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Joe Lewis
Weaver Writer
220
Oak Street apt 1109, Toronto, Ontario, M3A 2E1
Phone: 416-594-0987 fibre_quarterly@
yahoo.ca
Education: Self taught
Solo Exhibitions
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| 2012 |
White (collar) Work,
Station House Coffee Shop and Gallery, Via Rail Station,
Brantford
On.
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| 2002 |
Yukon
Sketches, OR, Guild Hall, Whitehorse, YT
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| 2000 |
Velvet Highway and Other Journeys, Material Matters,
Toronto, On.
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| 1999 |
Patchwork; Reconstructing the personal, Artspace,
Peterborough, On.
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| 1997 |
| Construction, |
part two, Cameron Public House, Toronto On
part one, College Street Bar, Toronto, On.
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| 1996 |
| Surface, |
part two, Eye Of The Storm, Toronto, On.
part one, Street City Bikes, Toronto, On.
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| Land Weather Family, |
part three, Myxed Media Art Gallery, Calgary, AB.
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| 1995 |
| Land
Weather Family, |
part two, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, On.
part one, Caffe Senator, Toronto, On.
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| 1994 |
Flight, Cameron, Public House, Toronto, On.
Baroquecoco Trash, Bloomsberries Clothing and Art, Toronto, On.
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| 1993 |
Story, Express Café, Toronto, On.
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| 1992 |
| New Work, |
part two, La Hacienda, Toronto, On.
part one, Express Café, Toronto, On.
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| 1991 |
Land (e)scape Memory, Levity, Toronto, On.
The Nancy Ward/Residency Project, Artspace, Peterborough, On.
Reference, Cameron Public House, Toronto, On.
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| 1990 |
Flowers and Other Things, Express Café, Toronto, On.
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| 1989 |
Pain, Cameron Public House, Toronto, On.
Confessions of a caffeine addict, Rivole, Toronto, On.
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| 1988 |
Dirt, The Extra Space, Toronto, On.
New Work, Broadview Gallery, Peterborough, On.
Myth and Object, The Rainbow Room, Toronto, On.
Barbie's Dream House, Artspace, Peterborough, On
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| 1987 |
Juggery, Trent University Women's Centre, Peterborough,
On.
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| 1986 |
| The Barbie Show, |
part four, Tulip Café, Paris On..
part three, The Rainbow Room, Toronto, On.
part two, Peter Robinson College, Trent University,
Peterborough, On.
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| 1985 |
| The
Barbie Show, |
part one, Metropol Espresso Bar, Calgary, AB.
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| 2012 |
Variegated
Threads, Curated by Dawne Rudman and Gareth Bate, Queen Elizabeth
Park Community & Cultural Centre, Oakville, Ontario, Canada,
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| 2011 |
Fibremen International Exhibition, Kherson Local Lore
Museum, Kherson, Ukraine. 39 makers from 14 countries
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| 2010 |
Telling Tails: Woven Narrative Textiles: by Joe Lewis and
Kathy Schicker Berkeley Castle Gallery, Toronto Ontario
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| 2007 |
pieceWORK. Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, On.
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2006
2000 |
Stocking Stuffers, Pentimento Fine Arta Gallery, Toronto,
On.
Foundations' Peterborough Arts Unbrella, Peterborough On.
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| 1998 |
Instant, Olivia Thompson Gallery, Toronto, On.
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| 1996 |
Wear, object referencing the body, Truck Gallery, Calgary,
AB.
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| 1995 |
New Land, Daniel B. Sponagle Gallery, Toronto, On.
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| 1994 |
Home, South Logan Salvage, Rescue, Scarp and Art, Toronto,
On.
Curated by Garth Barriere
Middlemarch, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, On.
Organized by the Literary Press Group
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| 1992 |
AIDS Memorial Show, A Space, Toronto, On.
Curated by Clamorous Intentions
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| 1991 |
Images For Life, Evelyn Amis Gallery, Toronto, On.
Curated by Spencer Row
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| 1990 |
Raw Fantasies, Artefect, Toronto, On.
Curated by Philip Carins
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| 1989 |
October Rage, The Extra Space, Toronto, On.
Curated by Michael Allen
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| 1988 |
No Bill C-52, Weller Potovsky Gallery, Toronto, On.
The Erotic Show, Artefect, Toronto, On.
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| 1987 |
| The Exchange Show, |
part three, Artspace, Peterborough, On.
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| 1986 |
| The Exchange Show, |
part two, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, On.
part one, K.A.A.I., Kingston, On.
Peterborough selection Curated by David Beirk
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The X-Mass Show, Gallery 101, Ottawa, On.
Curated by Dennis Tourbin
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| 1985 |
Taking stock, The Next Wave, Artspace, Peterborough, On.
Curated by David Beirk.
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Selected Performance Work
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| 1995 |
Small Business, 16mm film by Rita Listner, Toronto, On.
''joe'' lead male
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| 1993 |
Dishfunktion, an evening of performance work by joelewis
and Metia Winkler at Artspace, The Market Hall, Peterborough, On.
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| 1992 |
Rochdale, a play by Friendly Spike Theatre, Poor Alex,
Tarragon Extra Space, Toronto, On. 'postman' a projected character
The Nancy Ward, in concert reading of script for 12 voices, at Artspace,
The Market Hall, Peterborough, On. Writer / performer
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| 1990 |
My Secret Kitchen, a performance piece by and with
Margaret Dragu, at Artspace,The Market Hall, Peterborough, On. ''Art
Director'' super numerary
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| 1987 |
Where e You Goin' The Mall, solo multi media performance,
writer/performer, Producer / Director, Garth Barrierre / Synk
Productions
Western Front, Vancouver BC, 3rd Vancouver Fringe Festival
Stage 8, Edmonton AB., Gone with The Fringe
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| 1986 |
She Should Have Stood In Bed, a courtly entertainment for
S.G. Taylor
during ''this moment is an Eternity'' installation/performance at
Gallery 101 in Ottawa, On.
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Where You Goin' The Mall, solo muti media performance
Multi Cab 5 regional performance festival,
Arstspace, The Market Hall, Peterborough, On.
''...nice day'' solo Dance piece, Choreographed by Jane Mappin
La Groupe Des Place Royal, workshop performance
Artspace, The Market Hall, Peterborough, On.
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| 1992 |
from Disfunktion...
Open Country Books, Calgary, AB.
The Union Theatre, Peterborough, On.
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| 1991 |
Disgo, Dhatgo, improvised story telling
Friendly Spike Theatre, Benefit, Toronto, On.
Sync Cabaret Too, open mike, July- August, weekly
M.C. and improvised serial story
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| 1990 |
Betty Stories, improvised serial story,
Yo, open mike nite, Feb.-May
The Love Club, Toronto, On.
And I Do Sing, book launch.
The Union, Peterborough, On.
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| 1989 |
Fashion is Not Your Friend, poetry Reading
Hangman Pub, Peterborough, On.
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| 1985 |
Ode to Italy, poetry reading,
Ten Foot Henery's, Calgary, AB.
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| 1984 |
Two Narratives, short story reading,
A Gala Night of Performance,
Artspace, The Market Hall, Peterborough, On.
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Publications
Ode To Italy, synk Ink, 1985, poetry chap book
Where you goin' the mall?, synk Ink, 1987, comic book
Better never than late, synk Ink, 1989, comic calendar
Dishfunktion: a deconstruction of the micro wave safe, pas de
chance 1994, novel
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Articles and Reviews
''lewis vision...'' Catherine Jenkins,
Arthur, Trent University student paper, Vol. 4 no. 12, 1983
''Barbie Doll'' Martha, Tancock, Peterborough Examiner, Jan. 17,
1986
''...Comes to town''
Garth Barriere, Go Info, Dec. 1986
''Where you going'' James Adam, The Edmonton Journal, Aug. 21
1987
''...crowd baffled'' Neal Watson, The Edmonton Sun, Aug.20 1987
''...some funny'' Lloyd Dykk, The Vancouver Sun, Sept. 17 1987
''Home Unstable'' Jake Baken, Arthur, Vol.22 no.6 Oct. 1987
''Hard Questions'' Andrew McPhail, Extra, no.107, Aug. 1988
''Expressive...'' Lisa Lowe, Arthur, Sept. 20 1988
''Artistic Cabaret'' Chris Corrigan, Peterborough, Examiner,
Jul.5 1991
''Queen West'' Garth Barriere, Extra, Feb. 21, 1992
Beyond
the Studio: Joe Lewis Holding the Torch High by Graham McCracken,
Fibre Focus Volume 53 Number 3 Autumn 2010
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