Louis St.Lewis

Photographed by Warhol, sketched by Robert Indiana and praised by Judy Chicago,
no artist in the Carolinas generates as much controversy,
conversation, critical dispute and enthusiasm as North Carolina resident
Louis St. Lewis. For the past twenty years the artist has bemused,
bewildered and challenged his public with a myriad of artistic
endeavors.

St. Lewis' 1993 self-portrait in drag for Raleigh's 'Artsplosure'
festival created a landslide of press coverage and the greatest sale
of 'Artsplosure' merchandise in its history. His 1998 exhibition at
the William Halsey Gallery featuring chandeliers made from human bones
and paintings in blood was formally denounced by the Archbishop of
Charleston and resulted in the largest turnout ever for an exhibit
there including representatives from Ripley's 'Believe it or Not' and
the notorious Lady Chablis of 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and
Evil'. "It's Hieronymus Bosch meets MTV!" was Andy Warhol's response
in the 1980's to St. Lewis' work.

Mr. St. Lewis has been hailed as a cunning pirate of art history,
appropriating other artists' imagery and transforming it into his own
with brilliant and colorful manipulations that have fo...

Education:
-Woodberry Forrest, 1974-1978
-Western Carolina University, program for gifted and talented students 1975-1978
-Pfeiffer University, Southern Piedmont Educational Consortium 1979
-Wingate University, 1979
-Campbell University 1980
-North Carolina School of the Arts 1980-81
-The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 1981
Selected Collections:
-The Ackland Art Museum
-The Ogden Museum of Southern Art
-The New Orleans Museum of Art
-The Morris Museum of Art
-The Masur Museum of Art
-The Danville Museum of Fine Art & History
-Larry Wheeler, Director, North Carolina Museum of Art
-Jan Katz, Associate Director, Ogden Museum of Southern Art
-Andre Leon Talley, Editor-At-Large VOGUE
-Danielle Steele
-Thomas Kenan III
-Prince Raed Al Rifai of Kuwait
-Margaret Rich & James Duke Semans
-Francine & Benson Pilloff
-Allen G. Thomas Jr.
-ARTSPLOSURE
-The Opera Company of North Carolina
-Equitable Life Insurance
-Alcan Aluminum