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Richard Lewer

Richard Lewer is a Melbourne-based visual artist who works with video and animation, painting, drawing and performance.[1][2] Lewer has been labelled as a contemporary social realist largely driven by a desire to explain patterns and connections within crime, sport and religion.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

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Lewer completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at Elam School of Fine Arts at Auckland University from 1989 to 1992. He also holds a Master of Visual Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, from the University of Melbourne, 2000.[4]

Art practice

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Lewer is based in Melbourne and exhibits regularly in Australia and New Zealand.[5][6]

Awards and prizes

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Lewer won the Wallace Art Award in 2008 for a painting from a series called Skill, Discipline, Training.[7]

In 2014, he was the 63rd recipient of the Blake Prize for Religious Art for his media work Worse Luck I’m Still Here.[8][9][10][11]

Lewer was the winner of the Basil Sellers Art Prize in 2016, with his submission of a series of oil paintings titled 'The Theatre of Sports'.[12]

He was an Archibald Prize finalist in 2017,[13] 2021[14] and 2022.[15]

Symposia and residencies

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In 2010, he completed an artist's residency with the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn, New York.[16]

From 2012 to 2013 he was artist in residence at the Fremantle Arts Centre in Perth.[17]

In 2014 Lewer was artist in residence with the Parnngurr Community (Martumili artists), Western desert, Western Australia.[18][19][20]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Work of Richard Lewer". Australian Council for the Arts.
  2. ^ a b "Artist Interview: Richard Lewer". Artcollector.net.au. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Richard Lewer". Art Guide. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Biography". Richard Lewer. Richardlewer.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  5. ^ Richard Lewer - Contact. {Suite}, Wellington, New Zealand. Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, Australia. Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 2018-05-24
  6. ^ View examples of Richard Lewer's work. {Suite}, Wellington. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  7. ^ "Richard Lewer: The game's the thing". New Zealand Herald. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Richard Lewer Wins 2014 Blake Prize". Blakeprize.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Winner of the 2014 Blake Prize, Richard Lewer, for 'Worse Luck I'm Still Here' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  10. ^ "My favourite work: Richard Lewer's Worse Luck I'm Still Here at the Adelaide Biennial 2014 - video". the Guardian. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  11. ^ Watson, Maggie (8 July 2015). "Richard Lewer: Worse Luck I am Still Here". Right Now, Human Rights in Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  12. ^ Basil Sellers Art Prize 2016 2016 Award winner. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  13. ^ 2017 Finalist, Archibald Prize
  14. ^ "Archibald prize 2021: Grace Tame, Ben Quilty, Eryn Jean Norvill and more – in pictures". The Guardian. 27 May 2021. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Archibald Prize Archibald 2022 work: Liz Laverty by Richard Lewer". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Richard Lewer - ISCP - International Studio & Curatorial Program". Iscp-nyc.org. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  17. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.fac.org.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ "Richard Lewer: Parnngurr". Artcollector.net.au. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  19. ^ Dylan Rainforth (10 February 2015). "Richard Lewer's remote portraits on show in Fitzroy". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  20. ^ "Parnngurr". The Art Life. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.