Joe Lewis (artist)

American photographer

Joe Lewis (Joseph S. Lewis III; born 1953 insyd New York City) be a post-conceptual non-media specific American artist, musician, writer den art educator.[1] Na Lewis be co-founding director of Fashion Moda insyd New York, wer he curate den mount chaw exhibitions den performance events.[2] Na he sanso early on be associate plus Colab den ABC No Rio[3][4] wey he appear insyd de 1983 seminal American hip hop film Wild Style.

Joe Lewis
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Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Country wey e be citizenUnited States Edit
Name wey dem give amJoe Edit
Family nameLewis Edit
Ein date of birth22 February 1953 Edit
Place dem born amNew York City Edit
Ein occupationphotographer, painter, sculptor Edit
Field for workdigital art Edit
Educate forHamilton College, Maryland Institute College of Art Edit
Ethnic groupAfrican Americans Edit
Member ofColab Edit
Has works in the collectionMuseum of Modern Art, Studio Museum in Harlem Edit
Copyright status as creatorworks protected by copyrights Edit

Lewis receive ein bachelor’s insyd 1975 from Hamilton College, wey then ein M.F.A. insyd 1989 from Maryland Institute.[5] He serve as a faculty member at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) from 1991 to 1995, wey then as chair of de Department of Art at California State University, Northridge from 1995 to 2001. Insyd 2001, he cam turn de Dean of de School of Art & Design for de Fashion Institute of Technology insyd New York City. Insyd 2004, na dem appoint Dean of de School of Art & Design insyd de New York State College of Ceramics for Alfred University insyd New York State.[6] He cam turn de Dean of Claire Trevor School of the Arts for de University of California, Irvine insyd 2010[5][7] til he resign.[8][9] He dey remain for de faculty of UCI.

Currently, he be presido of de Noah Purifoy Foundation wey dey locate insyd Joshua Tree, California wey he dey for de Board of Directors for Project Hope Alliance (wey ein mission be make dem end homelessness) den California Lawyers for the Arts. Na Lewis be active insyd de National Association of Schools of Art and Design, de College Art Association, Bronx Museum of the Arts[10] wey na he wrep art criticism for Art in America, Contemporânea, LA Weekly den Artforum.

Collections

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  • Museum of Modern Art, New York[11]
  • Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem New York
  • Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Cincinnati
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
  • Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas
  • University of Colorado Boulder Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado

Awards, commissions & fellowships

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  • 2017 Paradise AIR, Matsudo City, Chiba, Japan
  • 2016 Fragrance Research Fellow, Soley Organics, Reykjavík, Iceland
  • 2015 Fljótstunga Residency Grant, Iceland
  • 2011 Named Orange County’s Hot 25, OC Metro Magazine
  • 2011 Curatorial Grant, Let’s Get Lost: Polaroids form the Coast LAX Airport, Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles
  • 2008 Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  • 2008 Deutsche Bank Fellow Photography Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts
  • 1998 Listed in Who’s Who in American Art
  • 1996 Award of Excellence, Design Annual, Public Service, Communication Arts
  • 1995 Commission, California Towers Project, Riverside, CA
  • 1993 National Endowment for the Arts, Exhibitions Grant, Hillwood Museum, Long Island University, NY
  • 1992 Commission, Art for Rail Transit, METRO/BLUE LINE, LACTC, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1999 Lead Artist, Commission, Chandler Outdoor Gallery Project, 4/5ths of a mile of murals produced in the Chandler Corridor, 14 artists and a local middle school, North Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency, CA
  • 1991 Maryland State Arts Council, Fellowship, New Genres
  • 1990 Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Artist in Residence Grant
  • 1989–90 Commission, Mayor's Advisory Committee on Art and Culture, Baltimore, MD
  • 1988–89 Ford Foundation Fellowship
  • 1987 Listed in Outstanding Young Men of America
  • 1983 National Endowment for the Arts, Urban Studies Fellow
  • 1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Conceptual Art, Fellowship C.A.P.S., Multi-Media Fellowship
  • 1976 American Music Fellow, Salzburg Seminar, Austria
  • 1975 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Academy of American Poets Award

References

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  1. "UCI arts school names new dean". Daily Pilot (in American English). 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  2. Alan W. Moore, Artists' Collectives: Focus on New York, 1975-2000 in Collectivism After Modernism: The Art of Social Imagination after 1945, Blake Stimson & Gregory Sholette, (eds) University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2007, pp. 193–221
  3. Max Schumann (ed.) A Book about Colab (and Related Activities) Printed Matter, Inc, 2016: pp.9-11
  4. Morgan, Tiernan (10 May 2016). "Thirty Years On, Colab Members Assess Their Successes and Failures". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Press Release (October 15, 2009). "Joseph S. Lewis III named dean of Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UCI Today, University of California, Irvine". University of California, Irvine. Archived from the original on October 26, 2009.
  6. Joseph S. Lewis III named dean of Claire Trevor School of the Arts Archived 2013-08-22 at archive.today, UCI Today, University of California, Irvine.
  7. "New UCI arts dean 'inspired' by O.C." Orange County Register (in American English). 2010-10-29. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  8. "Sexual harassment: records show how University of California faculty target students". the Guardian (in English). 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  9. "At least 20 sexual misconduct cases against Univ. of Calif. faculty over a 3-year span". www.cbsnews.com (in American English). 9 March 2017. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  10. [1] Joseph S. Lewis III UCI
  11. "Joe Lewis | MoMA".

Read further

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  • Carlo McCormick, The Downtown Book: The New York Art Scene, 1974–1984, Princeton University Press, 2006.
  • Alan W. Moore and Marc Miller, eds. ABC No Rio Dinero: The Story of a Lower East Side Art Gallery New York: ABC No Rio with Collaborative Projects, 1985.
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  • [2] Joe Lewis Official Website
  • [3] Joe Lewis at James Fuentes