Richard Lewer
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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]
Biography
Richard Lewer was born in 1970, in Hamilton, New Zealand. Lewer completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at Elam School of Fine Art in Auckland University between 1989-1992. He also holds a Master of Visual Arts, Victoria College of the Arts from the University of Melbourne, 2000.[4] Lewer is based in Melbourne and exhibits regularly in Australia and New Zealand.[5]
Awards and Prizes
Richard Drewer won the Wallace Art Award in 2008 for a painting from a series called Skill, Discipline, Training.[5] In 2014, Lewer was the 63rd recipient of The Blake Prize ($25,000) for his emotive new media work "Worse Luck I’m Still Here".[6][7][8][9]
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Symposiums & Residencies
In 2014 Lewer was an artist in residence with the Parnngurr Community (Martumili Artists), Western Desert, Western Australia.[10][11][12] In 2012-2013 Lewer was an artist in residence at the Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth.[13] In 2010, Lewer completed an artists residency with the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn, New York.[14]
References
- ^ a b "The Work of Richard Lewer". Australian Council for the Arts.
- ^ a b "Artist Interview: Richard Lewer".
- ^ "Richard Lewer". Art Guide.
- ^ "Biography". Richard Lewer.
- ^ a b "Richard Lewer: The game's the thing". New Zealand Herald. 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Richard Lewer Wins 2014 Blake Prize".
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-13/winner-2014-blake-prize2c-richard-lewer2c-27worse-luck-i27m/5965484.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "My favourite work: Richard Lewer's Worse Luck I'm Still Here at the Adelaide Biennial 2014 - video". the Guardian. 12 March 2014.
- ^ Watson, Maggie (8 July 2015). "Richard Lewer: Worse Luck I am Still Here". Right Now, Human Rights in Australia.
- ^ "RIchard Lewer: Parnngurr".
- ^ http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/richard-lewers-remote-portraits-on-show-in-fitzroy-20150210-13adan.html.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ http://theartlife.com.au/2015/parnngur/.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.fac.org.au/files_documents/Inside%20Running%20Catalogue.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ iscp - international studio & curatorial program. "richard lewer - iscp - international studio & curatorial program". iscp-nyc.org.