Christine Lewis

Christine Lewis lives and works in Santa Rosa, California, where she is the Fine Arts Department Chair at Santa Rosa High School. She received her BA in Sculpture from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and MFA in Sculpture from the Slade School of Fine Art in London, England.

Lewis often employs the manipulation of scale in her sculptural practice, working in both the miniature and the massive to call attention to objects, locations, and situations which often go unnoticed in everyday life. She utilizes this manipulation of scale to create imaginary realities intended to prompt personal narratives.

The desire to provide the viewer with the foundation for narrative is a strong component of Lewis’ work. Believing that humans have a tendency towards nostalgia, her work often sets the stage for such personal associations and memories. She regularly plays on our unavoidable personal associations with the human figure to create potential stories and personal connections. The figure appears frequently in her work, altered in scale or manipulated in order to highlight an emotional element.

The personal narratives that Lewis desires to create are ultimately meant for the viewer to fulfill. Through her use of scale, the a...

MFA 2008
Fine Art, Sculpture
Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
London, United Kingdom

BFA 2005
Fine Art, Sculpture
University of California Santa Cruz, Dean's List

August 2015
50|50: 50 Artworks in 50 Days, The Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA

June 2009
Lilliput: Tiny Art for Big People, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, New Jersey

Sept. 2008
The Key to Joy; an Art and Music Event, Louise T. Blouin Institute, London, UK

June 2008
Slade School of Fine Art Postgraduate Degree Show, Slade Gallery, University College London, London, UK

Oct. 2007
Slade School of Fine Arts Postgraduate Interim Show, Slade Research Space, Woburn Square, London, UK

June 2007
2 Nights of Ladder Climbing, Parker McMillan, London, UK

April 2007
The Slade Spring Collection, Slade School of Fine Arts, University College London,UK

March 2007
Experience: The Image, Nolia's Gallery at the Thomas a Becket, London, UK

Dec. 2006
Slade School of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department Open Studios, the New Sculpture Studio, University College London, UK

2004
Solo Exhibition, J.B. Hall Gallery, Porter College, University of California Santa Cruz

2001 - 2005
UCSC Open Studios quarterly exhibition