Joe Lewis (artist)

**Joe Lewis** (**Joseph S. Lewis III**; born 1953 insyd New York City) be a post-conceptual non-media specific American artist, musician, writer den art educator. Na Lewis be co-founding director of Fashion Moda insyd New York, wer he curate den mount chaw exhibitions den performance events. Na he sanso early on be associate plus Colab den ABC No Rio wey he appear insyd de 1983 seminal American hip hop film Wild Style.

Lewis receive ein bachelor’s insyd 1975 from Hamilton College, wey then ein M.F.A. insyd 1989 from Maryland Institute. He serve as a faculty member at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) from 1991 to 1995, wey then as chair of de Department of Art at California State University, Northridge from 1995 to 2001. Insyd 2001, he cam turn de Dean of de School of Art & Design for de Fashion Institute of Technology insyd New York City. Insyd 2004, na dem appoint Dean of de School of Art & Design insyd de New York State College of Ceramics for Alfred University insyd New York State. He cam turn de Dean of Claire Trevor School of the Arts for de University of California, Irvine insyd 2010 til he resign. He dey remain for de faculty of UCI. 

Currently, he be presido of de Noah Purifoy Foundation wey dey locate insyd Joshua Tree, California wey he dey for de Board of Directors for Project Hope Alliance (wey ein mission be make dem end homelessness) den California Lawyers for the Arts. Na Lewis be active insyd de National Association of Schools of Art and Design, de College Art Association, Bronx Museum of the Arts wey na he wrep art criticism for Art in America, Contemporânea, LA Weekly den Artforum.

## Collections

* Museum of Modern Art, New York
* Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem New York
* Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Cincinnati
* Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
* Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas
* University of Colorado Boulder Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado

## Awards, commissions & fellowships

* 2017 Paradise AIR, Matsudo City, Chiba, Japan
* 2016 Fragrance Research Fellow, Soley Organics, Reykjavík, Iceland
* 2015 Fljótstunga Residency Grant, Iceland
* 2011 Named *Orange County’s Hot 25*, OC Metro Magazine
* 2011 Curatorial Grant, *Let’s Get Lost: Polaroids form the Coast* LAX Airport, Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles
* 2008 Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
* 2008 Deutsche Bank Fellow Photography Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts
* 1998 Listed in Who’s Who in American Art
* 1996 Award of Excellence, Design Annual, Public Service, Communication Arts
* 1995 Commission, California Towers Project, Riverside, CA
* 1993 National Endowment for the Arts, Exhibitions Grant, Hillwood Museum, Long Island University, NY
* 1992 Commission, Art for Rail Transit, METRO/BLUE LINE, LACTC, Los Angeles, CA
* 1999 Lead Artist, Commission, Chandler Outdoor Gallery Project, 4/5ths of a mile of murals produced in the Chandler Corridor, 14 artists and a local middle school, North Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency, CA
* 1991 Maryland State Arts Council, Fellowship, New Genres
* 1990 Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Artist in Residence Grant
* 1989–90 Commission, Mayor's Advisory Committee on Art and Culture, Baltimore, MD
* 1988–89 Ford Foundation Fellowship
* 1987 Listed in *Outstanding Young Men of America*
* 1983 National Endowment for the Arts, Urban Studies Fellow
* 1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Conceptual Art, Fellowship C.A.P.S., Multi-Media Fellowship
* 1976 American Music Fellow, Salzburg Seminar, Austria
* 1975 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Academy of American Poets Award

## References


## Read further

* Carlo McCormick, *The Downtown Book: The New York Art Scene, 1974–1984*, Princeton University Press, 2006.
* Alan W. Moore and Marc Miller, eds. *ABC No Rio Dinero: The Story of a Lower East Side Art Gallery* New York: ABC No Rio with Collaborative Projects, 1985.

## External links

* http://joelewisartist.com Joe Lewis Official Website
* https://jamesfuentes.online/media/pages/underground-railroad-2019/f7643748c3-1634260741/jl-final-resume-fuentes-gallery.pdf Joe Lewis at James Fuentes