Awards & Achievements

"Excellent use of a simple continuous and tonal brushstroke gives an elegance of form that elicits a feeling of beauty and strength ... Simplicity at its best." —Ivy Y Leung, Chinese Brushstroke Artist and Jurist.

Herding Instinct, 2023

Roslyn Levin 2023 Honourable Mention

Honourable Mention
Sumi-e Artists of Canada
2023

Honouring Ryokan, 2023

Roslyn Levin 2023 Sumi-e Grand Prize

Grand Prize
Shodo Canada
2023

Taking A Long View, 2022

Roslyn Levin 2022 Ruth Yamada Award

Ruth Yamada Award
Sumi-e Artists of Canada
2022

A Wild Journey, 2022

Roslyn Levin 2022 First Prize

First Prize
ICCPS North American Branch
2022

A Serene Frog Looks To The Mountaintop, 2022

Roslyn Levin 2022 Sumi-e Grand Prize

Grand Prize
Shodo Canada
2022

Wild And Beautiful, 2022

Roslyn Levin 2022 Best All Ink Painting

Shozo & Alice Seto Award
Best All Ink Painting Sumi-e Society of America 59th Worldwide Exhibit 2022

Cranes Are Returning, 2021

Roslyn Levin 2021 Grand Prize

Grand Prize
Shodo Canada 2021

On My Way

Roslyn Levin Sumi-e Awards of Excellence

Multiple Awards of Excellence, Circle Arts Magazine EU

Dance, 2019

Roslyn Levin 2019 Grand Prize Awarded Japanese Calligraphy

Grand Prize
Shodo Canada Annual Calligraphy
Competition in Canada

Too Much Catnip, 2016

Roslyn Levin 2016 Sumi-e Honorable Mention Awarded

Honourable Mention
Sumi-e Artists of Canada

Crane in Moonlight, 2016

Roslyn Levin 2016 Grand Prize Awarded Japanese Calligraphy

Grand Prize
8th Annual Japanese Calligraphy
Competition in Canada

Through Deep Water, 2015

Roslyn Levin 2015 Sumi-e Honorable Mention Awarded

Honourable Mention
Sumi-e Artists of Canada

Happy Snow, 2015

Roslyn Levin 2015 Grand Prize Awarded Japanese Calligraphy

Grand Prize
8th Annual Japanese Calligraphy
Competition in Canada

Invitation, 2014

Roslyn Levin 2014 Sumi-e Honorable Mention Awarded

Honourable Mention
Sumi-e Artists of Canada

Beautiful Spirit, 2014

Roslyn Levin 2014 Grand Prize Awarded Japanese Calligraphy

Grand Prize
Shodo Canada Annual Calligraphy
Competition in Canada

Many Secrets, 2013

Roslyn Levin 2013 Sumi-e Honorable Mention Awarded

Honourable Mention
Sumi-e Artists of Canada
Annual Juried Exhibit

Nature, 2013

Roslyn Levin 2013 Grand Prize Awarded Japanese Calligraphy

Grand Prize
Shodo Canada Annual Calligraphy
Competition in Canada

When We Dance We Are One, 2012

Roslyn Levin 2012 Sumi-e Honorable Mention Awarded

Honourable Mention
Sumi-e Artists of Canada
Shades of Ink Exhibit

Falling Yellow Leaves, 2012

Roslyn Levin 2012 Grand Prize Awarded Japanese Calligraphy

Grand Prize
5th Annual Japanes
Calligraphy in Canada Exhibit

Play In Sunlight, 2011

Roslyn Levin 2011 Gold Prize Awarded Japanese Calligraphy

Gold Prize
4th Annual Japanese
Calligraphy Competition in Canada

An Intimate Moment, 2011

Roslyn Levin 2011 Third Prize Awarded

3rd Prize
Desmond Juried Exhibit

Snow, 2010

Roslyn Levin 2010 Juror's Award

Juror's Award for
"energy, quality of line and composition"
3rd Annual Japanese Calligraphy
Competition in Canada

Citation, 2010

Roslyn Levin 2010 Citation Awarded Chinese Painting

Recognition of
Outstanding Achievement in
Chinese Painting
Ontario Chinese Artists Association

For Ever and Always, 2009

Roslyn Levin Sumi-e Artists Of Canada Award

Recognition of Innovative Work
on Personal Style
Wayne Shaffer Memorial Award
Sumi-e Artists of Canada
American Sumi-e Society

Determination,
2008

Roslyn Levin Honorable Mention

Honourable Mention
Art Aurora

Snowy Heron's Mating Plumage, 2005

Roslyn Levin Sumi-e Ruth Yamada Award

Ruth Yamada Award
Sumi-e Artists of Canada

Bird in Flight - Calligraphic Abstract, 2005

Roslyn Levin Third Prize Millpond Gallery

3rd Prize
Emerging Artists Exhibit
Millpond Gallery

Gamboling Antelope, 2004

Roslyn Levin Juror's Award Headwaters Arts

Juror's Award
Headwaters Art Festival

Cougar Asleep, 2003

Roslyn Levin Sumi-e Ruth Yamada Award

Ruth Yamada Award
Sumi-e Artists of Canada