Biography

Laura Lewis is a queer visual artist originally from Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia) currently based in Treaty 1 Territory (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada). Her conceptual figurative painting practice explores philosophical questions concerning psychosexuality, the multiplicities of self, and nuances of the human condition. 

Lewis graduated in 2018 with a combined degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) and the School of Art, University of Manitoba BFA Honours program. She is the founder and facilitator of Critical Painting Perspectives, presented by Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA). She was featured in the 2023 Painting issue of Border Crossings Magazine (interview by Robert Enright). In 2024 her work was exhibited at various institutions across Canada including Modern Fuel, MAWA, aceartinc. and Gallery 1C03 at the University of Winnipeg with generous support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the Winnipeg Arts Council. She has participated in artist residencies in Civita Castellana, Italy (2017), the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity (2023), and has recently been accepted into the Residencies Unlimited (RU) program in Brooklyn, New York, Spring 2025.