| Rick Lewis
“Deluge” |
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| Charity Auction Preview : February 14 –23, 2008
Venue: Sin Sin Annex, 53, Sai Street, Central (香港中環西街53號) Artist Talk : February 23, 2008, 3-5pm, Saturday With the kind support from Rick Lewis and SinSin, a charity silent auction will be held during the preview period, for a selected art piece, with 100% of its auctioned amount to be donated to Chi Heng Foundation. In addition, 20% of proceeds from works sold before/on February 27th will also be donated to CHF. Presentation will be held at the opening reception on the Feb 27, at the Sin Sin Gallery, with the presence of the artist Rick Lewis and Founder of Chi Heng Foundation Mr Chung To. Silent Charity Auction closing time: 23rd Feb 2008, sat 6pm. Exhibition Duration: February 27 – March 20, 2008 Exhibition Opening Reception: February 27, 2008, 6–9pm, Artist present
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Sin Sin Fine Art is pleased to present “Deluge“, a solo exhibition of new works by American artist Rick Lewis. This particular body of mixed media on canvas relates to actual events, stories, legends, and mythologies centered around Great Floods both current and historic in the artist’s own culture and many others.
Texas born painter Rick Lewis grew up in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal region in Texas. He now lives and works in New York, New York. His influences range from Joan Miro, Antoni Tapies, Paul Klee, Alberto Burri, Texan visionary painter Forrest Bess and Far Eastern calligraphy. He has exhibited in Texas, New York, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. His work belongs to numerous public and private collections throughout the world, and has appeared in international periodicals and publications. “All cultures have their own legends and mythologies of Great Floods both real and imagined. Primitive man in Egypt regulated their entire lives entirely by the cycle of the Nile’s stages. The Chinese tell of the heroic Da Yu and how he, with the help of 20,000 workers and dogged perseverance over 13 years, saved China from the Great Flood. The Hopi believe that Spider Woman helped them enter the current Fourth World by cutting giant reeds and floating their people atop raging waters toward safety on a mystical island. The Hindu have their own story of Manu, who by befriending one tiny fish, was saved from certain death and survived with “a few seeds of life” to repopulate the earth. I have always loved these stories and felt that they resonate with this body of work.” What myths and legends may arise from the floods that we as a people have endured personally, socially, and economically in our recent history? Terrible waters wreak havoc on the Earth, but new life begins again out of the detritus and destruction. There is beauty in that.” — Rick Lewis |
For further information about the exhibition, please contact:
Chun Poon at [email protected]
Sin Sin Fine Art
G/F, No. 1 Prince’s Terrace, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2858 5072
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sinsin.com.hk
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Rick Lewis’ Works
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Three Things |
Taysha |
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Cre |
Moriches |
Rick Lewis Biography
Born Lumberton, Texas, USA, 1965
Education and Background
1992 M.F.A., Painting and Drawing, University of North Texas Denton, Texas, USA
1988 B.S., Graphic Design, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 “Deluge”, Sin Sin Fine Art Ltd., Mid Levels, Hong Kong
2007 “Rick Lewis – New Paintings (Swehla)”, Steven Amadee Fine Art, New York, USA
2006 “Rick Lewis – Works on Paper”, Steven Amadee Fine Art, New York, USA
“Jalan”, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2005 Steven Amadee Fine Art, New York, USA
2004 Steven Amadee Fine Art, New York, USA
2003 Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
2001 Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
1997 Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
1995 Kristy Stubbs Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
1992 Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, Texas, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 “40 Plus, 40 Minus”, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2006 “Art Saturdays”, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
“Prints – Limited Editions and Monotypes”, Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2004 “Portrayal of Place,” Re:place Gallery, New York, USA
2003 “Miniatures”, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
2002 “Group Show”, Galerie-Martini, Central, Hong Kong
2001 “The Box”, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
2000 “Bump in the Night”, Mary Delahoyd Gallery, New York, USA
“New York Collects”, Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York, USA
1999 “Six at Kouros”, Kouros Gallery, New York, New York, USA
1998 “The Figure and the Chair”, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
1997 “Classically Inspired”, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
1996 “Art As Symbol”, Millennium Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
1995 McKinney Avenue Museum of Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas, USA
Kristy Stubbs Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
1992 “The Voertman Show”, University Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
1991 “E-ART-H” Group Exhibit, Environmental Sculpture, Oak Street Gallery, Denton, Texas, USA
“Recent Works”, Dishman Art Gallery, Beaumont, Texas, USA
“The Voertman Show”, University Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
“Brookhaven Painting Invitational”, Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas, USA
“Exhibit of Three Painters”, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
Awards
2003 Edward F. Albee Foundation, Artist in Residency, Montauk, New York, USA
2002 Purnati Center for the Arts, Artist in Residency, Bali, Indonesia
2000 Edward F. Albee Foundation, Artist in Residency, Montauk, New York, USA
Public Collections
Edward F. Albee Foundation, New York, USA
Bali Purnati Center for the Arts, Bali, Indonesia
Sin Sin Fine Art Limited, Sin Sin, Inc., Central, Hong Kong
Brown & O’Toole, New York, USA
Coffee America, Inc., New York, New York
Deloitte & Touche, Dallas, Texas
Plus One Holdings, Inc., New York, New York
United Airlines, Washington Dulles International Airport, USA
University Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
Dishman Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA
Interfirst Tower, Interfirst Bank, Inc., Beaumont, Texas
