Curriculum Vitae

b. 1992, Halifax, NS, Canada

Education

2018 BFA (Hons.) University of Manitoba/ NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, CA

Selected Exhibitions

2024 The In-Between, Solo Exhibition, Gallery 1C03 curated by Jennifer Gibson, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg MB, CA
2024 Reverberations, MAWA FMP 40th anniversary group exhibition curated by Abigail Auld & Jenny Western, MAWA, Winnipeg MB, CA
2024 The In-Between, Solo Exhibition, Modern Fuel curated by Maddi Andrews, Kingston ON, CA
2024 States of Self, Group exhibition, aceartinc., Winnipeg, MB, CA
2022 We, Myself, and Us, Group Exhibition, Killarney Heritage House for the Arts, Killarney, MB, CA
2021 Queer We Go Again, Group Exhibition, The Edge Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, CA
2021 We, Myself, and Us, MAWA FMP 2019/2020 Group Exhibition, MAWA, Winnipeg, MB, CA
2020 QUEERantine, Group Exhibition, The Edge Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, CA

Scholarships, Awards & Grants

2024 Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization
2024 Winnipeg Arts Council, Individual Artist
2024 Manitoba Arts Council, Travel
2024 Manitoba Arts Council, Create
2023 Manitoba Arts Council, Create
2023 Manitoba Arts Council, Create
2022 Winnipeg Arts Council, Individual Artist
2022 Manitoba Arts Council, Adapt
2021 Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create
2021 Manitoba Arts Council, Create
2021 MAWA Make & Grow
2019 Prisma International Art Prize (Finalist)
2017 Takao Tanabe Scholarship in Painting

Selected Publications & Press

2024 Winnipeg Free Press, Larger Than Life: Portraits of queer artists command attention (front page, Arts & Culture), by Jen Zoratti
2024 Artalogue Podcast: Queering the Figure with Laura Lewis (Interview by Madison Beale)
2024 The Uniter, Life in The In-Between, Featured for solo exhibition at Gallery 1C03
2023 Border Crossings Magazine: Safe Space, (Interview with Robert Enright) Painting Issue
2020 Reverie Review Magazine, Volume II
2020 Rêves Magazine, Featured Artist: A Day in The Life of a Creative

Residencies & Mentorships

2025 Forthcoming: Residencies Unlimited (RU), Visual Arts Residency, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2023 Residency, Rewilding The Body Eclectic, Visual Arts Thematic Residency, Banff Centre for The Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB, CA
2023 – 2024 Mentor, inPath: N'we Jinan Art Works Mentorship Program, Montréal, QC, CA
2020 – 2021 Creative Manitoba Youth Mentorship Program (Karen Asher, Mentor) Winnipeg, MB, CA
2019 – 2020 MAWA Foundation Mentorship Program (Lisa Wood, Mentor) Winnipeg, MB, CA
2018 Residency, Elders Honorary Portrait Research Residency: Fox Lake Cree Nation, Gillam, MB, CA
2017 Residency, Master Class (JSS Painting Residency): Civita Castellana, ITA

Community Teaching

2020 – 2025 Founder & Facilitator, Critical Painting Perspectives, MAWA, Winnipeg, MB, CA
2020 – 2023 Art Instructor: Figurative Painting, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, CA
2022 Art Instructor: Figurative Watercolour, Arts West, Wassagaming, MB, CA
2021 – 2022 Art Instructor: Figurative Painting, Rainbow Resource Centre, Winnipeg, MB, CA

For full CV/ inquiries, please email lalauralewis@gmail.com