Paintings and Works on Paper

2009-05-27T12:11:00.000-07:00

Hey Light (you can make me smile again)
2009
48"x30"
Oil on Canvas

Methods of Reasoning (hide & seek)
2009
40"x36"
Oil on Canvas

Invisible Cities
2008
72"x48"
Oil on Canvas
(in the collection of Peter Lampke)

"The Blessed Isles"
2008
48" diameter
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

"Into the White-Stephen Vincent Kobasa"
2008
24"x18"
Oil on Canvas

Second Life, 2008, Oil on Canvas, 18"x14"
(in the collection of Fred Dalkey)

"Till We Find the Blessed Isles Where Our Friends Are Dwelling"
2008
72"x120"
Acrylic on Canvas

"Mockingbird", 2008
48"x60"
Acrylic on Canvas

"Song of the South"(same old song and dance),30"x28", acrylic on canvas panel, 2006
Logo on back of "Song of the South"

"Bird of Song", ink on drafting film, 11"x8.5", 2006 (in the Collection of Samuel Peterson)

Blue Shooters, acrylic on canvas panel, 18"x12", 2006 (in the Collection of Samuel Peterson)

Logo on back of "Blue Shooters"

work on paper, 18"x12", 2006

"My Fair Lady", 2006, 30"x26", Acrylic on Canvas

"Comedy of Eras", 2005, 108"x156", Acrylic on Canvas Panels (5)

"Drawing Last", 2005, 24"x32", Acrylic on Canvas Panel

"Fragments of a Future", 2004, 48"x60", Oil on Canvas

"Aqualung", 2004, 96"x72", Oil on Canvas

"Under My Thumb (History of the World Part 1)", 2005, 60"x108", Oil and Acrylic on 2 Canvas Panels (in the Collection of Andrew J. Daniels)

"I Fought the Law" , 2004, 72"x60", Oil on Canvas

"The Painted Bird", 2004, 86"x72", Resin, Wax, Acrylic, and Oil on Canvas Panel
(in the collection of Gary Grey)

Installations

2008-10-22T18:25:00.000-07:00

Marlow, installation at Seton Art Gallery, 2008
Sailboat hull, American Flag, Gas Cans and Manilla Rope (title is the name of the narrator of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness)

Installation shot of new work 2006

History of the World Part 2
8'x53'
2005
Painted Installation
Acrylic on Shaped Birch Panels

Installation Shot of History of the World Part 2

Comedy of Eras
Acrylic on Canvas Panels
2005
9'x13' (not including painted wall)

Details

Faulting Towers
11'x15'
Graphite on Wall
at the Boston Center for the Arts
Mills Gallery

Exhibition Record

2008-10-21T14:37:00.000-07:00

Solo Exhibitions

2009 The Hygienic, "Will Holub & Nathan Lewis", New London, CT
2008: "The Blessed Isles" Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NYC

Where Heaven Made Fun, Seton Art Gallery, University of New Haven

2006: University Of Bridgeport, Bridgeport,CT
2005: Grand Projects New Haven,CT. “Industrial Garage Band: Nathan Lewis and his Art School Posse”
2004 : Tufts University, Boston, MA. “XO”, Graduate Thesis Exhibition
2003 : Golden Street Gallery, New London, CT. “Towards a Narrative Space: Paintings by Nathan Lewis”

Group Exhibitions

2008

John Slade Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT "Uneasy Prospects" curated by Paul Clabby
The Aldrich Museum or Contemporary Art Ridgefield, CT, "Full Circle" curated by Regine Basha
Artspace Live Auction, New Haven, CT
The Mattatuck Museum of Art, "The Connecticut Biennial" curated by Janice LaMotta

2007

Shoreline Arts Center, Cohassett, MA "Paint" juried by Gerry Bergstein
Alexey Von Schlipee Gallery, New London, CT "Cultural Divide" curated by Brad Guarino

2006

Pulse Art Fair, New York, NY Freight & Volume Gallery
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. "Aldrich Undercover"
Museum of Fine Arts Sophia, Sophia, Bulgaria, "Cultural Divide"

2005

The Aldrich Contemporary art museum and Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT. “Radius”
Boston Center for the arts, Mills gallery, Boston, MA. “19th Annual Drawing show” Curated by Denise Markonich
Artspace, New Haven, CT. “New Work New Haven,” juried by Steven Holmes, then Director of Real Artways
Kehler Liddel Gallery, New Haven, CT. “SCSU Faculty Show”
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. “Waterfall”, Curated by Michael Rippens

2004

Paier College of Art, New Haven, CT. “Faculty -Show”
Stonington Vineyards Gallery, Stonington, CT. “Prelude to the Season”
Bendpress.com, Los Angeles, CA. “Diurnals” Online Drawing Exhibition, juried by Andy Jenkins
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. “Annual Juried Show” (Juried by Kathryn Chan, Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, and Rob Clifford)
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT. “Faculty Collects”
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT. “Beyond the BFA” (juried by Philip Pearlstein)

2003

Vose Gallery, Boston, MA. ”Teaching the New Realism: Mentors and Protégés”
The Model Gallery, Boston, MA. “Pretty Paintings”
Visual Research Gallery, New Haven, CT. “For The Person Who Has Everything”
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. “Student Exhibition”

Publications