source: e-flux

William Leavitt (b. 1941) is one of the most seminal pioneers of conceptual art in Los Angeles, helping significantly to establish the genre in the late 1960s and the 1970s. His works make use of narrative elements drawn from LA architecture and popular culture as well as from the movie and television industries. The artist works in various media, including sculpture, painting, drawing, photography and theatre.
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source: greenenaftaligallery

William Leavitt lives and works in Los Angeles. He recently had solo exhibitions at Institute of the History and Theory of Architecture, ETH, Zurich (2014); Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles (2012); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2011); Jancar Jones Gallery, San Francisco (2010); and LAXART, Los Angeles (2009). His work is in the collections of
 Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam; Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles;
 Los Angeles County Museum of Art; 
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles;
 The Museum of Modern Art, New York; 
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA; and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.