CHLOE LEWIS



     
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Born 1979 (Washington DC, USA)

EDUCATION

MFA Candidate
Kunsthogskolen i Bergen (Bergen, Norway), 2008-2010

BFA (Major in Photography)
Emily Carr Institute (Vancouver, Canada), Graduated 2006

BA (Media Arts)
Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada), Graduated 2002

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008   We will surely get to our destination if we join heads. Birdo Flugas, Shiogama, Japan (with Andrew Taggart)
           Roost. Roadside Attractions, Toronto, Canada (with Andrew Taggart)

2007   Lift. The Memelab Orb, Vancouver, Canada (with Andrew Taggart)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009  PARCA 2009. Curated by Sarah Merry, New York City, USA

2008   X International. Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia, Spain (with Andrew Taggart)
           Networked. Curated by Donna Kessinger, Gallery, Aferro, Newark, NJ, USA

2007   The Search for the Simorgh (in association with Pop Montreal). Curated by Leila Peacock, Red Bird Studios, Montreal, Canada
           Head Studies. Eugene Choo, Vancouver, Canada (with Andrew Taggart)
           Anonymous Drawings: Selection. Curated by Anke Becker, Berlin & Hamburg (with Andrew Taggart)
           PARCA 2007. Curated by Sarah Merry, Gallery 511, New York City, USA
           The Discriminating Gentlemen's Club Winter Salon. DGC, Montreal, Canada (with Andrew Taggart)

2006   Anonymous Drawings 3. Curated by Anke Becker, Bluetenweiss, Berlin, Germany (with Andrew Taggart)
           Art: to ease crappy conversation. Loop Gallery, Toronto, Canada (with Andrew Taggart)
           Pictures from an Institution. Curated by Grant Arnold, Damian Moppett and Arni Haraldsson, Electra Building, Vancouver, Canada
           Kickstart the Art. Curated by Laura Piasta and Annika Rixen, Gaoler's Mews, Vancouver, Canada
           Diminutive Disposition. Curated by Charlotte Matthews and Julia Marshburn, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
           March 2006. Group Show Online Gallery, based in New York, USA (www.groupshow.com)

2005   The Home Show. Curated by Roy Arden, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2008   The Coalition for Daring Behaviour. www.darecoalition.com
2007   Fickle Hearts Grow Greener (in conjunction with SWARM 8). The LES Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (with Andrew Taggart)
2006   The Vicious Fishes Swim Specifically in the Pacific. @ Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
           Any Similarity is Purely Coincidental: New Photograph. Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2005   The Photo Odyssey Project. Union Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (with Chris Fraser)
2004   Get off the Island (public installation). Burrard Street Bridge, Vancouver, Canada
2002   Exposure. Art System, Toronto, Canada

PUBLICATIONS

2008   Room Literary Magazine: cover and inside images

2007   Mungbeing (October issue): photograph
           Adbusters Calendar: cover photograph & January image
           Front Magazine (January issue): collage (with Andrew Taggart)
           FILE Magazine (April issue): photographs

2006   Adbusters Magazine (December issue): double-page photography spread
           Front Magazine (November issue): photographs
           FILE Magazine (October issue): photographs
           Only Magazine (April issue): back cover photograph
           Photographer's Forum Best of College Annual: photographs

2005   Discorder (May issue): photographs
           Qwerty Literary Magazine (March): photographs
           "Running Away with the Circus" (independent poetry publication): cover image

AUCTIONS AND FUNDRAISERS

2007   Whodunit? OCAD, Toronto, Canada
2006   The Art of Caring. Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Canada

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2007   Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Island, Canada (with Andrew Taggart)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Burnham, Clint. "Kickstand." (exhibition essay) Kickstart the Art. Vancouver: Gaoler's Mews, 2006.
Matthews, Charlotte. "Big Thoughts on Little Things." (exhibition essay) Diminutive Disposition. Vancouver: Helen Pitt Gallery, 2006
Merry, Sarah. "PARCA - Showcasing Canadian Art in New York." (curator interview) Emerging Arts Professional: Toronto, 2008
"Q: Your daily dose of arts, culture and entertainment", Radio interview with Jian Ghomeshi, CBC Radio 1, Toronto, Canada, April 8, 2008
Twerdy, Saelam. "Scraps of Nude Truth." (exhibition review) Fickle Hearts Grow Greener. Vancouver: The Lower Eastside Studio Gallery, 2007