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River Lewis
Born in Montreal, Canada
Lives in Toronto, Canada;
Los Angeles, USA
http://www.riverlewis.com
1995 BFA, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver Canada
2018 Archivist, Gallery 1313, Toronto
2011 - 2013 Curator, Brew Gallery, Vernon
2010 - 2012 Instructor, Arts Council of the North Okanagan
2006 - 2010 Managing Editor of Photography, BC Virtual
2002 - 2006 Photographer, Digital Editor, BC Virtual
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Blue Anxieties, Eyelevel Gallery JOMG, Halifax, NS Canada
1996 From Now On I, Identity Gallery, Vernon BC Canada
1991 Everything Is Cancelled, Intervention on Robson Street, Vancouver, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Miller Fine Arts, Myrtle Beach, USA
2020 Station Gallery, Whitby, Canada
2018 Strathnairn Arts Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2018 Creatio Gallery, Lake Country, Canada
2017 Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
2017 Creatio Gallery, Lake Country, Canada
2016 Creatio Gallery, Lake Country, Canada
2015 Investors Group, Kelowna, BC Canada
2015 Creatio Gallery, Lake Country, Canada
2014 City Arts Factory, Orlando, USA
2014 Creatio Gallery, Lake Country, Canada
2013 Mind and Matter, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON Canada
2013 Great Big Smalls IX, The Cube Gallery, Ottawa, ON Canada
2013 Creatio Gallery, Lake Country, Canada
2013 U8, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, Canada
2013 Things I Bumped Into, Lake Country Public Art Gallery, Canada
2013 Exhale Unlmtd Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2012 Digital Red/Read, Summerland Public Art Gallery, Summerland, BC Canada
2012 Penticton Public Art Gallery, Penticton, BC Canada
2012 Rumour Has It - Okanagan Erotic Art Show, Ex Nihilo Vineyards, BC Canada
2012 U8, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC Canada
2012 Digital Spring, Little Straw Vineyards, West Kelowna, BC Canada
2012 Juried Exhibition, Lake Country Public Art Gallery, BC Canada
2011 The Jeffrey Wong Show, Pratch House, Kelowna, Canada
2011 Artsolutely, Centre Gallery VCAC, Vernon, BC Canada
2011 Digital Worlds, Okanagan Regional Library, West Kelowna, BC Canada
2011 Parallel Existence (Lewis, Pillay, Wiebe), Brew Gallery, Vernon, Canada
2011 Juried Exhibition, Lake Country Public Art Gallery, BC Canada
2011 Celebrate 8, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
2011 C'est La Vie, Summerland Public Art Gallery, Canada
2010 Blue Sky Utopia, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, Canada
2010 Penticton Public Art Gallery, Penticton, Canada
2010 Richmond Public Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada
2008 Art On the Line, University of British Columbia/Okanagan, Kelowna, BC Canada
2006 Wearable Art Gala, Kelowna Community Theatre, Kelowna BC Canada
1993 Contemporary Artists, Identity Gallery, Vernon, Canada
1991 New Urban Street Art, Denman Street Vancouver, Canada
1991 Images and Objects IX, BC Arts Councils, North Vancouver, Canada
1991 Fraser Valley Regional Exhibition, Chilliwack Arts Centre, Chilliwack, Canada
1990 Fraser Valley Regional Exhibition, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada
CURATING, SPEAKING, PROJECTS, AWARDS
2014 Wild Boys/ Echo Park Residency, Sacramento/ Los Angeles, USA
2014 Live Painting, Ex Nihilo Winery, Lake Country BC
2013 Curator, Animal Crossing (Cresswell, Delisimunovic, Sturdy), Brew Gallery, Vernon, BC
2013 Curator, ROUGE2 (Open Call), Brew Gallery, Vernon, BC
2013 Artist Talk, Things I Bumped Into In The Dark, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
2012 Co-Curator w/Kindale Dev Assoc, Community Fall Photos (DeBruin), Brew Gallery, Vernon, BC
2012 Curator, NOIRE2 (Open Call), Brew Gallery, Vernon, BC
2012 Curator, There Are No Secrets - The Preview (M&C Hermesh), Brew Gallery, Vernon, BC
2012 Curator, Topography (Mazurat), Brew Gallery - Main, Vernon, British Columbia
2012 Curator, The Artists of Predator Ridge, Brew Gallery - Main, Vernon, BC
2012 Curator, Off The Hill (Kashuba), Brew Gallery - Main, Vernon, BC
2012 Curator, ROUGE! (Open Call), Brew Gallery - Main & Fireside, Vernon, BC
2012 Curator, Satisfaction (Eaton), Brew Gallery - Main, Vernon, BC
2012 Curator, Colour Is Power (Jaeger), Brew Gallery - Fireside, Vernon, BC
2011 Curator, Unexpected Amateur Photography (Invit.), Brew Gallery - Main, Vernon, BC
2011 Curator, Abstract Discoveries (Student Show), Brew Gallery Main, Vernon, BC
2011 Juror, Under 100 Exhibition, Lake Country Public Art Gallery, Lake Country, British Columbia
2011 Curator, NOIRE (Open Call), Brew Gallery - Main, Vernon, BC
2011 Curator, Moving Forward (Lowrie), Brew Gallery, Vernon, BC
2011 Speaker, Mentoring the Emerging Artist, Brew Gallery - Main, Vernon BC
2011 Curator, Parallel Existence (Lewis, Pillay, Wiebe), Brew Gallery - Main, Vernon, BC
2011 Artist Talk, Black and White Exhibition, Brew Gallery - Main, Vernon BC
2011 Curator Talk, Digital Worlds, Brew Gallery - Main, Vernon, BC
2011 Curator, Digital Worlds (Invitational), Brew Gallery - Main, Vernon, BC
2011 Contributor, Art Into Action, Visible Trash Project, Charleroi, Belgium
2011 Speaker, The Role of Artist-run Centres in Canada, Brew Gallery, Vernon, BC
2011 Showcase Artist, Okanagan Arts Awards, Kelowna Community Theatre, Kelowna BC
2011 Aesthetics of Roadside Trash, http://roadsidetrash.blogspot.com
2010 Panelist, Nurturing a More Vibrant Community, Monday Night TM, Vernon, BC
1991 Fraser Valley Regional 2nd Prize (2D), Chilliwack Arts Centre, Chilliwack, BC Canada
1990 Fraser Valley Regional 1st Prize (3D), Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC Canada
1989 Manhattan Residency, New York, USA
PUBLICATIONS
2015 January, Curator's Feature Collection, Saatchi Online, Los Angeles, USA
2014 In Abstraction, Curator's Feature Collection, Saatchi Online, Los Angeles, USA
2014 April, Cover Painting "Rivering: The Poetry of Daphne Marlatt", Wilfrid Laurier University Press
2014 January, Curator's Feature Collection, Saatchi Online, Los Angeles, USA
2013 December, Arts & Entertainment Feature, Vernon Morning Star
2013 January, "Things I Bumped Into In The Dark", Lake Country Art Gallery, Catalogue
2013 January 2, "Local Artists Come Out Of The Dark", Vernon Morning Star
2012 November 18, "Armstrong Photographer Captures Her Community", Vernon Morning Star
2012 October 25, "Brew Gallery Opens NOIRE 2" (NOIRE 2), Vernon Morning Star
2012 May, "Rumour Has It", Okanagan Erotic Art Show, Catalogue
2012 March 16, "Artist takes us out to the ballgame" (Off The Hill), Vernon Morning Star
2012 January 8, "Gallery Brews Up Satisfying Exhibitions" (Satisfaction & Colour), Vernon Morning Star
2011 November 10, "18 Artists Join Forces" (Jeffrey Wong Show), Kelowna Capital News
2011 September 16, "New Gallery Space Brews up Exhibit" (Noire), Vernon Morning Star
2010 December, "Triptych", Issue 21, ATC Quarterly Magazine, Dunvegan Ontario
2010 November, "5th Annual Artist Trading Card Exhibition", Richmond Art Gallery, Catalogue
1991 BC Arts Councils, Images and Objects IX, Catalogue
COLLECTIONS
Archive, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Germany
The Pinnacles Hotel, Canada
Benson Fung DDS, USA
Private Collections in USA, United Kingdom, and Canada
AFFILIATIONS, PAST AND PRESENT
Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna BC
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON
Arts Advocacy British Columbia
Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax NS
Gallery 1313, Toronto ON
Kelowna Visual and Performing Arts Centre Society
Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto ON
Station Gallery, Whitby ON
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