JESS LEWIS
Jess Lewis (b. 1982) is a self-guided artist based in Durham, NC.
Prior to moving to Durham, Lewis served for seven years as the Administrative Officer at the Permanent Observer Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta the United Nations (New York). In an altogether drastic pivot, she left the UN for the music industry, managing significant domestic and international concert tours since 2012.
Self.Absorb is Lewis’s first solo exhibition.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Influenced by the uncanny hodge-podge and memes of the early Internet era, Lewis’s work plays on a tension between flattened absurdities and a messy emotional interconnectedness, permeated by pop-culture references. Her practice is nurtured by personally iconic imagery wrested equally from IRL memory and animated GIFs.
Lewis seeks to create works fraught with levity. She employs an efficient linear style and bold colors—evocative of cel animation—to confront the psychological turmoil of the Absurd. Primarily utilizing reverse glass painting and collage techniques, Lewis creates surreal composites with a combination of acrylics, printed fabrics, and manipulated found digital images.
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