Louis St. Lewis
(1961 - 2021)
Featured in ARTNEWS, ARTPAPERS & ARTFORUM as a preeminant artistic talent in the South, Louis St.Lewis has long been in the business of creativity and it’s myriad applications. His exhibitions and design projects are his playground, spaces where spontaneity and magic are de rigueur! Recognized and lauded by his peers in both the artistic and design world, St.Lewis plays with a multiplicity of repertoires, never sticking to a purity of style, rather letting his academic training and innate talents translate into a vocabulary that is simultaneously witty, shocking and bold. His most contemporary works are always informed with a weighty dose of history and the references infused into it produce a timeless yet timely scenario acclaimed by critics and clients alike.
Named " Best Artist in the Triangle " 20 times in the last 30 years, Louis St.Lewis’ past projects include working with national and international art fairs, numerous museums, opera societies, museum galas, magazines and corporate clients of all dimensions. Recently, St.Lewis’ design skills have led him to be an in demand artist -designer for the largest entertainment company on the planet, LIVE NATION which recently produced over 8 billion dollars in profit for the year. Other past and current projects include, The Opera Company of NC, ARTSPLOSURE, Raddison Hotels, Gonza Restaurants,The Giorgio's Hospitality Group, ARCHE USA Design, The Ackland Art Museum, Wolfgang Puck, The Durham Symphony, The Ritz, The Fillmore, Walnut Creek Amphitheater and numerous other clients have recently been privilege to St.Lewis’ creative output. St.Lewis’ own artworks are included in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Ogden Museum, The New Orleans Museum of Art, The Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina, The Wellington Gray Gallery at ECU, The Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History and the Morris Museum among others. In addition to his artistic and design work, Mr. St.Lewis is an in demand writer & critic with over 30 years experience writing for METRO, Chapel Hill News, The Independent, and Raleigh Magazine.
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