SABE LEWELLYN - us
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Art, Art History Minor, Memphis College
of Art New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and
Sculpture
EDGE professional program, Artist Trust
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 FOUND OUT, Ver(a)rt Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2011 SOUGHT AND FOUND, The In Arts Northwest, Seattle, Washington
2009 LaGuardia Galleries of Fine Art, New York City University, Long Island City, New York
2008 Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2006 SCAPEGOATS, Artist on Central, Memphis, Tennessee
Gem Gallery, Heber Springs, Arkansas
2005 Midtown Artist Market, Memphis, Tennessee
2001 FRAMES OF ART, Art Farm Gallery of Fine Art,
Memphis, Tennessee
FACTORY-ART gallery
TIME WILL COME
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Center on Contemporary
Art, Seattle, Washington. Juror Gary Hill
LIKE A ROLLING STONE, Center on Contemporary Art,
Seattle, Washington.
AUTUMN ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Bemis Center of Art,
Seattle, Washington.
RECONSTRUCTING TOMORROW, Ver(a)rt Gallery
with Northwest Folklife, Seattle, Washington.
STRANGE GLUE: COLLAGE AT 100, Thompson Gallery, The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, Mass.
NEW BLOOD, Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington
PARTICLES ON THE WALL, Washington Nuclear Museum, Seattle, Washington
INAUGURAL ARMSTRONG NATIONAL EXHIBITION,
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia
HORN ISLAND, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
2005 BURNING LOVE, Midtown Artist Market, Memphis,
Tennessee
SACRED ART, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
REMARKABLE WORKS, Opera Memphis, Memphis,
Tennessee
2004 Pyramid Arena, Memphis, Tennessee. Invitational,
Memphis Grizzlies
2003 A COLLABORATORY ART EXPERIENCE, Space
2B, Memphis, Tennesee
2002 PIECES OF EIGHT, Art Farm Gallery of Fine Art,
Memphis, Tennessee
2001 TAOS/ HORN ISLAND, Memphis College of Art,
Memphis, Tennessee
ARTICLE #2, Last Place on Earth. Memphis, Tennessee
2000 SPRING ANNUAL, Art Center, Memphis, Tennessee
MEMPHIS IN MAY EXHIBITION, Vertigo Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS, Art Farm, Memphis, Tennessee
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Union Planters Bank, Memphis, Tennessee
Art Center Art Supply, Memphis, Tennessee
LECTURES, DOCUMENTARIES AND INTERVIEWS
“EDGE 2012 Presentations” GGLO. Seattle, WA. August 3, 2012
“Like a Rolling Stone” Jay Purcell, Seattle, WA. October 26, 2012
“Checking on the Arts.” Kacky Walton. NPR. WKNO.
Memphis, TN. July 7, 2005
Carol Knowles, “Art for Our Times,” Number, Vol. 55, Winter, 2006
Kurt Shaw, “Spiritual Awakening,” Pittsburgh TribuneReview, July 3, 2005
AWARDS
Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington
Best of Show, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Artist in Residence, Second Annual Sidewalk Chalk Festival, Hot Springs, Arkansas
ARTIST STATEMENT
The work is an expression of the everyday including the
effects of time. Using the vocabulary of an artificial structure I am exploring the concepts of the day; it’s banality,
and waste.
Over the past year I created work, conducted performances, and endurance challenges that explore time.
In May I spent eight days in exile on Horn Island in the
Gulf of Mexico. I studied the longer-term effects of isolation, and lived in primitive camping conditions. During the
eight days, I gathered information on the perception of
time and the social aspects of time keeping. I wondered
the island day and night creating site-specific works, and
recording my observations. On my return I created two
exhibitions exploring these concepts. October 2012 I
went without sleep for almost 40 hours. During that time
24 hours, 17:00 day 1 to 17:00 the next day, was dedicated to a confined area where I constantly created artwork.
I am still exploring the concepts from this and the Horn
Island experiences.
My preoccupations during my career as an artist are with
questioning qualities focusing primarily on beauty and
time. Often my installations are a collection of recycled
and found objects that are collaged with cast acrylic
paint. Using these found objects I construct a composition inspired from my everyday experiences from walking
through the urban environment of Seattle as well as my
more extreme performances.
Typically my mediums consist of cast acrylic paint, recycled objects, electricity, tar, joint compound, chocolate,
and honey to invite the audience to explore the creation,
refinement and use of these materials by society.
Sabe Lewellyn
SABE LEWELLYN - us
title: contemplation on a day, 2012
a conceptual work resulting in a site specific edition.
make a grid 60 columns high and 60 rows wide./make
24 marks in each cell
tecnique: conceptual
size: various
FACTORY-ART gallery
TIME WILL COME
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