T. Charnan Lewis, Fly Catcher, October 2003
Eva Hesse, feminist minimalists, and earthwork artists influence T. Charnan Lewis' Fly Catcher. The work deals with the impermanence of life and the power struggles that result in differing groups invested in self-preservation.
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T. Charnan Lewis was born in Texas in 1971, and grew up outside Washington, DC. In 1994, she completed undergraduate degrees in Studio Art, Art History and Women’s Studies at the University of Maryland; receiving a MFA in 2004 from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and winning the Graduate Painting Award and a Walter’s Traveling Grant honorable mention. In 2005, Lewis was a recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award and Governor’s Citation, and her work was exhibited at the BAC Arts Festival in Barcelona, Spain. Notable exhibition venues include the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art in Japan, the Takt Gallery in Berlin, Germany and Gallery 32 in London, England. Lewis’ current work consists of paintings, sculptures, installations and videos using candy, stickers and air.
