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My favourite work richard lewer s worse luck i m still here at the adelaide biennial 2014
Richard Lewer is a Melbourne-based visual artist who works with video and animation, painting, drawing and performance. Lewer has been labelled as a contemporary social realist largely driven by a desire to explain patterns and connections within crime, sport and religion.
Contents
- My favourite work richard lewer s worse luck i m still here at the adelaide biennial 2014
- Richard lewer at hugo michell gallery 9jun11
- Biography
- Awards and prizes
- Symposiums and residencies
- References
Richard lewer at hugo michell gallery 9jun11
Biography
Richard Lewer was born in 1970, in Hamilton, New Zealand. 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, Victoria College of the Arts from the University of Melbourne, 2000. Lewer is based in Melbourne and exhibits regularly in Australia and New Zealand.
Awards and prizes
Richard Drewer won the Wallace Art Award in 2008 for a painting from a series called Skill, Discipline, Training. In 2014, Lewer was the 63rd recipient of the Blake Prize for Religious Art for his emotive new media work "Worse Luck I’m Still Here". He was an Archibald Prize finalist in 2017.
Symposiums and residencies
In 2014 Lewer was an artist in residence with the Parnngurr Community (Martumili Artists), Western Desert, Western Australia. In 2012-2013 Lewer was an artist in residence at the Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth. In 2010, Lewer completed an artists residency with the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn, New York.
