Richard Lewer
{{Short description|Australian painter}}
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Richard Lewer is a Melbourne-based visual artist who works with video and animation, painting, drawing and performance.{{cite web|title=The Work of Richard Lewer|url=http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/arts-in-daily-life/artist-stories/the-work-of-richard-lewer/|website=Australian Council for the Arts}}{{cite web|title=Artist Interview: Richard Lewer|url=http://www.artcollector.net.au/ArtistInterviewRichardLewer|publisher=Artcollector.net.au|accessdate=2015-11-03}} Lewer has been labelled as a contemporary social realist largely driven by a desire to explain patterns and connections within crime, sport and religion.{{cite web|title=Richard Lewer|url=http://artguide.com.au/articles-page/show/richard-lewer/|website=Art Guide|accessdate=2015-11-03}}
Early life and education
Lewer completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at Elam School of Fine Arts at Auckland University from 1989 to 1992. He also holds a Master of Visual Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, from the University of Melbourne, 2000.{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://richardlewer.com/biography/|website=Richard Lewer|publisher=Richardlewer.com|accessdate=2015-11-03}}
Art practice
Lewer is based in Melbourne and exhibits regularly in Australia and New Zealand.[http://richardlewer.com/contact/ Richard Lewer - Contact. {Suite}, Wellington, New Zealand. Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, Australia. Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, Australia.] Retrieved 2018-05-24[http://suite.co.nz/artists/richard-lewer/ View examples of Richard Lewer's work.] {Suite}, Wellington. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
Awards and prizes
Lewer won the Wallace Art Award in 2008 for a painting from a series called Skill, Discipline, Training.{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11424640|title=Richard Lewer: The game's the thing|date=28 March 2015|publisher=New Zealand Herald|accessdate=2015-11-03}}
In 2014, he was the 63rd recipient of the Blake Prize for Religious Art for his media work Worse Luck I’m Still Here.{{cite web|title=Richard Lewer Wins 2014 Blake Prize|url=http://www.blakeprize.com/news/richard-lewer-wins-2014-blake-prize|publisher=Blakeprize.com|accessdate=2015-11-03}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-13/winner-2014-blake-prize2c-richard-lewer2c-27worse-luck-i27m/5965484 |title=Winner of the 2014 Blake Prize, Richard Lewer, for 'Worse Luck I'm Still Here' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2014-12-13 |accessdate=2015-11-03}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/australia-culture-blog/video/2014/mar/12/my-favourite-work-worst-luck-im-still-here|title=My favourite work: Richard Lewer's Worse Luck I'm Still Here at the Adelaide Biennial 2014 - video|date=12 March 2014|work=the Guardian|accessdate=2015-11-03}}{{cite web|url=http://rightnow.org.au/artwork/richard-lewer-worse-luck-i-am-still-here/|title=Richard Lewer: Worse Luck I am Still Here|first=Maggie |last=Watson|date=8 July 2015|website=Right Now, Human Rights in Australia|accessdate=2015-11-03}}
Lewer was the winner of the Basil Sellers Art Prize in 2016, with his submission of a series of oil paintings titled 'The Theatre of Sports'.[http://www.sellersartprize.com.au/artists-and-exhibition/2016/award-winner/ Basil Sellers Art Prize 2016] 2016 Award winner. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
He was an Archibald Prize finalist in 2017,[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2017/29838/ 2017 Finalist], Archibald Prize 2021{{Cite news|date=2021-05-27|title=Archibald prize 2021: Grace Tame, Ben Quilty, Eryn Jean Norvill and more – in pictures|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/may/27/archibald-prize-2021-grace-tame-ben-quilty-eryn-jean-norvill-and-more-in-pictures|access-date=2021-05-27|issn=0261-3077}} and 2022.{{Cite web |title=Archibald Prize Archibald 2022 work: Liz Laverty by Richard Lewer |url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2022/30434/ |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Art Gallery of New South Wales |language=en}}
==Symposia and residencies==
In 2010, he completed an artist's residency with the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn, New York.{{cite web|url=http://www.iscp-nyc.org/artists/alumni-profiles/2010/richard-lewer.html|title=Richard Lewer - ISCP - International Studio & Curatorial Program|publisher=Iscp-nyc.org|accessdate=2015-11-03}}
From 2012 to 2013 he was artist in residence at the Fremantle Arts Centre in Perth.{{cite web |url=http://www.fac.org.au/files_documents/Inside%20Running%20Catalogue.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.fac.org.au |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331233620/http://www.fac.org.au/files_documents/Inside%20Running%20Catalogue.pdf |archive-date=31 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}
In 2014 Lewer was artist in residence with the Parnngurr Community (Martumili artists), Western desert, Western Australia.{{cite web|title=Richard Lewer: Parnngurr|url=http://www.artcollector.net.au/RichardLewerParnngurr|publisher=Artcollector.net.au|accessdate=2015-11-03}}{{cite web|author=Dylan Rainforth |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/richard-lewers-remote-portraits-on-show-in-fitzroy-20150210-13adan.html |title=Richard Lewer's remote portraits on show in Fitzroy |publisher=Smh.com.au |date=2015-02-10 |accessdate=2015-11-03}}{{cite web|url=http://theartlife.com.au/2015/parnngur/ |title=Parnngurr |publisher=The Art Life |date=2015-03-23 |accessdate=2015-11-03}}
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