VALERIE LEWIS
b. 1977, Bremerton, WA
Lives and works in Fullerton, CA
Education
2006 BFA Painting, California State University, Fullerton, CA
2001 BA English, California State University, Fullerton, CA
Awards
2019 Best of Fullerton as co-owner of Josephine Joan Gallery
2014 Best Visual Artist, OC Weekly
2004 Florence Millner Arnold, Art Scholarship
1995 Joanne Blankenship, Memorial Art Award
Selected Reviews
2016 Barton, Dave. "Arts: Unconventional Portraiture," Orange Coast Magazine
2010 Arnold, H.C. “Between the Image: the Un-locational Différance and the paintings of Valerie
Lewis,” excerpt available online at: artandarnold.wordpress.com
Television
2012 “Art with an Agenda.” ArtBound. KCET; air date: July 2012
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 You Will Be Open JosephineJoan Gallery Fullerton, CA
Sprung: Plant Portraits Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, CA
IRL: The Fantastic Everyday Hibbleton Gallery Fullerton, CA
2010 Diaries VioletHour Studio and Gallery Fullerton, CA
2005 Odd Sections Exit Gallery Fullerton, CA
2004 Figures Center Gallery Fullerton, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Time, Love & Gravity Gong Gallery Newport, CA
2022 Fullerton: Art Town Fullerton Museum Center Fullerton, CA
2014 Secret Garden Hive Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2013 This Wilde Abyss Artist Republic Gallery Laguna Beach, CA
2012 Leo Perez Presents: For the Music & Art Mezz Bar Alexandria Hotel Los Angeles, CA
The Life and Murder of Kelly Thomas PÄS Gallery Fullerton CA.
2008 Eat, Paint and Die Gallery 301 Santa Ana, CA
2005 The Human Figure Long Beach Arts Long Beach, CA
1998 Static Diversity Legacy Arts Gallery Santa Ana, CA
1997 Orange Open Guggenheim Gallery Orange, CA
Thou Art in Orange County Iansiti Art Studio Costa Mesa, CA
Selected Curation
2019 Pale Blue Dot Josephine Joan Gallery Fullerton, CA
2014 Women & Whiskey Proof Bar Santa Ana, CA
2013 Love.Sex.Unity.Respect. Magoski Arts Colony Fullerton, CA
2012 Word. PÄS Gallery Fullerton, CA