Tau Lewis

Born, Toronto, Canada 

Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York NY, USA 

Spirit Level, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston MA, USA

Coloratura, The Polygon Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada

Vox Populi, Vox Dei, 52 Walker, New York NY, USA

Symphony, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON, Canada

Triumphant Alliance of the Ubiquitous Blossoms of Incarnate Souls, Cooper Cole, Toronto ON, Canada Sparkle’s Map Home, Oakville Galleries, Oakville ON, Canada 

The Coral Reef Preservation Society, Yorkshire Sculpture International at The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

when you last found me here, Kenderine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan SK, Canada

I’m countin on you o ground me again, Night Gallery, Los Angeles CA, USA

I heard a heartbeat down in the black hole, Cardova, Barcelona, Spain 

I bet this cave has been here for a really long time, Shoot the Lobster, New York NY, USA

when you last found me here, The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston ON, Canada

Cheyenne Julien and Tau Lewis, Chapter NY, New York NY, USA making it work to be together while we can, Jeffrey Stark, New York NY, USA Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta GA, USA

Through the people we are looking at ourselves, Cooper Cole, Toronto ON, Canada

cyphers, tissue, blizzards, exile, 8-1 Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada 

foraged, ain’t free, The Pendulum Project, Studio 223a, Toronto ON, Canada

Color Is the First Revelation of the World, OCMA Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa CA, USA 

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Barbican, London, England

Making Their Mark, The Shah Garg Foundation, New York NY, USA 

Playscape, JTT, New York NY, USA 

My Way: A Gathering, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York NY, USA 

Au-delà: Rituals for a New World, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, France

To Begin Again, ICA Boston, Boston MA, USA 

Black Atlantic, Public Art Fund at Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York NY, USA 

The Milk of Dreams, 59th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

Awakening: seeing beyond the frame, Musée d’art de Joliette, Joliette QC, Canada 

WHAT DO YOU SEE, YOU PEOPLE, GAZING AT ME, Sadie Coles HQ, London, England 

The Armory Show, Platform Sector curated by Claudia Schmuckli, New York NY, USA

Yesterday we said tomorrow, Prospect.5, New Orleans LA, USA 

No Humans Involved, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles CA, USA 

Time Takes a Cigarette, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, England 

Threadbare, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England

Majeure Force: Part Two, Night Gallery, Los Angeles CA, USA 

Liminal States, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, Germany 

Estuary, Art Gallery of Nanaimo, Nanaimo BC, Canada 

People, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles CA, USA 

Ragga NYC x Mercer Union, Mercer Union, Toronto ON, Canada 

Yard Show curated by Marcus Jahmal, Shrine Gallery, New York NY, USA

Unmasked, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga ON, Canada 

In Pursuit of the Perfect Rose, Gallery 44, Toronto ON, Canada 

Ragga NYC x MoMA Ps1: Back to School, MoMA PS1, New York NY, USA 

Entering the Landscape, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg MB, Canada 

Migrating the Margins, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto ON, Canada 

True Lies, Night Gallery, Los Angeles CA, USA 

Red Hills of Lardoss, Down & Ross, New York NY, USA 

CAN’T TOUCH THIS, Mulherin, New York NY, USA 

Ragga NYC: All the threatened and delicious things joining one another, New Museum, New York NY, USA 

DOORED 29, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON, Canada 

The Un-Othered Body, OCAD Graduate Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada 

Open House, Sleep Center, New York NY, USA 

Fresh Constructions, Katzman Contemporary in collaboration with YTB Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada 

PRISMATIC, The Drake Hotel, Toronto ON, Canada 

Future 33, Younger than Beyoncé Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada 

BODY TALK, Project Gallery Studios, Toronto ON, Canada 

Massive Party 2016: Midnight Massive, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON, Canada 

Nice Pile of Bricks, House of Vans, Toronto ON, Canada 

DON’T CARE ABOUT LOSING, 1287 Dupont, Toronto ON, Canada

CHOST HOLE VIII, Jam Factory Co., Toronto ON, Canada 

Bad Girls Club, 116 Geary Avenue, Toronto ON, Canada 

Carbon Paper Issue #4 launch, 8-11 Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada 

Women in Music and Arts, Emmanuel Howard Park United Church, Toronto ON, Canada 

Massive Party 2015: HOTBED, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON, Canada

TAVES 2014, Sheraton Centre, Toronto ON, Canada 

This Is Not For You, Brockton Collective, Creatures Creating, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada 

Pratt University MFA artist talk, New York, NY

The Work in the World: Thinking through “Called to Create: Black American Artists of the South”, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Tau Lewis in conversation with Woody De Othello and Lucas Zwirner, Art Speaks Montreal, Montreal, QC Canada

Magic in Limitation, with Hans Ulrich Obrist, DLD Conference, Munich, Germany

Is sculpture the most anthropological of the art forms? Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, England Western University MFA artist talk, London ON, Canada

New York University MFA artist talk, New York NY, USA 

Queen’s University BFA artist talk, Kingston ON, Canada 

Agnes Etherington Art Centre artist talk, Queen’s University, Kingston ON, Canada 

Art and Black Canada, with Charmaine Lurch and Yaniya Lee, moderated by Katherine Mckittrick, Queen’s University, Kingston ON, Canada 

Tau Lewis in conversation with Katherine Mckittrick, Mercer Union, Toronto ON, Canada 

OCAD University “Crit Club” artist talk, Toronto ON, Canada

Triangle Trade Conversations, with Charmaine Lurch, mediated by Yaniya Lee, Gallery TPW, Toronto ON, Canada 

In Pursuit of the Perfect Rose, with Rajni Perera, Rah, Dalia Amara, and Shellie Zhang, mediated by Leila Fatemi, Gallery 44, Toronto ON, Canada 

Entering the Landscape, with Rajni Perera, Rah, Dalia Amara, and Shellie Zhang, mediated by Jenifer Papararo and Sarah Nesbitt, Plug in ICA, Winnipeg MB, Canada 

Magic in Limitation (Sculpting with found objects), Plug in ICA, Winnipeg MB, Canada 

The Hallmark of Tolerance, with Ayisha Gariba, Alaana Butler, Gyimah Gariba, and Huda Hassan, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, Canada 

The (Un)Othered Body, with Oreka James, Dainesha Nugent-Palache, and Mariam Magsi, mediated by Jessica Karuhanga, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

Black cultural appropriation vs. reclamation, with Lou Boileau, mediated by Sheniece Cater, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada 

Conversation with Yaniya Lee, in conjunction with cyphers, tissue, blizzards, exile, 8-11 Gallery, Toronto ON, Canada

City Limits, with Karimah Gheddai, mediated by Syndney Allen-Ash, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto ON, Canada 

Sorry, Not Sorry, with Merray Gerges, mediated by Dainesha Nugent-Palache, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ON, Canada

Grinnell College Museum of Art, Grinnell, IA

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Miami, FL

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC, Canada

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Library Collection, New York, NY

SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Burrard Arts Foundation Commission, The Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Ezratti Family Prize for Sculpture, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami (ICA Miami), Miami FL, USA

Canada Arts Council Project Grant

Canada Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

Canada Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant Canada Arts Council Project Grant

Frieze Frame Stand Prize, Cooper Cole solo presentation, Frieze New York 

Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant (Third Space Art Projects)

The Hynatyshyn Foundation’s William and Meredith Saunderson Prize for Emerging Artists 

Toronto Arts Council, Emerging Visual Artists Grant 

Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant (Third Space Art Projects) 

Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant (The Power Plant Contemporary)

Toronto Arts Council Emerging Visual Artists Grant