Artist Name: Laura Lewis
Residency Dates: April – June 2025
Born: 1992
Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lives & Works: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
URL: lauralewis.ca | Instagram@lalauralewis
Education:
2018 – BFA (Hons.) in Painting, School of Art, University of Manitoba
Bio/Statement:
Laura Lewis is a queer visual artist originally from Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia) currently based in Treaty 1 Territory (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada). Her conceptual figurative painting practice explores questions concerning psychosexuality, the multiplicities of self, and nuances of the human condition. Laura investigates flesh through paint. She researches themes of psychosomatic conflict, vulnerability, systems of collective consciousness, the multiplicities of self, and the nuances of the human condition.
Lewis is the founder and facilitator of Critical Painting Perspectives, presented by MAWA. She was featured in the 2023 Painting issue of Border Crossings Magazine and has participated in artist residencies JSS residency in Civita Castellana, Italy (2017), and the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity (2023). In 2024 her work was exhibited at several institutions across Canada including Modern Fuel, MAWA, aceartinc. and Gallery 1C03 with generous support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the Winnipeg Arts Council.
Support: Laura Lewis’ residency is made possible with support from Canada Council for The Arts
