Wednesday, November 29, 2006

fibre collage (coming soon)

Quilts [coming soon)

The Male Gaze




Dangerous Curves

9” X 12” felt appliqué ,2002

EXHIBITION HISTORY

OR, Guild Hall Whitehorse YT Canada, 2002






GENTLEMAN WAITING (Caution)

20" X 19", 2000, blue felt, red velvet, and embroidery floss

Exhibition Historty
Yukon Sketches OR Guild Hall, Whitehorse, YT Canada,





MAN UPRIGHT

20" X 19", 2000, Blue and Pink felt, Red Velvet. And embroidery floss


EXHIBITION HISTORY

Yukon Sketches OR Guild Hall, Whitehorse, YT Canada, 2002


Red Too Belt,

2003 jacquard tapestry weaving,
cotton warp, cotton and metallic weft, 27” X 40”


sign Language ( reading the road signs of life)


In the spring of 2002 I had an exhibition in the Yukon in Whitehorse, at the Guild Hall. A converted Quonset Hut left over from the Second World War construction of the Alaska Highway . It is now a multi use performance, exhibition and meeting space, home of the Guild Theatre a semi-professional theater company. "Sign Language" was the name of a collection of 25 small felt appliqué hung in a grid or pairings suggesting a narrative left to the imagination of the individual viewer.




WILD FLOWER 7 X 8 approx. 2001/02, felt appliqué




NOH, 7" X 8" felt appliqué 2001



Go Left, 7” X 8”, 2001/02, felt appliqué



POWER, 7 X 8 approx. 2001/02, felt appliqué


In the beginning: a painter’s life









joelewis: Curriculum Vitae


Education: Self taught

Solo Exhibitions



2021

One Thought: 20 Years of Making
Textile works, Atelier Ludmilla Gallery, Peterborough,Ontario

2015

2002

 Not Born in a Trunk,

Rayans Premisee national Historic site, Bonnavista Newfoundland  


 Yukon Sketches, OR, Guild Hall, Whitehorse, YT



2000

Velvet Highway and Other Journeys, Material Matters, Toronto, On.

1999

Patchwork; Reconstructing the personal, Artspace, Peterborough, On.

1997

Construction,

part two, Cameron Public House, Toronto On
part one, College Street Bar, Toronto, On.



1996

Surface,

part two, Eye Of The Storm, Toronto, On.
part one, Street City Bikes, Toronto, On.

Land Weather Family,

part three, Myxed Media Art Gallery, Calgary, AB.



1995

Land Weather Family,

part two, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, On.
part one, Caffe Senator, Toronto, On.



1994

Flight, Cameron, Public House, Toronto, On.

Baroquecoco Trash, Bloomsberries Clothing and Art, Toronto, On.

1993

Story, Express Café, Toronto, On.

1992

New Work,

part two, La Hacienda, Toronto, On.
part one, Express Café, Toronto, On.



1991

Land (e)scape Memory, Levity, Toronto, On.

The Nancy Ward/Residency Project, Artspace, Peterborough, On.

Reference, Cameron Public House, Toronto, On.

1990

Flowers and Other Things, Express Café, Toronto, On.

1989

Pain, Cameron Public House, Toronto, On.

Confessions of a caffeine addict, Rivole, Toronto, On.

1988

Dirt, The Extra Space, Toronto, On.

New Work, Broadview Gallery, Peterborough, On.

Myth and Object, The Rainbow Room, Toronto, On.

Barbie's Dream House, Artspace, Peterborough, On

1987

Juggery, Trent University Women's Centre, Peterborough, On.

1986

The Barbie Show,

part four, Tulip Café, Paris On..
part three, The Rainbow Room, Toronto, On.
part two, Peter Robinson College, Trent University, Peterborough, On.



1985

The Barbie Show,

part one, Metropol Espresso Bar, Calgary, AB.




Selected Group Shows


2006

2001

2000

Stocking Stuffers, Pentimento Fine Arta Gallery, Toronto

Renaissance Men, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum,, Golden Colorado, US

Foundations' Peterborough Arts Unbrella, Peterborough On.

1998

Instant, Olivia Thompson Gallery, Toronto, On.

1996

Wear, object referencing the body, Truck Gallery, Calgary, AB.

1995

New Land, Daniel B. Sponagle Gallery, Toronto, On.

1994

Home, South Logan Salvage, Rescue, Scarp and Art, Toronto, On.
Curated by Garth Barriere

Middlemarch, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, On.
Organized by the Literary Press Group

1992

AIDS Memorial Show, A Space, Toronto, On.
Curated by Clamorous Intentions

1991

Images For Life, Evelyn Amis Gallery, Toronto, On.
Curated by Spencer Row

1990

Raw Fantasies, Artefect, Toronto, On.
Curated by Philip Carins

1989

October Rage, The Extra Space, Toronto, On.
Curated by Michael Allen

1988

No Bill C-52, Weller Potovsky Gallery, Toronto, On.

The Erotic Show, Artefect, Toronto, On.

1987

The Exchange Show,

part three, Artspace, Peterborough, On.



1986

The Exchange Show,

part two, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, On.
part one, K.A.A.I., Kingston, On.
Peterborough selection Curated by David Beirk


The X-Mass Show, Gallery 101, Ottawa, On.
Curated by Dennis Tourbin

1985

Taking stock, The Next Wave, Artspace, Peterborough, On.
Curated by David Beirk.


Selected Performance Work


1995

Small Business, 16mm film by Rita Listner, Toronto, On.
''joe'' lead male

1993

Dishfunktion, an evening of performance work by joelewis and Metia Winkler at Artspace, The Market Hall, Peterborough, On.

1992

Rochdale, a play by Friendly Spike Theatre, Poor Alex, Tarragon Extra Space, Toronto, On. 'postman' a projected character

The Nancy Ward, in concert reading of script for 12 voices, at Artspace, The Market Hall, Peterborough, On. Writer / performer

1990

My Secret Kitchen, a performance piece by and with Margaret Dragu, at Artspace,The Market Hall, Peterborough, On. ''Art Director'' super numerary

1987

Where e You Goin' The Mall, solo multi media performance, writer/performer, Producer / Director, Garth Barrierre / Synk Productions
Western Front, Vancouver BC, 3rd Vancouver Fringe Festival
Stage 8, Edmonton AB., Gone with The Fringe

1986

She Should Have Stood In Bed, a courtly entertainment for S.G. Taylor
during ''this moment is an Eternity'' installation/performance at Gallery 101 in Ottawa, On.

Where You Goin' The Mall, solo muti media performance
Multi Cab 5 regional performance festival,
Arstspace, The Market Hall, Peterborough, On.

''...nice day'' solo Dance piece, Choreographed by Jane Mappin
La Groupe Des Place Royal, workshop performance
Artspace, The Market Hall, Peterborough, On.


Selected Readings


1992

from Disfunktion...
Open Country Books, Calgary, AB.
The Union Theatre, Peterborough, On.

1991

Disgo, Dhatgo, improvised story telling
Friendly Spike Theatre, Benefit, Toronto, On.

Sync Cabaret Too, open mike, July- August, weekly
M.C. and improvised serial story

1990

Betty Stories, improvised serial story,
Yo, open mike nite, Feb.-May
The Love Club, Toronto, On.

And I Do Sing, book launch.
The Union, Peterborough, On.

1989

Fashion is Not Your Friend, poetry Reading
Hangman Pub, Peterborough, On.

1985

Ode to Italy, poetry reading,
Ten Foot Henery's, Calgary, AB.

1984

Two Narratives, short story reading,
A Gala Night of Performance,
Artspace, The Market Hall, Peterborough, On.


Publications

Ode To Italy, synk Ink, 1985, poetry chap book
Where you goin' the mall?, synk Ink, 1987, comic book
Better never than late, synk Ink, 1989, comic calendar
Dishfunktion: a deconstruction of the micro wave safe, pas de chance 1994, novell
And I Do Sing, a poetry cycle by Joe Lewis, Synk Ink  1989,  2013 E-Book


Articles and Reviews

''lewis vision...'' Catherine Jenkins,
Arthur, Trent University student paper, Vol. 4 no. 12, 1983

''Barbie Doll'' Martha, Tancock, Peterborough Examiner, Jan. 17, 1986

''...Comes to town'' Garth Barriere, Go Info, Dec. 1986

''Where you going'' James Adam, The Edmonton Journal, Aug. 21 1987

''...crowd baffled'' Neal Watson, The Edmonton Sun, Aug.20 1987

''...some funny'' Lloyd Dykk, The Vancouver Sun, Sept. 17 1987

''Home Unstable'' Jake Baken, Arthur, Vol.22 no.6 Oct. 1987

''Hard Questions'' Andrew McPhail, Extra, no.107, Aug. 1988

''Expressive...'' Lisa Lowe, Arthur, Sept. 20 1988

''Artistic Cabaret'' Chris Corrigan, Peterborough, Examiner, Jul.5 1191

''Queen West'' Garth Barriere, Extra, Feb. 21, 1992


“Joe Lewis: Remembering Home”, Wendy Pearson, exhibition essay Patchwork: Re-Constructing the Personal, Artspace Peterborough Ontario May 1999


“Joe Lewis: Holding The Torch”, Garham McCracken Fibre Focus Volume 53, Number 3 Autumn 2010


“Joe Lewis: Jacquard Weaver” Garham McCracken Fibre Focus Volume 53, Number 3 Autumn 2010 digtal exclusive


“Man/ Body/ Fibre” John Hopper Inspirational Plus 2016