EDUCATION
Tufts University & The Museum School, Boston, MA | Visual Education
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH | Studio Art, Painting & Printmaking
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming July)
2020 Hell Yes! Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Too Cool for School Blackbird Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Some Girls Conant Gallery, Lawrence Academy, Groton, MA
2004 Double Feature Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
2002 True Grit. Firehouse Gallery, Newburyport, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Watermill Center Autumn Benefit Auction, Artsy & Watermill, New York
SMFA Benefit Art Sale. Juried by Akili Tommasino, Museum School & Tufts University
Intersect Aspen 2020, Lyons Wier Gallery Booth, Online Viewing Room
Ladies of Lyons Wier Gallery, Artsy, Lyons Wier Gallery Online Exhibition
Present 3, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
2019
On Guard NY, Kasia Kay Art Projects, The Storefront Project, New York, NY
NOMO SoHo, Curatorial Partnership, painting installation in tandem with On Guard NY
Party 2019, RxART Benefit Auction, Paddle8, New York, NY
Tabula Rasa, The Watermill Center 26th Annual Summer Benefit Art Auction, Watermill, NY
IRL: Investigating Reality, The Untitled Space, New York, NY
ARTiculate, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter NH
Impact, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2018
MILLY x Tara Lewis NYFW SS/19 Collaboration, Spring Studios, New York, NY
ArtCrush, Aspen Art Museum Annual Art Benefit Auction and Gala, Aspen, CO
2017
Small Works 2017, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Bill Carroll)
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, Exeter, NH
2015
Print Facets: Six Centuries of Printmakers, Michelman Fine Art, New York, NY
2014
Self-Made, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
2012
PaperView, Manhattan Print Center, New York, NY
2011
Seven Up, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
NurtureART Benefit and Juried 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 Studio Gallery, LES, New York, NY
Get it On Paper, Playspace Projects 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, Exeter, NH
Momentum II, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
HONORS & AWARDS
2019 RxART’s Between the Lines, Volume 7: Contemporary Artist Coloring Book, 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 Pace Gallery + Estate of Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing Installation Team, New York, NY
2012 IDEAS CITY Street Fest, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2003 Artist Advancement Grant Finalist, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
1993 Hearst Grant, Tufts University Graduate School Recipient
1991 Research Grant Recipient, UROP, University of New Hampshire
1990 Robert Hooper Art Talent Scholarship, University of New Hampshire
SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
WHITEWALL MAGAZINE "Tara Lewis and the Teens: Art That Talks Back" 4/30/20
THE JEALOUS CURATOR, ART FOR YOUR EAR PODCAST: "trophies 'n tiaras" episode #169
SURFACE MAG "Quarantine Culture: 6 Ways to Experience Art Without Leaving Your Home" 4/6/20
THE CURIST MAGAZINE "Tara Lewis Exclusive" Interview 3/2/20
QUIET LUNCH "Last Days of 'Hell Yes!' by Tara Lewis at Lyons Wier Gallery" 1/21/2020
FINE ART CONNOISSEUR MAGAZINE "Playful Portraits with Timeless Resonance" 1/24/2020
THE JEALOUS CURATOR Review of "Hell Yes!" Solo Exhibition, 2/17/20
LODOWN MAGAZINE "TARA LEWIS: Hell Yes!" 1/10/2020
ARTSPEAK "Hell Yes! Tara Lewis, Lyons Wier Gallery" 1/30/20
ARTNET NEWS “Editors’ Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week” 10/30/19
WHITEWALL Magazine / "Milly Gets Artsy With Tara Lewis SS19" / September 2018
CULTURED MAGAZINE "Our 2018 ArtCrush Diary" August 2018
PAPER CITY /"Fashion Designer's Ha Ha Moment Goes Beyond the Michelle Obama Love" / 2018
Between The Lines, Vol. 7 | RxArt Contemporary Artist Coloring Book
NY MAGAZINE / This Art Exhibition Is Raising Money for Women to Run for Office / May 2017
Creators x VICE / ‘SHE INSPIRES’ at a Massive Exhibition of Artists / May 2017
ELLE / 60 Powerful Women Are On Show She Inspires / May 2017
WWD / The Untitled Space Art Gallery Launches Latest Exhibit ‘She Inspires’ / April 2017
VICE / 60 Contemporary Artists Made Works to Honor Inspiring Women / May 2017
Bullett Magazine / The Exhibit Honoring Radical Women From Joan Didion to Cher / May 2017
Five Centuries of Printmakers Catalogue, Michelman Fine Art, New York 2014
LA REVIEW OF BOOKS, Summer Issue. Diptychs Photo Spread 7/13
ART+AUCTION Blouin Artinfo, ‘Getting Schooled’ 5/12
ART+AUCTION Blouin ArtInfo, ‘Inside Avenues’ 6/12
JEN BEKMAN PROJECTS, New York NY. “Hey Hot Shot!” Critical Review 10/09
ART BOARS, New York. “Tara Misenheimer, Twiggy Braid” feature 9/10
Red Bank Orbit, New Jersey. “Always a Pleasure” Art Review 6/09
Artscope Magazine, “Cover Out Takes” 9/07
artMatters Juried Exhibition-In-Print, Boston MA 6/04
The Wire Magazine, “Review: Double Feature” Portsmouth, NH 1/04
Portland Phoenix, “Art Review’ Portland, ME 1/04
Spotlight Magazine, Boston MA 1/04
Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth NH 12/03 Art New England Magazine 12/03
Coloring History: History of New England /Interactive Arts Community Project 9/91
National Zoological Park. Illustrator, All About Birds, Smithsonian Institution 8/88
