Education
University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design, M.F.A.
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, Department of Art and Design, B.F.A.
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)
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 – San Diego Art Institute – San Diego, California
Curator: Elizabeth Rooklidge
City Sine Cera - Northern Clay Center - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Curator: Heather Nameth Bren
2017
All Natural – SDSU Downtown Gallery – San Diego, California
Curator: Chantel Paul
From the Pages– Paradigm Gallery – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Curators: Ekaterina Popova, Sara McCorriston, Jason Chen
2016
Under Pressure - Hyde Art Gallery - El Cajon, California
Curated: Jennifer Anne Bennett
Significant Others - Central Library Gallery - San Diego, California
2015
Show Me Your Lone Star - Brick City Gallery - Missouri State University -
Springfield, Missouri
MAS Attack - SDAI, San Diego, California
Curator: Ginger Shulick Porcella in collaboration with Artra Curatorial
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 – For Example - London, England
Curator: Nick Sellek
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 - J. Fergeson Gallery - Farmville, Virginia
Curators: Jarrod Fergeson , Andrea Keys, Adam Paulek
Temporary Occupants– Eastfield College – Mesquite Texas
Curators: David Willburn and Iris Bechtol
Informal Exchange - Seattle Design Center - Seattle, Washington
Curator: Hope Rovelto
Wastelands and Candylands - Boehm Gallery - San Marcos, California
Curator: Sasha Koozel Reibstein
2011
Uberyummy - Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art – San Bernardino, California
Curators: Alison Petty Ragguette and Karen Crews Hendon
Objects of Desire - Art San Diego, California
Curators: Laurie Mitchell and Jen Luce
Suspension - DN/ZA Projects - San Diego, California
Curator: Lauren Popp, Assistant Curator, New Childrens Museum - San Diego, California
Fired - Manifest Gallery - Cincinati, Ohio
2010
Here Not There: San Diego Art Now - Museum of Contemporary Art - San Diego, La Jolla, California
Curator: Lucia Sanroman, Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art - San Diego, 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
Trade Show - 11th Istanbul Biennial - Parrallel Exhibition - Ankara, Eskischir and Istanbul, Turkey
Curator: Anna Stump
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, Pennsylvania
Island, 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 - Gallery 414 – Fort Worth, Texas
Curator: Eric Tosten, Co-founder, Dallas Art Cast – Dallas, 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 - Amarillo Museum of Art - Amarillo, Texas,
Jurors: Marylin A. Zeitlan, Director and Chief Curator of the Arizona State University Art Museum - Tempe, Arizona
Introductions North – Meadows Gallery – Center for the Visual Arts – Denton, Texas
Material View - Treetop Gallery - Mountain View College - Dallas, Texas
Curator: Ryan Fitzer, Director, Treetop Gallery
2006
Flavor Fortress * - LTC Art Gallery - McLennan College - Waco, Texas
Sweet Tart - 500X Gallery - Dallas, TexasBig As Night 2 - Tyler St. Lofts - Dallas, Texas
Curators: Eric Tosten and Veronica Tosten – Co-founders, Dallas Art Cast
All Together – 219 Gallery - Eastfield College - Mesquite, Texas
Members’ Exhibition – 500X Gallery - Dallas, Texas
Draw_Drawing 2 - The Foundry Gallery - London Biennale - London, England
Curator: Giacomo Picca
Crafts National – Lancaster Museum of Art - Lancaster, Pennsylvania -Juror’s Award
Juror: Gretchen Keyworth, Director and Curator of the Fuller Craft Museum - Brockton, Massachusetts
Ink and Clay 32 – Kellogg University Art Gallery – Pomona, California
Jurors: Marylin A. Zeitlan, Director, Chief Curator of the Arizona State University Art Museum -Tempe, Arizona
Peter Held, Curator of Ceramics at the Arizona State University Art Museum - Tempe, Arizona
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 – Abercrombie Gallery - McNeese State University - Lake Charles, Louisiana
Juror: Annette Carlozzi, Senior Curator of American & Contemporary Art for the Blanton Museum of Art
DinnerWorks 2005 – Louisville Visual Arts Association Gallery - Louisville, Kentucky
Voertman Competition - University of North Texas Art Gallery
Juror: Regine Basha, Adjunct Curator for the Arthouse at the Jones Center - Austin, Texas
2004
Texas Exchange – Texas Tech University Art Gallery – Lubbock, Texas
Northern Invasion – Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas – Denton, Texas
Voertman Competition - University of North Texas Art Gallery - Denton, Texas
Jurors: Cam Schoepp, Associate Professor Art, Texas Christian University - Forth Worth, Texas
Terri Thornton, Curator of Education, Fort Worth Modern - Forth Worth, Texas
28th Annual Art Competition - Union Gallery - University of North Texas – Denton, Texas
Juror: Susan Dunkerly, Associate Professor of Art, Baylor University – Waco, Texas
- Juror’s Award
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 - Union Gallery - University of North Texas - Denton, Texas
Juror: David Iles
- Juror’s Award
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)
2017
Ekaterina Popova,John Oliver Lewis, Create! Magazine, Issue 3
2016
Ekaterina Popova,John Oliver Lewis, Fresh Paint Magazine, International Issue 12
Iris Bechtol, Wouldn’t it be nice.. Selections from San Diego, Eastfield Galleries (blog).
(1/4/16). http://eastfieldgalleries.blogspot.com/2016/01/wouldnt-it-be-niceselectionsfrom-san.html
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
