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Professor Peter Wayne Lewis

*1953  in Kingstion/Jamaica

Biographie

  • 1962 Emigrated from Jamaica to Panama, Lived in Canal Zone, Moved to Sacramento, California (CA)
  • 1979 Vice-President, San Jose Art Center, San Jose, CA
  • 1983  Naturalised Citizen - United States of America
  • 1995 Professor of Painting at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1998 Invited to teach a graduate painting class at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
  • 1999 Who”?s Who In American Art, 1999 to present
  • 2002 Thesis Project – Donna Jackson – Howard University, Washington, DC

    Seine Bilder im Kunstpavillon ...

    Professor Peter Wayne Lewis ( geb. in Kingston, Jamaica, amerikanischer Staatsbürger) betitelte sein Werk (360 x 400 cm / Acryl auf Leinen)  als „Booster Nr. 6“.

    Dieses überdimensionale Bild beinhaltet "Licht" und "Schatten". Die beiden Bilder sind zusammengefügt, weil Schatten und sein schattenwerfendes Objekt auch zusammen gehören.

    Mit diesem Bild will er Interesse und Neugier wecken, um in einer Zeit, in der die Sensorik des  Betrachters derart durch gegenständliche Strukturen überfrachtet ist, die Skala der Visionen durch Ausdehnung und Vermehrung der Farb- und Malmaterialien zu erweitern.

    Dieses Gemälde beschäftigt sich mit Ordnung aber auch mit Chaos, Schwerkraft, Geschwindigkeit, Zeit und Licht – Grundbestandteile einer flüchtigen Welt, in der wir leben. Es ist aber auch eine Antwort auf die spezielle bayerische Landschaft und seiner leidenschaftlichen Bewohner.

    Kompette Biography (englisch)

    PETER WAYNE LEWIS - BIOGRAPHY

    Professor of Painting Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Maformer Chairman FA2D.  Was born in Kingston, Jamaica West Indies and immigrated to the USA in 1962 and made his home in Sacramento, California. He became a US Naturalized Citizen in 1983 and received his Masters of Arts Degree in painting in 1979 from San Jose State University California.

    He currently resides in South Orange, New Jersey, Boston, Massachusetts, and Beijing, China.

    EXHIBITIONS:

    Seeing Jazz at the Smithsonian Museum Washington DC;
    Art Document at Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art Sapporo, Japan;
    Otaru Municipal Art Museum Otaru, Japan;
    America Haus, Stuttgart Germany;
    Museum of Modern Art, Dominican Republic;
    Miami Art Museum;
    New Orleans Museum of Art; Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum, Muira Museum Matsuyama, Japan;
    Joslyn Museum; National Gallery of Art Kingston, Jamaica;
    Yassine Art Center Dakar Senegal; Triton Museum of Art Santa Clara California;
    San Jose Museum of Art San Jose, Ca.; Monterey Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,Rosenberg+Kaufman Fine Art New York City, New York;
    Frederick Spratt Gallery San Jose, California;
    Stella Jones Gallery New Orleans, La.; Bogena Gallery San Paul Du Vence , France; Promo-Arte Gallery Tokyo, Japan;
    Jay Jay Gallery Sacramento, California.
    Beijing Booster Paintings at NY Arts Gallery Beijing, China,
    Golf Club Gallery Furth im Wald Germany,
    Rhythmic Brushwork at Danforth Museum, Boston Massachusetts;
    15th  Anniversary Show at Parish Gallery Washington D.C. ;
    New Possessions at Art Museum of the Americas Washington D.C. ,
    American Painting Group Exhibition at 3+3 Gallery Beijing, China,
    Biennial of Art National Gallery of Jamaica,
    LICHT UND SCHATTEN, exhibition Project thru 2055 Stachesried, Germany,
    Galleria on Third Beijing, China
    35th Anniversary Diplomatic Relations Jamaica and The Peoples Republic
    of China, Jayjay Gallery & 40 Acres Gallery Sacramento, California ,
    Städtische Galerie im Cordonhaus Cham, Germany,
    Sunshine International Museum, Annual Exhibition 08, Beijing, China,
    OLYMPIC FINE ART 2008 Beijing, China.
    Skoto Gallery Paintings from Middle Earth 4, New York, NY, Stronger than fear is Hope at Schmalfuss Berlin Contemporary Fine Art, PROMO-ARTE, Tokyo,
    Japan; PAINTINGS FROM MIDDLE EARTH PART 3;
    Matthias Kuper Galleries, Stuttgart|Beijing, Beijing, China;
    PAINTINGS FROM MIDDLE EARTH PART 2; JayJay, Sacramento, California;
    PAINTINGS FROM MIDDLE EARTH PART 1; Green T- House Galleries, Beijing, China;
    Peter Wayne Lewis: Beijing Homage Booster Scrolls; Pickled Art, Unit # 1, Beijing, China;
    GREETINGS FROM KINGSTON/NEW YORK-Paintings; PROMO-ARTE, Tokyo, Japan; Peter Wayne Lewis Paintings;
    The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China,
    2012 Beijing International Art Biennale; Inside Out Art Museum Beijing, China,
    Inaugural Opening Exhibition of International Artists; GLOBALETICS-ART FOR CHANGE Multitudes Contemporary Art Center Miami,
    FL; ARTAFRICA-ART MIAMI Miami, Florida;
    JayJay, Sacramento, California;
    FROM THE BACK ROOM; Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts; SELECTIONS 11; Norman Parish Gallery, Washington, DC;
    20th Anniversary Show; Chung Shan National Gallery: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei;
    2011 INTERNATIONAL PAPER ART EXHIBITION; Museum of Contemporary Art of Cusco, Peru; Dialogus: Mixing Culture Thru Art.

    OTHER LOCATIONS:

    Palacio Municipal-Plaza Cusipata,
    Cusco and Sala de Cultura Scotiabank ,
    Palacio del Inka Tupac Yupanqui Cusco and Cultural Center of Inca Garcilaso of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lima. ;
    OasisGallery-Beijing;
    2 AMERICAN MASTERS+ONE, STUART DIAMOND+KOFI KAYIGA+PETER WAYNE LEWIS;
    Multitudes Contemporary Art Center TeleAmerica, Miami, FL; Caribbean Canvas: Identity in an era of Globalization.
    Jiujiang Art Museum, Jinjiang, China, 2016 EXHIBITION OF INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIONAL & ABSTRACT ART
    Promo-Arte, Tokyo, Japan; The 14th Latin American & Caribbean Contemporary Art
    Swerdlow Art Group, Miami, FL; INTERSECTIONS: TRANS-CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS
    International Art Center, Shandong, China; LINYI INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION
    Dali Contemporary Art Center, Gucheng, Dali, China; DRAW MAPPING MADNESS
    Promo-Arte, Tokyo, Japan; AFRO CARIBBEAN ART EXHIBITION
    Inside Out Art Museum, Beijing, China; MAPPING MADNESS
    The Gallery of Fine Arts Academy of Hunan Normal University, Hunan China
    China International Art Fair, Hunan China
    Beijing Ninth Floor Museum, Beijing, China; MICRO-ART EXPOSITION
    Promo-Arte, Tokyo, Japan; CARIBBEAN CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION
    Contemporary Arts Center, Ningbo City ,Zhejiang Province, China; INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIONAL & ABSTRACT ART
    Promo-Arte, Tokyo, Japan; ALL LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS´ WORKS INTRODUCED BY PROMO-ARTE
    Promo-Arte, Tokyo, Japan; LATIN AMERICAN ART TODAY
    Skoto Gallery, New YORK, NY, BLACK & GRAY A GROUP SHOW OF GALLERY ARTIST
    Schmalfuss Berlin Contemporary Fine Art , Berlin, Germany; STRONGER THAN FEAR IS HOPE
    Multitudes Gallery, Miami, FL; ART BASEL / MIAMI BEACH: PETER WAYNE LEWIS: BOOSTER PAINTINGS
    Matthias Kuper Galleries Stuttgart / Beijing, China; <4-3-2-1> PETER WAYNE LEWIS, TOMAS VU DANIEL, FRED LIANG and BODO KORSIG

    LECTURES:

    UCCA-ULLENS CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART Bejing, China BOOSTER PAINTINGS with Philip Tinari Director, Professor Ding Ning Peking University,
    NYU Black Rennaisance Noir magazine launch with Quincy Troupe, American Center Beijing, China, American Center Sapporo, Japan, University of California Berkley, Syracuse University, San Francisco Art Institute, San Jose State University,
    Drew University, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Pratt Institute, Massachusetts College of Art and Design.


    CURATORIAL PROJECTS

    Ramona Gallery New York Boston High Tea #1,
    Two Lines Gallery 798- Beijing, China,
    Renee Cox-Queen Nanny of the Maroons; In conjunction with the Embassy of Jamaica;
    Han Chang Liang –Perfume Painting,
    Boston High Tea #2 Master Print+ In conjunction with Massachusetts College of Art Foundation;
    Marathon-Yi Ling Laurens Tan Li Xiao Feng,
    Sunshine International Museum
    Annual Exhibition 2008 International Galleries Songzhuang/ Beijing, China.
    Oasis Gallery 318 International Art Compound Beijing, China: Li Gang, Laurens Tan, Li Xiao Feng, Renee Cox, Kofi Kayiga, Dr. Lorenzo Pace, Francesco Mastalia, Stuart Diamond, Han Chang Liang, Roland Fisher, New York Art Gallery-Beijing,
    Cn.Group Show,
    35th Year Jamaica/China International relationship at Hilton Galleries Beijing, CN, Laurens Tan+Peter Lewis at Oasis Gallery Beijing, Cn,
    Olympic Fine Art Exhibiiton at Tia MaoTemple in Forbidden City, Beijing,
    China-Kofi Kayiga; Bryan Mc Farlane; Courtenay Hogarth,
    Peter Lewis, Fever a Group Show at Oasis Gallery to Honor his Excellency Ambassador Courtenay Rattray of Jamaica , Beijing, China,
    Gang of 4 at Oasis Gallery Beijing, CN-Li Gang, Kofi Kayiga, Stuart Diamond + Peter Lewis, Lilly Morris-Beijing Lily Pad Paintings at Unit 1 Gallery 798 Beijing, CN,
    Big bash at Oasis a group show, Roland Fisher, Li Xiaofeng, Wei Baogang, Jinr
    Zhang Beijing, China,
    Miika Benedetti Coma at Unit 1 798 Beijing, CN., Li Gang Photographs at Oasis Gallery Beijing, CN,
    Boston vs Beijing Lavaughn Jenkins + Gao Ping at Unit 1 798 Beijing, CN,
    Jeanne Aurel Schneider Paintings at 80 Oasis Gallery Beijing, CN,
    Invited Summer artists: We Baogang+Wu Zhenhuan+Gao Ping at Matthias Kuper Galleries Stuttgart/Beijing, 4321 Tomas
    Vu Daniel, Fred liang, Bodo Korsig, Peter Wayne Lewis at Matthias KuperGalleries Stuttgart/Beijing,
    Inside Out Art Museum Beijing Cn, Opening Exhibition of International Artists- Bodo Korsig, Bard Breivik, Saint Clair Cemin, Li Xiaofeng 2012 Beijing Biennial at National Art Museum of China Beijing, China.

     

    Previous Teaching:

    University of California Berkeley, San Francisco Art Institute,
    Syracuse University, Jose State University, Pratt Institute New York.

    Gallery Affiliations:

    Stephen Rosenberg Fine Art New York, Promo-Arte Tokyo,
    Japan, Skoto Gallery New YORK, Japan, JAYJAY- Fine Art Sacramento, California.
    Matthias Kuper Galleries Stuttgart, Germany, Schmalfuss Berlin Contemporary
    Fine Art, Berlin Germany

    Massachusetts College of Art and Design
    Peter Lewis-Professor FA2D
    621 Huntington Avenue
    Boston, Massachusetts 02115
    Office: 617-8797517
    www.massart.edu
    www.peterwaynelewis.com
    sakewar236@gmail.com