Louis St.Lewis
Born: 1961
Resides: Chapel Hill, NC
Education:
Woodberry Forrest, 1974-1978
Western Carolina University, program for gifted and talented students 1975-1978
Pfeiffer University, Southern Piedmont Educational Consortium 1979
Wingate University, 1979
Campbell University 1980
North Carolina School of the Arts 1980-81
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 1981
Selected Collections:
The Ackland Art Museum
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art
The New Orleans Museum of Art
The Morris Museum of Art
The Masur Museum of Art
The Danville Museum of Fine Art & History
Larry Wheeler, Director, North Carolina Museum of Art
Jan Katz, Associate Director, Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Andre Leon Talley, Editor-At-Large VOGUE
Danielle Steele
Thomas Kenan III
Prince Raed Ak Rifai of Kuwait
Margaret Rich & James Duke Seamans
Francine & Benson Pilloff
Allen G. Thomas Jr.
ARTSPLOSURE
The Opera Company of North Carolina
Equitable Life Insurance
Alcan Aluminum
Selected Exhibitions:
2011 Crooks Corner, Chapel Hill, NC
2011 Poets Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010 House of Lounge, New Orleans, LA
2010 Two Sisters, New Orleans, LA
2010 Toots & Magoo, Chapel Hill, NC
2009 City Art Gallery, Greenville, NC
2009 Canary Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2009 One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans LA
2008 ARTSPACE. Raleigh
2008 Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
2008 Tyndall Galleries, Chapel Hill, NC
2008 Fearington-Smith Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2007 Glance Gallery, Atlanta,
2006 Fearington-Smith Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2006 The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2005 First Place Award, Durham Art Guild, Judy Chicago, juror
2005 CBGB’s 315 Gallery, NYC
2004 Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2004 Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
2004 Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2003 Jernigan-Wicker Fine Arts, Paris, France
2002 Gallerie Alexine, Mougin, France
2001 Gallery C, Raleigh, NC
1999 San Francisco International Art Fair
1999 Toronto International Art Fair
1999 Jernigan-Wicker Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1998 The Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
1997 The America’s Collection, Coral Gables, FL
1996 Broadhurst Gallery, Pinehurst, NC
1994 Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
1993 Victor Huggins Gallery, Roanoke, VA
1992 The Alternative Museum, NYC
1992 Mariposa Gallery, Washington, DC
1991 Evelyn Bengston Gallery, Greenboro, NC
1989 Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
1988 Galerie la Maison de New York, NYC
1987 Judge Gallery, Washington, DC
1985 Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Duke University
1985 Southeast Center for Contemporary Art ( SECCA) Winston Salem, NC
1984 Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester, NY
Guest Juror,
2010 ARTSPLOSURE
2009 ARTSPLOSURE
2009 Emerging Artist Grants, Durham Arts Council
2008 Visual Art Exchange
Selected Publications:
2011 Anson Record, feature story
2011, Raleigh Downtowner, feature article
2010, Daily Tar Heel, Front page, Louis St.Lewis
2010, Greenville Daily Reflector, Front Page, Louis St.Lewis
2009, Skirt Magazine, Cover Story, Louis St.Lewis
2008 BEST IN THE TRIANGLE, Metro Magazine
2007, Pine Straw Magazine, feature
2005, Durham Morning Herald, Artist knows the business of art
2005 The Chapel Hill News, Life like a fable, feature Chapel Hill, NC
2005 The News & Observer, Critics Pic, feature Raleigh, NC January
2005 WTVD TV News, Raleigh, NC January, arts feature
2005 WRAL TV News, Raleigh, NC January, arts feature
2005 The News and Observer, What’s Up, art feature
2004 Skirt Magazine, Charlotte, NC, Cover Story
2004 Rift Magazine, Charlotte, NC, Cover Story
2004 HX Magazine, New York, NY, Homo Dish, arts feature
2004 The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, Artistic Paradox, review
2004 Martyrs and Vamps, feature, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA
2004 I Want my Reve D’Orleans, feature, New Orleans Magazine,
2003 Artsplosure poster boy blooms again, feature, The N&O
2002 Spirit of St.Lewis, cover story,The News and Observer, Raleigh,
2001 BEST BETS, Independent Magazine, Durham, NC
2000 St. Lewis’s New Work, Chapel Hill News,Chapel Hill, NC
2000 BEST OF THE TRIANGLE 2000, feature, Spectator/Independent
1999 In The Pink, Feature, Independent Magazine, Durham, NC
1998 BEST OF THE TRIANGLE , Spectator Magazine, Raleigh, NC
1998 Artist Re-examines Fame, The Post and Courier, Charleston SC,
1998 Artist Re-examines Fame, feature, New York Times on the web
1998 Talented St.Lewis, Review, Durham Morning Herald, Durham
1998 Louis St. Lewis, Cover Story, Spectator Magazine, Raleigh, NC
1997 BEST OF THE TRIANGLE 1997, Spectator Magazine Raleigh,
1997 Louis St.Lewis Works, feature, N&O, Raleigh,
1998 The Look of Louis St.Lewis, feature, News and Observer
1997 Queen for a Day, feature, Upwith Magazine, Charleston, SC
1997 Death& Flowers, Cover story, Current Magazine, Charleston SC
1996 Louis St. Lewis, Review, Chapel Hill News
1996 Mythology infuses works, Review, The Charlotte Observer,
1997 St. Lewis does it in the Garden, Feature, The Front Page
1997 Jokes at Everyone’s Expense’, editorial, Carolina Arts
1996 ARTPAPERSSt. Lewis, Sex in the Garden, Review
1996 Tending his Garden, Cover story, The Charlotte Observer
1994 Louis St. Lewis, Cover story, Spectator Magazine
1995 Art, Artist Triumphs, Review, Citizen News-Record, Pinehurst
1994 BEST IN THE TRIANGLE 1994, Spectator Magazine, Raleigh
1994 Artist uses Mythology, Cover, Danville Register and Bee
1994 Louis St. Lewis, Museum Catalogue, Danville Museum
1994 Welcome Intrusions, Review, News and Observer, Raleigh
1993 Cool on the Hill, Review, Spectator Magazine, Raleigh, NC
1992 Louis St. Lewis, Interview, V Magazine, Richmond, VA
1991 ARTPAPERS Louis St. Lewis, Review
1990 BEST BETS, Independent Weekly , Durham, NC
1988 Dead People are turned into Art, feature, THE SUN
1988 BEST IN THE TRIANGLE, Spectator Magazine
1987 Everything Old is New Again, review, News and Observer
1986 Bold Relief, review, Spectator Magazine, Raleigh, NC
1986 Twilight of tfhe Gods, review, Spectator Magazine, Raleigh
Photographed by Andy Warhol, sketched by Robert Indiana, and praised by Judy Chicago, no artist in the South generates as much controversy, conversation, critical dispute and enthusiasm as Louis St. Lewis. For the past twenty years the artist has bemused, bewildered and challenged his public with a myriad of artistic endeavors. His 1993 self-portrait in drag for Raleigh’s ARTSPLOSURE festival created a landslide of press coverage and the greatest sales of Artsplosure merchandise in its history. His exhibition featuring chandeliers made from human bones and paintings in blood was formally denounced by the Archbishop of Charleston in 1998, and resulted in the largest turnout ever for an exhibit at the Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston , including representatives from Ripley’s Believe it or Not, and the notorious Lady Chablis of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. In the 1980’s Andy Warhol stated that Louis’ art was “Heironymous Bosch meets MTV” Mr. St. Lewis has been hailed as a cunning pirate of art history, and his brilliant and colorful manipulations that have found their way into the collections of such notables as Christian LaCroix, Andre Leon Talley, HRH The Prince of Kuwait, and Danielle Steele. The artist has recently had exhibitions in Paris, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Mr. St. Lewis has also been attracting the attention of museum curators with two paintings being acquired for the permanent collection of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, a Smithsonian affiliate and the largest museum in the world dedicated to the promotion of Southern art as well as recent additions to the permanent collections of The New Orleans Museum of Art, the Masur Museum of Art and The Morris Museum of Art . The artist has been showcased at both the Toronto and San Francisco International Art Fairs and has been juried twice into the Florence International Contemporary Art Biennale. Through his artistic collaborations with Sean Yseult of White Zombie at CBGB’s gallery in NYC, the artist wowed new collectors such as Tatum O’Neal and Linda Blair. Louis St. Lewis has been named “ Best Artist in the Triangle” 8 times by Spectator Magazine and recently won honors in the book “The Best of Artists and Artisans in NC”. Internationally recognized artist Judy Chicago awarded Louis 1st place in the 51st annual DAG juried art competition where she stated that “ The artwork of Louis St. Lewis sets a very high standard for art in North Carolina” and that his current body of work were “ the strongest assemblages I have seen in a decade”. Perhaps noted art scholar Mark Sloan of The Halsey Gallery at the College of Charleston says it best. ” If talent was electrical current, Louis St.Lewis would be HIGH VOLTAGE” in addition to his artistic pursuits, Louis is the Artist-At-Large for Metro Magazine each month ( www.metronc.com)
