River Lewis

I'm a narrative painter formerly employing landscape metaphor as a point of visual departure in abstracts. Recently I have begun to work more figuratively and with text to build accessible storylines through collage with the belief that all viewers can connect with the figure relationships. These collages serve as the laboratory for oil paintings. My subject is contemporary city life and I draw reference from street life, both contemporary and past era artists, and the evolving social construct. I work from Toronto Canada exhibiting across Canada. Artwork resides in collections in the U.S. Canada, the UK and Germany.

1995 BFA Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver Canada

2018 Gallery 1313, Toronto
2018 Strathnairn Arts Gallery, Canberra Australia
2017 Creatio Gallery, Lake Country BC
2015 Creatio Gallery, Lake Country BC
2013 Mind and Matter, Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
2013 Great Big Smalls IX, The Cube Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
2013 Blue Anxieties, Eyelevel Gallery JOMG, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2013 TLC, Creatio Gallery, Ex Nihilo Vineyards, Lake Country, British Columbia
2013 U8, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, British Columbia
2013 Things I Bumped Into, Lake Country Public Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
2013 Twitter Art Exhibition: LA, E. U. Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2012 Digital Red/Read, Summerland Public Art Gallery, Summerland, BC
2012 Annual Auction, Penticton Public Art Gallery, Penticton, BC
2012 Rumour Has It - Okanagan Erotic Art Show, Ex Nihilo Vineyards, Lake Country, BC
2012 U8, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, British Columbia
2012 Twitter Art Exhibition, Moss Public Library, Moss, Norway
2012 Digital Spring, Little Straw Vineyards, West Kelowna, BC
2012 Juried Exhibition, Lake Country Public Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC
2011 The Jeffrey Wong Show, Pratch House, Kelowna, British Columbia
2011 Artsolutely, Centre Gallery VCAC, Vernon, British Columbia
2011 Digital Worlds, Okan...