Rick Lewis
www.ricklewisnyc.com- Painting
Rick Lewis is primarily an abstract painter. He also includes ceramics, sculpture and photography in his studio practice.
Rick Lewis grew up on the Texas Gulf Coast. He has lived and maintained a studio in Brooklyn since 1992. His influences include Alberto Burri, Texan visionary painter Forrest Bess, Joan Miro, Paul Klee, Antoni Tapies, Eastern calligraphy, and Eastern philosophy. Rick is a recipient of the Carol Cook Memorial Foundation Arts Award for excellence in painting and several Artist in Residency awards including, The Millay Colony Residency in Austerlitz, NY and The Bali Purnati Center for the Arts in Bali, Indonesia. He has been twice awarded residencies to The Edward F. Albee Foundation in Montauk, NY. His work has been exhibited at Steven Amedee Gallery, Albright-Knox Museum, and Kouros Gallery in New York, Isabella Garrucho Fine Art in Greenwich, Connecticut, Mount Airy Contemporary in Philadelphia, McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC), Kristy Stubbs Gallery, and Hooks-Epstein Galleries in Texas, Sin Sin Fine Art in Hong Kong, and ART CENTRAL Hong Kong. Rick Lewis’ work is held in public and private collections throughout the world.
