Spencer Lewis

Spencer Lewis è nato a Hartford nel 1979. Attualmente vive e lavora a Los Angeles.


Conosciuto per i suoi dipinti gestuali su cartone e iuta, Lewis utilizza colori vivaci, applicati con strisce e linee, sbavature di vernice e tratti ruvidi che suggeriscono un processo creativo impulsivo. Con una stratificazione caotica e quasi infinita, le tele di Lewis nascondono e contemporaneamente svelano pennellate, gesti, storie e momenti che culminano e si accumulano nelle parti più dense del dipinto. Nonostante l'apparente imprevedibilità delle composizioni di Lewis, esse si basano su una metodologia e una struttura. Lewis è infatti interessato all'organizzazione pittorica e alla creazione di immagini. Sulla iuta si accumulano segni descrittivi ed eloquenti che raccontano una storia non del tutto leggibile.


L'opera di Lewis è presente nella collezione permanente del National Museum of African American History and Culture presso Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. e del Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentoville, Arkansas.

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Biografia

Mostre personali
Anno
Paese, Titolo mostra, Location
2023
I, Put a Mess, MASSIMODECARLO, Milano
2022
USA, Spencer Lewis: Jacques Lewis, Vito Schnabel Gallery, New York
PRC, Sending, MASSIMODECARLO, Hong Kong
A, Spencer Lewis: Bubbles, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan
USA, Jacques (Pink and Purple Paintings for My Dad), Harper’s Chelsea, New York
UK, Odds & Sods, Josh Lilley, London
2021
B, Spencer Lewis: Turnip (two kinds of violence), Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels
USA, Spencer Lewis: Six Jutes (2), Harper’s Chelsea, New York
USA, Spencer Lewis: On Valentines, Canada, New York
CH, Spencer Lewis: Susan Mary, Vito Schnabel Gallery, St. Moritz
USA, Spencer Lewis: Four New Work, Vito Schnabel Gallery, New York
2020
USA, Spencer Lewis: Literacy Devolves into Violence, Harper’s Books, East Hampton
USA, Spencer Lewis: Six Jutes (1), Harper’s Chelsea, New York
2019
USA, Spencer Lewis, Harper’s Apartment, New York
2017
USA, Spencer Lewis: Violet Paintings for the Red and Blue Studio, Harper’s Apartment, New York
2016
USA, Spencer Lewis: Evil Baby Bully Part Object Paintings, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles
USA, Savage Curio: Spencer Lewis and Eamon Ore-Giron, Et Al, San Francisco
2014
USA, Paint Object, Edward Cella, Los Angeles
2006
USA, Powerful Emptiness, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles
Mostre collettive
Anno
Paese, Titolo mostra, Location
2023
PP, Sounds of Blackness A cura di Larry Ossei-Mensah, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila
B, Intersection, Charles Riva Collection, Brussels
PRC, The Descendants, K11 MUSEA, Hong Kong
2022
I, What You See Is What You Get, MASSIMODECARLO, Milano
CN, Reflections: Partly Fiction, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong
2021
Fragile and Unregulated A cura di Brian Rochefort, MASSIMODECARLO, VSpace
USA, Melrose, Harper’s, Los Angeles
JP, I Care Because You Do A cura di Matt Black, The Mass, Tokyo
USA, Fabrics, Goodwill SoCal, Los Angeles
2020
USA, Isolation is the Mother of Invention Part I, Kathryn Brennan Gallery, Los Angeles
USA, A Doctor, a Painter, and an Alchemist Walk into a Bar: Alchemist, DRx Romanelli, Spencer Lewis (album collaboration and installation), Over the Influence, Los Angeles
2019
USA, Ecdysis II, Ltd, Los Angeles
B, Ecdysis, MAS, Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp
USA, Nine, No Gallery, Los Angeles
USA, Mind, Body, Soul with Maysha Mohamedi and Samuel Jablon, Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles
2018
USA, Vision Valley, The Pit, Glendale
USA, Common Room A cura di Even Trine, Finishing Concepts, Los Angeles
USA, Six artists: Theresa Chromati Adam Henry Spencer Lewis Caitlin Lonegan Emily Mae Smith Tim Wilson, Harper’s Books, East Hampton
USA, Carry the Bend, Brennan and Griffin, New York
USA, Indulge A cura di John Wolf, Art Movement, Los Angeles
USA, Group show, Shoulder Gallery, Los Angeles
2015
USA, Unbound, Edward Cella, Los Angeles
2014
USA, After Image, Carl Berg, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine
USA, 6018 Wilshire, Edward Cella, Los Angeles
2012
USA, Venice Beach Biennial, Monique van Genderen, Los Angeles
2011
USA, Immanent Domain Part Two, Allen Tombello, Arena1 Gallery, Los Angeles
USA, Immanent Domain Part One, Allen Tombello, West Los Angeles Community College, Los Angeles
2010
USA, Larval Stages, Nathan Danolovich, Latned Astar, Los Angeles
2009
USA, Lovable Like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children, Josh Aster Kristen Calabrese, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee
USA, Boofthle Booth – Booth: Deux / The Hollywood Biennale, Mateo Tannat, Pauline, Los Angeles
USA, Feelings and Power, Rowan Wood, Five Thirty Three Gallery, Los Angeles
2008
USA, Black Dragon Society Group Show, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles

Collezioni pubbliche

Paese
Location
United States of America
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentoville, Arkansas

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