, Kalae, Hawai`i
2013, Dimbola Museum & Galleries, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
2013, M.I.A. Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2013, Kirsch Gallery, Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawai`i
2012, Art Center Sarasota, Florida
2012, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Schaefer International Gallery, Hawai`i
2012, Gallery `Iolani, Windward Community College, Kane`ohe, Hawai`i
2012, Mokupāpapa Discovery Center, Hilo, Hawaii
2011, East Hawai`i Cultural Center, Hilo, Hawai`i
2010, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, Hawai`i
2005, Rosenberg and Kaufman Fine Art, New York City, New York
2004, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, California
2003, Discover Waikoloa Gallery, Hawai`i
2003, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie
2002, San Francisco Airport Museum, California
2002, Spokane Falls Community College, Washington
2001, Rosenberg & Kaufman Fine Art, New York City, New York
2000, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California
1999, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, California
1999, Volcano Arts Center, Hawai`i
1998, Kansas State University Art Gallery, Manhattan, Kansas
1998, The Landmark Tower Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1998, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Schaefer International Gallery, Hawai`i
1998, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, Hawai`i
1992, New York University, Tisch School of Art Gallery, New York City
1990, Dayton Art Institute, Ohio
1989, University of California at San Francisco
1989, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai`i
1989, Eye Gallery, San Francisco, California
1989, Tokyo Designer Space, Photo Gallery, Japan
1987, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
1985, Equivalents Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1985, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawai`i
1984, Cityscape Gallery, Pasadena, California
1983, Arsenal Gallery, New York Dept. of Parks, New York City
1980, Focus Gallery, San Francisco, California
 
Group Exhibitions
2025, Kyotographie International Photography Festival, Kyoto Jounral, Kyoto, Japan 
2024, The Swell is Coming, Hō`ikeākea Gallery, Leeward Community College, Honolulu, Hawai`i 
2024, Silver OG Exhibition, `Iolani Gallery, Windward Community College, Honolulu, Hawai`i 
2024, Imagine Water, Lo`i Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai`i 
2024, Insight/Incite 20/20 Bolinas Museum, California 
2018, Surfing Hawai`i, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Hawai`i
2018, Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
2018, Beneath the Surface, Gallery `Iolani, Windward Community College, Hawai`i 
2015, Liquid Light: Photographs from Beneath the Sea, The Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, Virginia; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi
2015, Voyaging: The Art of Wayfinding, Hawai`i State Art Museum, Honolulu
2015, National Exhibition, Flow Art Space, St. Paul, Minnesota
2014, Flow, Datz Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2014, Image & Imagination, Hawai`i State Art Museum, Honolulu
2012, Figures, Andrew Rose Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai`i
2012, Ke ike o ka Moana: The Knowledge of the Ocean, Honolulu Hale, Hawai'i
2009, Clic Gallery, New York City, New York
2005, VIP room of the American Pavilion at the World’s Fair, Japan
2005, Reflecting Hawai'i, Hawai'i State Art Museum, Honolulu
2004, In Focus, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawai'i
2003, Reflecting Buddha, Pasadena Museum of Art, California
2002, Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing, Laguna Art Museum, California; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawai`i;  
           The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach; The San Jose Museum of Art, California
2002, Obsession, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, California
2002, Artists of Hawai`i, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawai`i
2002, Kaho`olawe: Rebirth of a Sacred Hawaiian Island, Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
2002, Mysterium Photographicum, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Florida
2000, ConTempo RARITIES 2000, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawai`i
1999, Spatial Relations, Rosenberg & Kaufman Fine Art, New York City, New York
1998, Paradise/Paradox, Contemporary Photography in Hawai`i, Hui No`eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, Hawai`i
1997, Visions, 30th Anniversary of the Hawai`i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawai`i
1997, He`e Nalu: Wave Riding, Hope Street Gallery, Los Angeles, California; North Terminal Gallery, San Francisco International Airport, California
1996, Kaho`olawe Exhibit, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai`i
1993, First Biennial Exhibit, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawai`i
1992, This Sporting Life, High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, and traveling exhibition
1991, Ohio Arts Council Exhibition, Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, Columbus
1989, Crossings 1989, Paris, France
1988, Swimmers, Burden Gallery, New York City, and Aperture traveling exhibition
1986, Maine Photographic Workshop Annual Show, New York City
1986, Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, New York
1986, Crossings 1986, Gallery Picture, Osaka, Japan
1985, New Photographics, University of Central Washington, Washington
1985, Contemporary Photographers of Hawai`i, Honolulu Academy of Arts
1984, Current Works 1984, Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1984, Water, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
 
Publications
2023, Insight/Incite 20/20 Photo Alliance, California 
2017, Living, Hawai`i, 9.2
2016, Palm, Hawai`i, Winter
2015, FLUX Hawai`i, Winter
2015, Able Muse, Poetry, Prose & Art, Summer
2014, PhotoDOT, December Vol. 13, THE photography magazine from Korea
2014, Poems and Essays from an Ordinary Room, El León Literary Arts (a book by Lawrence Levin)
2014, Harper’s, August
2014, Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. XXX, No. 4, Summer
2013, LensWork, No. 107 July/August
2012, Honolulu Magazine, August
2012, Conde`Nast Traveler, June
2010, Why Photographs Work, Rocky Nook
2010, Papahanaumokuakea: Recent Photographs by Wayne Levin, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
2008, LensWork, No. 77 July/August
2006, Hana Hou! June/July, Hawaiian Airlines in-flight Magazine
2005, Art News, June
2004, Camera Arts, February/March
2003, Hemispheres, November, United Airlines in-flight magazine
2003, Outside Magazine, July
2002, The Threepenny Review, Fall
2002, Oceans, published by Natural Resources Defense Council
2000, Hana Hou, June/July, Hawaiian Airlines in-flight Magazine
2000, Photo Techniques, May/June
2000, Zoom, May/June
1998, Orion Magazine, Autumn
1997, Pacifica, Feb/March, June/July, Continental Micronesia in-flight Magazine
1996, Ocean Realm, Autumn
1995, Kaho`olawe: Na Leo O Kanaloa, `Ai Pohaku Press
1994, Hemispheres, March, United Airlines in-flight Magazine
1993, Discovery The Hawaiian Odyssey
1991, Manoa Fall Vol. #3, #2, & 1989 Fall Vol. #1, #2
1989, New Art Examiner, January
1988, Aperture Swimmers Book Publication #111
1988, Nippon Camera, June
1986, Photo Japan, June
1984, American Photographer, August
1984, Day in the Life of Hawai`i