Ruark Lewis b. 1960

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Architect ,
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Theatre / Film Designer),
  • Artist (Video Artist)
Ruark Lewis is a Sydney-based visual artist and writer. He works in a wide range of media such as painting, drawing, installation, artists-books, performance, public art, theatre and audio-video works.
Tags: Language-based Art
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exhibited at
An Index for the Homeless
Date
2008
Place
MOP, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
An Index of Kindness
Date
2007
Place
Post-Museum, Singapore
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Banalities for the Perfect House
Date
2007
Place
SLOT, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Banalities for Babel
Date
2005
Place
MOP Projects, Redfern, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Banalities for the Perfect House
Date
2005
Place
The Performance Space, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
False Narratives
Date
2004
Place
Room 103
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Ruark Lewis: false narratives
Date
2001
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

Exhibition of new works at the EAF offered a range of focussed pieces exploring, among other things, ruminations on friendship and ageing; and evocative spoken soundscapes with sculptural associations. Literary works were present as visual and temporal pieces, and abstract typeset and drawn images suggested linguistic and aural impression etc.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
EAF annual report; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Ingram, Simon, False narratives / Ruark Lewis. Burnley, Vic: NMA Publications, c2001
ISBN 0957754914

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Installation
exhibited at
Ruark Lewis: just for nothing
Date
2001
Place
Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Wollongong City Gallery annual report

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Photography
exhibited at
Relay
Date
2000
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description

Sydney Olympic Arts Festival

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Raft
Date
1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

A collaborative installation by visual artist Ruark Lewis and writer Paul Carter which aims to show language as performance.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW archive index cards; AGNSW Library catalogue; http://www.gangway.net/reviews/carter.html;

Exhibition Catalogue:
Carter, Paul and Lewis, Ruark, Raft. [Sydney]: Art Gallery of NSW, 1995
1 folded sheet (4p); ill ; 30cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Duo, Installation
exhibited at
Raft
Date
1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Transcription Drawings [International Festival]
Date
1992
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Festival
exhibited at
Ruark Lewis: transcription drawings, 1988-1992
Date
1992
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Ruark Lewis: transcription drawings, 1988-1992. South Yarra, Vic: Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 1992
ISBN 0947220151

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Drawing
exhibited at
Transcription Drawings
Date
1989
Place
Syme Dodson Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition

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Tags
  • Language-based Art
  • Text-based Art
Trainings
  • B.A.(Visual Arts), 1981 - Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, NSW
  • B.A.(Visual Arts), 1984 - Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, NSW