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Sponge Dance Step Alphabet
Artist
Lewis, Glenn
Title
Sponge Dance Step Alphabet
Technique
serigraph
Date
1972
Dimensions
51cm height x 65.5cm width
Type
print
Accession Number
1994.32.8
Owner
City of Burnaby
Collection
Permanent Collection
Gift of Brice Canyon
Born in 1935, Glenn Lewis graduated from the Vancouver School of Art in 1958 with honors in painting, drawing and ceramics. Subsequently, he received a teaching certificate from University of British Columbia (1959), and he studied ceramics under Bernard Leach in St. Ives,Cornwall, England (1961-1964). Lewis has worked in video, performance, film, ceramics, photography, sculpture and writing. He was an active member of the avant-garde art scene in Vancouver during the 1960s, producing work that blurred the boundaries between media and between viewer and artist. He has taught widely, including ceramics and art teaching methods in the Education Department at the University of British Columbia (1964-1967), media workshops at the National Film Board in Vancouver (1968-1970), and ceramics, sculpture and drawing in the Fine Arts Department at the University of British Columbia (1971-1974). As one of the co-founders of the Western Front, Lewis initiated and administered the Video Program (1974-1976), curated the Performance Art Program (1977-1979), acted as arts administrator and program coordinator (1979-1987), initiated and coordinated the Computer-Integrated Media Program (1985-1987) and was Acting Director for three months in 1994. In addition, Lewis was head of the Media Arts Section of the Canada Council (1987-1990). Lewis has served on countless boards, including the Intermedia Board of Trustees (1970-1972), the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Board of Directors (1973-1976, 1986-1987), the Western Front Board of Directors (1974-1987, 1991-present), as well as serving on various Canada Council juries (1978-1985). Performances and group exhibitions include Floor Piece (1968), Japanese Pickled Cabbage (1969), Taping of the International Art Critics (with Michael Morris, 1970), participation in international correspondence activity (1970-1972), The Intermedia Society (1995) and Thrown (2004). Solo exhibitions include the Douglas Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Belkin Satellite. Lewis lives and works in Vancouver.