Tara Lewis
Tufts University & School of the Museum of Fine Arts, M.A.T. in Visual Studies, Boston, MA
University of New Hampshire, B.A. in Studio Art, Durham, NH
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2025 All Street Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Role Modeling: Tara Lewis X Brooke Shields, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Hell Yes, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Some Girls, Conant Gallery, Lawrence Academy, Groton, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2025 Saddle Up, Albertz Benda, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Just Like Heaven, Random Access Gallery, Syracuse University, NY
These Boots Are Made For Walkin', Mack Art Foundation & Room 57 Gallery, New York, NY
Place Setting, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
NFS: Not For Sale Invitational Exhibition, University of New Hampshire Gallery of Art
FACE, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA.
Brave New World, Harsh Collective, New York, NY
The March Collection, Collect Bean, New York, NY
2023 The Collective, High Line Nine Galleries x Visionary Projects, New York, NY
Winter Art Auction, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
Solid Gold, See/Saw, Manchester, NH
Vestige, 82 Parris, Portland, ME
Liquidity, Ki Smith Gallery, New York, NY
The Quiet Moment, FORMah Gallery, New York, NY
Art of Access, New Collectors Gallery x Visionary Projects, New York, NY
Not From Venus, Tchotchke Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
ARTPM: Year 14: The Teenager, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
Lunch Break, Foundation Art Space, Exeter, NH
2022 Art Market Hamptons, Kasper Contemporary at Nova’s Ark Project, Water Mill, NY
We The People, The Puffin Foundation,& Cultural Forum, Teaneck, New Jersey
Juried Benefit Exhibit: The Art Sale, Tufts University/SMFA Galleries, Boston, MA
The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s, New York, NY
2021 so Much has Happened since Then, Salomon Contemporary, Brooklyn, New York
Les Femmes, Tethy's Art, Southampton, New York
2020 Ladies of Lyons Wier Gallery, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
Intersect Aspen, Lyons Wier Gallery, Aspen, CO
Autumn Benefit Art Auction, The Watermill Center, Water Mill, New York
Present 3, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
2019 On Guard NY, LES Storefront Project Kasia Kay Art Projects, New York, NY
Most Likely, NOMO SoHo Curatorial Partnership Installation, New York, NY
RxArt Party, RxArt & Paddle 8 Benefit Auction, New York, NY
Tabula Rasa, The Watermill Center 26th Summer Art Benefit, Water Mill, New York
IRL: Investigating Reality, The Untitled Space, New York, NY
Articulate, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
Impact, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2018 Metamorphosis: MILLY x Tara Lewis, SS/19 Collab, NYFW at Spring Studios, New York, NY
ArtCrush, Aspen Art Museum & Sotheby’s Art Auction & Gala, Aspen CO
2017 Small Works, Trestle Gallery curated by Bill Carroll, Brooklyn, New York
She Inspires, The Untitled Space, New York, NY
Et Tu, Art Brute, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Indy 500 & Beyond, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
2015 Print Facets: 6 Centuries of Printmakers, Michelman Fine Art, New York, NY
2014 Self-Made, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
2012 PaperView, Manhattan Print Center, New York, NY
2011 Seven-Up, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
NurtureART Juried Benefit Auction, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
In Portrait, Blank Space Gallery, New York, NY
Portraits Now, Black Pop Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dual, Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY
ReView, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2010 NY Art Now, New York LES Studio Gallery, New York, NY
Get it on Paper, PlaySpace Projects in Tribeca, New York, NY
2009 Hey, Hot Shot!, Jen Bekman Projects, New York, NY
Rare Pleasures, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2007 Art x 7: New Works, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
Momentum II, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
SELECTED PRESS, PUBLICATIONS & CONVERSATIONS:
Whitehot Magazine, 'LIquidity at Ki Smith Gallery, curated by Natasha Roberts' by Clare Gemima
Artnet News, ‘I Cold-Called Her’: Brooke Shields on Why She Rang Up an Emerging Artist and Volunteered to Model for Her Latest Work’ by Katie White
Der Spiegel, ‘Tara Lewis, Brooke Shields Muse Mit Stulpin’
ArtMaze Mag, Issue #24, curated by Harper Levine, Harper’s New York, published in London, UK
Whitewall, ‘Tara Lewis and the Teens: Art That Talks Back’ by Eliza Jordan
The Jealous Curator, ‘Trophies & Tiaras’, Art For Your Ears Podcast Episode #169 by Danielle Krysa
Whitewall, ‘Milly Gets Artsy with Tara Lewis SS19’ by Eliza Jordan
Galerie, ‘2018 ArtCrush: Artist Rashid Johnson Takes a Hike and Wins and Aspen Art Award’ by Janelle Zara
Surface, ‘Quarantine Culture: 6 Ways to Experience Art Without Leaving Your Home’
Artnet News, ‘Editor’s Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week’ by Sarah Cascone
Cultured, ‘Our 2018 Art Crush Diary’ by Jasmin Hernandez
Quiet Lunch, ‘Last Days of ‘Hell Yes!’ by Tara Lewis at Lyons Wier Gallery’ by Akeem Duncan
Fine Art Connoisseur, ‘Playful Portraits with Timeless Resonance’
The Jealous Curator, ‘Review of Hell Yes! Solo Exhibition’ by Danielle Krysa
Lodown, ‘Tara Lewis: Hell Yes!’
Artspeak, ‘Hell Yes! Tara Lewis, Lyons Wier Gallery’
Paper City, ‘Fashion Designer’s Ha Ha Moment Goes Beyond the Michelle Obama Love’ by Clifford Pugh
Between The Lines: A Coloring Book by Contemporary Artists, Volume 7, RxArt, New York, NY
New York Magazine, ‘This Art Exhibition is Raising Money for Women to Run for Office’ by Hyunjee Lee
Creators x VICE, ‘SHE INSPORES’ at a Massive Exhbition of Artists’ by Abby Ronner
ELLE, ’60 Powerful Women Art On Show ‘She Inspires’
Women’s Wear Daily, ‘The Untitled Space Gallery Launches Latest Exhibit ‘She Inspires’ by Anna Devito
VICE, ’60 Contemporary Artists Made Works to Honor Inspiring Women’ by Nathaniel Ainley
Five Centuries of Printmakers Catalogue published by Michelman Fine Art, New York, NY, 2014
Los Angeles Review of Books, Summer Issue ‘13. Diptychs Photo Spread
ART+AUCTION Blouin ArtInfo, ‘Inside Avenues’ by Julia Halperin 6/12
Jen Bekman Projects, “Hey Hot Shot!” Critical Review
Red Bank Orbit, ‘Always a Pleasure’ Art Review of Parlor Gallery’s ‘Rare Pleasures’ Exhibition
Artscope Magazine, “Cover Out Takes” by Christine Michaud
artMatters, SMFA Juried Exhibition-In-Print, Boston MA
HONORS & RECOGNITION
2024 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Summer Residency, Snowmass Village, CO
2023 Board Member, Board of Advisors, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH
2019 RxArt’s Between the Lines: A Coloring Book by Contemporary Artists, Volume 7, New York, NY
2018 Artist Advancement Grant Finalist, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
2013 New Prints Autumn Juror, International Print Center of New York, NY
2012 Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing Installation Team, Pace Gallery & Estate of Sol LeWitt, New York, NY
2003 Artist Advancement Grant Finalist, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
1993 Hearst Grant, Tufts University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and SMFA, Boston, MA
1990 Robert Hooper Talent Grant, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Phelan Art Collection, Amy & John Phelan, Aspen, CO / Palm Beach, FL
The Seavest Collection, Vero Beach, Florida
Brooke Shields, New York, NY / Southampton, NY
The Bunker Artspace, Beth Rudin deWoody, Palm Beach, FL
Ashley Longshore, New York, NY / New Orleans, LA