biography
 
Born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Lewis Colburn received degrees in studio art and Russian language from
St. Olaf College. He completed his MFA in sculpture at Syracuse University, and has recently produced projects
for the International Prize for Performance in Trento, Italy and Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum in Berlin, Germany.
He is currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
selected exhibitions
   
2010 Vertigo, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, IA (Upcoming, October 2010)
   
2009 Interregnum (1815-1969) Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY (solo)
  MFA 2009, New York Center for Art and Media Studies, New York, NY
  MFA 2009, SUArt Gallery, Syracuse, NY
  Die Andere Seite der Welt, Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum, Berlin, Germany.
   
2008 nternational Prize for Performance, 4th Edition. Galleria Civica, Trento, Italy
  Seriously, Funny Lord Hall Gallery, University of Maine, Orono, ME
  Artists and Models: Unhinged Central Terminal, Buffalo, NY
  The X-Prize and the Heroic Theory of Invention Redhouse Arts Center, Syracuse, NY (solo)
   
2007 New York, New York, New York Fluxfactory, Queens, NY

The Inspection Stations Project Unit B Gallery, Syracuse, NY (solo)

Photography: What Now? Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY

Fusion Gallery R, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
  Made in NY 2007 Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
  Don’t You Love Me? Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
  Furniture Showroom Extravaganza!!! Gene’s Furniture, Syracuse, NY
   
2006 The Auratic Research Project Performance, Herzen State Pedagogical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Karl Malone Slam Dunk Challenge 1998 Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, MN
  ¿Dugong? Flaten Art Museum, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

 
2005 Minnesota Biennial 2D II Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
professional activity
 
2009 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT.
2009 Visiting Artist, Flaten Memorial Lecture Series, St. Olaf College Department of Art, Northfield, MN.
2007 Wendover Residence Program, Center for Land Use Interpretation, Wendover, UT .
2006 Visiting Artist, Herzen Pedagogical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.