I am honored to have curated this year's faculty exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art. Bounty opens August 24th with an Opening Reception on September 2nd, 5-8pm. Ten artists are included in the show with media ranging from video, installation, and photography to ceramics, drawing, illustration, and of course, painting. I am grateful to the ICA Director Erin Hutton and her team for this opportunity to collaborate!

Thanks to Maine College of Art for putting together this profile on my practice: Artist, Curator, Material Explorer.

Read the Art Review of Bounty in the Portland Press Herald

Setting the scene with art historical bounty is like setting a fancy table for a food fight. Lewis clearly gets that the “still life” – traditionally associated with the idea “nature morte,” or, “dead nature” – is a double-edged sword. “Bounty” follows the American current of indulgent thanksgiving, but it is also infused with a waft of “memento mori,” a Roman reminder that we all have to die…Lewis, however, is hardly launching us into a morbid morality trap. Instead, she sets up a thoughtful journey that pushes past the here-and-now experiential indulgence of, for example, beautiful abstraction, to a cultural long game that includes histories, ethics, self-awareness, environmental awareness and moral philosophy…“Bounty” is that rare, coherent exhibition that travels as far as you want to take it.

-Daniel Kany, Portland Press Herald.