b. Rice Lake, Wisconsin
Lives and works in San Diego, California
Education
2005 M.F.A. University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design
2001 B.F.A. University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, Department of Art and Design
Artist in Residence
2018 Red Lodge Clay Center - Red Lodge, Montana
2006 - 2008 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas
2007 - 2008 Southside on Lamar – Dallas, Texas
2005 Watershed Center for the Arts – Newcastle, Maine
Selected Exhibitions
(* Denotes solo exhibition)
2022
Not So Guilty Pleasures - Curator: Rebekah Bogard - Kondos Gallery - Sacramento, California
Small and Mighty – Curator: Jill Oberman - Red Lodge Clay Center Gallery – Red Lodge, Montana
2021
John Oliver Lewis and Lester Monzon - Curator: Rob Sherer - TOA Presents - Minneapolis, Minnesota
SD Practice – San Diego Art Institute – San Diego Art Institute – San Diego, California
2020
50 Years at Eastfield – Curator: Iris Bechtol - Mesquite Art Center - Mesquite, Texas
2019
This is 40: 500X Celebrates 40 Years – 500X Gallery – Dallas, Texas
2018
Bright Beyond – Bread and Salt Gallery – San Diego, California
Hi Key: Color in Southern California – Curator: Elizabeth Rooklidge - San Diego Art Institute – San Diego, California
City Sine Cera -Curator: Heather Nameth Bren - Northern Clay Center - Minneapolis, Minnesota
2017
All Natural – Curator: Chantel Paul - SDSU Downtown Gallery – San Diego, California
From the Pages – Curators: Ekaterina Popova, Sara McCorriston, Jason Chen - Paradigm Gallery – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2016
Under Pressure - Curator: Jennifer Anne Bennett - Hyde Art Gallery - El Cajon, California
Significant Others - Curator: Kara West - Central Library Gallery - San Diego, California
MAS Attack - Curator: Ginger Shulick Porcella in collaboration with Artra Curatorial - San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California
2015
Show Me Your Lone Star - Brick City Gallery - Missouri State University - Springfield, Missouri
MAS Attack - Curator: Ginger Shulick Porcella in collaboration with Artra Curatorial - San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California
2014
Object Object!! – Helmuth Projects – San Diego, California
Super Surprise – Art Bar – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cross Currents - Hyde Art Gallery - El Cajon, California
Between Oak and Mulberry - Norwood Flynn Gallery - Dallas, Texas
We Love Art - 50 Artists Show Their Love - Kenise Barnes Fine Art - Larchmont, New York
2013
Object Object! – Helmuth Projects – San Diego, California
John Oliver Lewis * – Curator: Nick Sellek - For Example - London, England
2012
Aqua Art Fair - J. Fergeson Gallery - Miami, Florida
Creases Pieces IV * - ART BOXED San Diego - NTC at Liberty Station - San Diego, California
Tastes Like Flavor * - Art San Diego: Contemporary Art Fair - San Diego, California
Contemporary Clay Invitational - Curators: Jarrod Fergeson, Andrea Keys, Adam Paulek - J. Fergeson Gallery - Farmville, Virginia
Temporary Occupants – Curators: David Willburn and Iris Bechtol - Eastfield College – Mesquite Texas
Informal Exchange - Curator: Hope Rovelto - Seattle Design Center - Seattle, Washington
Wastelands and Candylands - Curator: Sasha Koozel Reibstein - Boehm Gallery - San Marcos, California
2011
Uberyummy - Curators: Alison Petty Ragguette and Karen Crews Hendon - Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art – San Bernardino, California
Objects of Desire - Art San Diego, California
Suspension - Curator: Lauren Lockhart - DN/ZA Projects - San Diego, California
Fired - Manifest Gallery - Cincinati, Ohio
2010
Here Not There: San Diego Art Now - Curator: Lucia Sanroman - Museum of Contemporary Art - San Diego, La Jolla, California
Rendezvous - National Clay Invitational - Artspace Gallery - Jackson, Wyoming
Midnite Snacks - 1366 Space - Chicago, Illinois
2009
John Oliver Lewis and Kim MacConnel - Southwestern College Art Gallery - Chula Vista, California
Go West: John Oliver Lewis and Jessica McCambly – College of the Redwoods - Eureka, California
Sounds - Galerije 73 - Belgrade, Serbia
Strange Clays – New Directions in Ceramics - Sullivan Goss – Santa Barbara, California
2008
Candy Circus* - IGLOO - Portland, Oregon
This is Not a Toy* - Overload - San Diego, California
The First International Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics - Liang Bao Building, Xi'an, China
Paper Jam – My House Gallery, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaIsland, The Art Gallery at the College of Staten Island, Staten Island, New York
Nightmares, Morton J. May Foundation Gallery, Maryville University, St. Louis, Missouri
Your Favorite Artist Was a Member – 30 years at 500X (Invitational) - 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas
Tasty Bits - Curator: Eric Tosten - Gallery 414 – Fort Worth, Texas
2007
“Career Winning” hair products * - 219 Gallery - Eastfield College - Mesquite, Texas
Royal Pine: John Oliver Lewis and Brennen Bechtol - Project Room - 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas
Float Bloat Burst: John Oliver Lewis and Alex Soto - Project Room – 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas
Summer Breeze Makes Me Feel Fine – good good things – Dallas, Texas
Amarillo Biennial 600 – CLAY - Jurors: Marylin A. Zeitlan - Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, Texas,
Introductions North – Meadows Gallery – Center for the Visual Arts – Denton, Texas
Material View - Curator: Ryan Fitzer - Treetop Gallery - Mountain View College - Dallas, Texas
2006
Flavor Fortress * - LTC Art Gallery - McLennan College - Waco, Texas
Sweet Tart - 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas
Big As Night 2 - Curators: Eric Tosten and Veronica Tosten - Tyler St. Lofts - Dallas, Texas
All Together – 219 Gallery - Eastfield College - Mesquite, Texas
Members’ Exhibition – 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas
Draw_Drawing 2 - Curator: Giacomo Picca - The Foundry Gallery - London Biennale - London, England
Crafts National – Juror: Gretchen Keyworth - Juror’s Award - Lancaster Museum of Art - Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ink and Clay 32 – Jurors: Marylin A. Zeitlan and Peter Held - Kellogg University Art Gallery – Pomona, California
2005
No Room For Gloom * - Cora Stafford Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas
New Work * – University Of Wisconsin – Barron County – Rice Lake, Wisconsin
Works on Paper – Community Art Center Gallery - Fort Worth, Texas
McNeese National Works on Paper – Juror: Annette Carlozzi - Abercrombie Gallery - McNeese State University - Lake Charles, Louisiana
DinnerWorks 2005 – Louisville Visual Arts Association Gallery - Louisville, Kentucky
Voertman Competition - Juror: Regine Basha - University of North Texas Art Gallery – Denton, Texas
2004
Texas Exchange – Texas Tech University Art Gallery – Lubbock, Texas
Northern Invasion – Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas – Denton, Texas
Voertman Competition - Jurors: Cam Schoepp and Terri Thornton - University of North Texas Art Gallery - Denton, Texas
28th Annual Art Competition - Juror: Susan Dunkerly - Juror’s Award - Union Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas
Less than 5 – Tarrant County College Gallery - Hurst, Texas
2003
Ceramics UNT – Union Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas
Thematic Challenge – Cora Stafford Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas
Pressed and Fired – Hara Gallery - Denton, Texas
27th Annual Art Competition - Juror: David Iles - Juror’s Award - Union Gallery - University of North Texas - Denton, Texas
2002
Kaolithic Activity – Union Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas
Clay for a Cause – State Regional Art Center - Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Arts West – L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library - Eau Claire, Wisconsin
2001
John Oliver Lewis and Dave Zdrazil – Heyde Center for the Arts - Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Wood-fire Extravaganza – Cora Stafford Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas
In Progress – Foster Gallery - University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire – Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Bibliography
2018
City Sine Cera, (catalogue) - Northern Clay Center - Minneapolis, Minnesota
2017
Ekaterina Popova, John Oliver Lewis, Create! Magazine, Issue 3
Curators: Erin Nathanson, Justin Nathanson
2016
Ekaterina Popova, John Oliver Lewis, Fresh Paint Magazine, International Issue 12
Curator: Andrew Salgado
Iris Bechtol, Wouldn’t it be nice.. Selections from San Diego, Eastfield Galleries (blog).
2014
Andy Horowitz, “Small Works in Object Object!! Pack a Collective Punch”, San Diego Citybeat, November 24, 2014
Kinsee Morlan, “Made You Look: San Diego’s Best Art of 2014”, nominated by Kathryn Kanjo, Chief Curator, MCASD, San Diego Citybeat, December 31, 2014
Object Object!! A Selection of Smaller Works (catalogue)
We Love Art: 50 Artists Show Their Love, Kenise Barnes Fine Art (catalogue)
2013
Object Object! A Selection of Smaller Works (catalogue)
2012
Uberyummy, Catalouge, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, San Bernardino, California
2011
Fired - Catalogue, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2010
Leah Ollman, Art Review: ”Here Not There: San Diego Art Now” at the Museum of Contemporary
Robert L. Pincus, Art Review: A boisterous exhibit shines spotlight on S.D., The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California, June 13, 2010
2009
500 Ceramic Sculptures – Lark Books - (reproduction of work)
Martha Sadler, Playing with Clay - Concurrent Ceramic Art Exhibitions at CAF and Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara, California, April 23, 2009
'Go West' exhibit features to CR artists, The Times-Standard, Eureka, California, February 27,
2008
Richard Speer, Candy Circus, Willamette Week, Portland, Oregon, October 15, 2008
Your Favorite Artist Was a Member – 30 years at 500X, Catalogue - 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas
Wish, Catalogue, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Anjali Gupta, 500X Gallery, Artlies, #56 Winter, 2008, p. 74-79. (reproduction of work p. 77)
Steve Carter, X-Box Live: Launch Pad for Cutting-Edge Artists Celebrates the Big 3-0!, Dallas Modern Luxury Magazine, January, 2008, p. 54-55.
Gaile Robinson, Tasty Bits, Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, January 18, 2008
Anthony Mariani, Processions: The Spirit of ’64 Gets a Makeover at 414, Fort Worth Weekly, Fort Worh, Texas, January 23, 2008
2007
Lucinda Breeding, Art That Dreams are Made Of, Denton Record Chronicle, Denton, Texas, July, 2007
Hunter Ingalls, Art Beat: AMoA's Show Defies Handles, The Amarillo Globe-News and Amarillo.com, August, 2007
Lucinda Breeding, Contemporary Artists Enliven Meadows Gallery, Denton Record Chronicle, Denton, Texas, July, 2007
Amarillo Biennial 600 – CLAY, Catalogue, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo Texas
Merritt Martin, Burst the Stereotypes, Dallas Observer, Dallas, Texas, March (reproduction of work)
Valenshine 2007, Catalogue, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
2006
Artist in Residence Catalogue, Watershed Center for the Arts, Newcastle, Maine
Crafts National, Catalogue, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ink and Clay 32, Catalogue, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly, Pomona, California
2005
McNeese National Works on Paper, Catalogue, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana