Tau Lewis (b.1993) was born, lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
Lewis will be presenting a newly commisioned installation as part of Yorkshire Sculpture International. Lewis’ self-taught practice works to assuage historical traumas and investigate black identity, agency, memory and its recovery. Her work is constructed through a combination of hand sewing and assemblage of found objects to create portraits, which take on both human and organic forms. The presentation at The Hepworth Wakefield will be her first exhibition in Europe.
Recent solo and two-person exhibition credits include: Cheyenne Julien and Tau Lewis, Chapter NY, New York (2018), making it work to be together while we can, Jeffrey Stark, New York (2018), Solo booth, Frieze New York, Cooper Cole (2018), Tau Lewis, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta (2018), Through the people we are looking at ourselves, Cooper Cole, Toronto (2017), cyphers, tissue, blizzards, exile, 8-11 Gallery, Toronto (2017), foraged, ain’t free, The Pendulum Project, Studio 223a, Toronto (2016).
