Richard Lewer Explained

Richard Lewer is a Melbourne-based visual artist who works with video and animation, painting, drawing and performance.[1] [2] Lewer has been labelled as a contemporary social realist largely driven by a desire to explain patterns and connections within crime, sport and religion.[1] [3]

Early life and education

Lewer completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at Elam School of Fine Arts at Auckland University from 1989 to 1992. He also holds a Master of Visual Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, from the University of Melbourne, 2000.[4]

Art practice

Lewer is based in Melbourne and exhibits regularly in Australia and New Zealand.[5] [6]

Awards and prizes

Lewer won the Wallace Art Award in 2008 for a painting from a series called Skill, Discipline, Training.[7]

In 2014, he was the 63rd recipient of the Blake Prize for Religious Art for his media work Worse Luck I’m Still Here.[8] [9] [10] [11]

Lewer was the winner of the Basil Sellers Art Prize in 2016, with his submission of a series of oil paintings titled 'The Theatre of Sports'.[12]

He was an Archibald Prize finalist in 2017,[13] 2021[14] and 2022.[15]

Symposia and residencies

In 2010, he completed an artist's residency with the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn, New York.[16]

From 2012 to 2013 he was artist in residence at the Fremantle Arts Centre in Perth.[17]

In 2014 Lewer was artist in residence with the Parnngurr Community (Martumili artists), Western desert, Western Australia.[18] [19] [20]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Work of Richard Lewer. Australian Council for the Arts.
  2. Web site: Artist Interview: Richard Lewer. Artcollector.net.au. 2015-11-03.
  3. Web site: Richard Lewer. Art Guide. 2015-11-03.
  4. Web site: Biography. Richard Lewer. Richardlewer.com. 2015-11-03.
  5. http://richardlewer.com/contact/ Richard Lewer - Contact., Wellington, New Zealand. Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, Australia. Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, Australia.
  6. http://suite.co.nz/artists/richard-lewer/ View examples of Richard Lewer's work.
  7. News: Richard Lewer: The game's the thing. 28 March 2015. New Zealand Herald. 2015-11-03.
  8. Web site: Richard Lewer Wins 2014 Blake Prize. Blakeprize.com. 2015-11-03.
  9. Web site: Winner of the 2014 Blake Prize, Richard Lewer, for 'Worse Luck I'm Still Here' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . Abc.net.au . 2014-12-13 . 2015-11-03.
  10. Web site: My favourite work: Richard Lewer's Worse Luck I'm Still Here at the Adelaide Biennial 2014 - video. 12 March 2014. the Guardian. 2015-11-03.
  11. Web site: Richard Lewer: Worse Luck I am Still Here. Maggie . Watson. 8 July 2015. Right Now, Human Rights in Australia. 2015-11-03.
  12. http://www.sellersartprize.com.au/artists-and-exhibition/2016/award-winner/ Basil Sellers Art Prize 2016
  13. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2017/29838/ 2017 Finalist
  14. News: 2021-05-27. Archibald prize 2021: Grace Tame, Ben Quilty, Eryn Jean Norvill and more – in pictures. en-GB. The Guardian. 2021-05-27. 0261-3077.
  15. Web site: Archibald Prize Archibald 2022 work: Liz Laverty by Richard Lewer . 2022-05-06 . Art Gallery of New South Wales . en.
  16. Web site: Richard Lewer - ISCP - International Studio & Curatorial Program. Iscp-nyc.org. 2015-11-03.
  17. Web site: Archived copy . www.fac.org.au . 14 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160331233620/http://www.fac.org.au/files_documents/Inside%20Running%20Catalogue.pdf . 31 March 2016 . dead.
  18. Web site: Richard Lewer: Parnngurr. Artcollector.net.au. 2015-11-03.
  19. Web site: Dylan Rainforth . Richard Lewer's remote portraits on show in Fitzroy . Smh.com.au . 2015-02-10 . 2015-11-03.
  20. Web site: Parnngurr . The Art Life . 2015-03-23 . 2015-11-03.

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