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Sabe Lewellyn
About
Over the past eleven years Sabe has divided his time between two loves, his personal artwork and graphic design. Though Sabe has been successful at both: designing for major companies like Microsoft and Eddie Bauer, while showing his work on an international level. Now Sabe has come to a point that he is devoting all his time to producing fine art.
For the past three years Sabe has been solidifying his experience within the art world. Besides renting a studio in Seattle to have space to work he has also undertaken exhaustive research in contemporary art and its criticism. Part of this research includes volunteering at the Seattle Art Museum and Gage Academy of Art. Volunteering for the museum has given Sabe the chance of discussing a variety of art with the public, as well as providing him with an understanding on museum practices, special lectures and discussions with curators and artists. Volunteering at Gage has given him insights within for-profit higher education. Further understanding of higher education came when, serving within a panel of ten, Sabe helped establish an accredited visual communications program for Trinity Lutheran College. – This is the first of a multi-year plan to grow their art education programs.
This September Sabe completed the drawing marathon at the New York Studio School. That program provided short term and long-term benefits to his career as an artist; while also prepping him for the intense study of graduate school. He gained experience with new drawing materials, including non-traditional mediums, within his toolbox as well as new ways to use more traditional mediums. In the grander scheme of his career the concentration and intensity required by the New York Studio School increased his stamina while working. Sabe developed new skills that aided in overcoming challenges allowing him to maintain his momentum while creating. With the valuable critiques he experienced new ways of processing concepts. That he continues to explore. Sabe says that critical thinking is the foundation of contemporary art. And is the foundation of his practice. … Read More
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Found Out, Ver(a)rt Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2011 Sought And Found, The In Arts Northwest, Seattle, Washington
2009 LaGuardia Galleries of Fine Art, New York City University, Long Island City, New York
2008 Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2006 SCAPEGOATS, Artist on Central, Memphis, Tennessee
Gem Gallery, Heber Springs, Arkansas
2005 Midtown Artist Market, Memphis, Tennessee
2001 FRAMES OF ART, Art Farm Gallery of Fine Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Exhibitions
2012 Annual Exhibition, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington. Juror Gary Hill
RECONSTRUCTING TOMORROW, Ver(a)rt Gallery with Northwest Folklife, Seattle, Washington.
Strange Glue: Collage at 100, Thompson Gallery, The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA
New Blood, Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington
Particles on the Wall, Washington Nuclear Museum, Seattle, Washington
Inaugural Armstrong National Exhibition, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia
HORN ISLAND, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
2005 BURNING LOVE, Midtown Artist Market, Memphis, Tennessee
SACRED ART, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Remarkable Works, Opera Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
2004 Pyramid Arena, Memphis, Tennessee. Invitational, Memphis Grizzlies
2003 A COLLABORATORY ART EXPERIENCE, Space 2B, Memphis, Tennesee
2002 PIECES OF EIGHT, Art Farm Gallery of Fine Art, Memphis, Tennessee
2001 TAO S/ HORN ISLAND, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
ARTICLE #2, Last Place on Earth. Memphis, Tennessee
2000 SPRING ANNUAL, Art Center, Memphis, Tennessee
MEMPHIS IN MAY EXHIBITION, Vertigo Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS, Art Farm, Memphis, Tennessee
Education
Bachelor of Fine Art, Art History Minor, Memphis College of Art
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
Corporate Collections
Union Planters Bank, Memphis, Tennessee
Art Center Art Supply, Memphis, Tennessee
Bibliography(*Reviews)
“Checking on the Arts.” Kacky Walton. NPR. WKNO. Memphis, TN. July 7, 2005
*Carol Knowles, “Art for Our Times,” Number, Vol. 55, Winter, 2006
*Kurt Shaw, “Spiritual Awakening,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 3, 2005
*Mary Cashiola, “A Game of Tag,”Memphis Flyer, November 15-21, 2001
Awards
Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington
Best of Show, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Artist in Residence, Second Annual Sidewalk Chalk Festival, Hot Springs, Arkansas … Read More
Bachelor of Fine Art, Art History Minor, Memphis College of Art
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
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Events
Future Shows: 2008 *Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Curator Nicole Capozzi.
2006 Box Heart's 6th Anniversary Exhibition Curator Nicole Capozzi.
