SUMMER LEWIS
541.404.0835 ● summerlewisdesigns.com ● artistsummerlewis@gmail.com ● Ashland, Oregon
Mixed Media Collage and Experimental Artist
Artist • Creative Thinker • Collaborator • Blogger • Digital Photographer • Independent Curator • Educator • Nonprofit Internet, Social Media, and Email Marketing Professional
UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITION
DEC. 2023 – JAN. 2024 Turtle Dreams: A History of Love & Magic, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Medford Oregon
EXHIBITIONS
2021/2023 Member’s Gallery, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Medford, Oregon.
2021/2023 Represented by the Fiber Arts Collective, Ashland, Oregon.
2021/2022 Sea Life, the Fiber Arts Collective, Ashland, Oregon.
2021 About Space, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Medford, Oregon.
2021 Ghost Trees Almeda Fire, the Fiber Arts Collective, Medford Oregon
2021 Pattern and Decoration Art Movement Tribute, Rogue Gallery, Medford, Oregon
2021 Member’s Gallery, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Medford, Oregon
2021 Represented by the Fiber Arts Collective, Ashland, Oregon
2019 Represented by Art & Soul Gallery, Ashland, Oregon
2018 “Don’t Fence Me In”, Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford, Oregon
2016 “Shipyard Fragments”, Solo Art Show, Charleston, Oregon
2015 “Bay Area Artist’s Association Exhibition”, SWOCC, Coos Bay, Oregon
2015 “Miniature and Small Work”, Art by the Sea Gallery, Bandon, Oregon
2014 “A Room with a View”, Portland, Oregon
2012 “The Walkabout Woman Launch ~ One Woman Show”, Ashland, Oregon
2010 “Dancing with the Muse”, Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Menter, Oregon
2010 “Who Does She Think She Is?”, Southern Oregon University, Medford, Oregon.
2010 “Mexico’s Day of the Dead”, Cathy Dorris Studios, Ashland, Oregon.
2010 “Tribal”, Cathy Dorris Studios, Ashland, Oregon.
2010 “First Friday at the Hospital”, Ashland Art Gallery, Ashland, Oregon.
2010 “SIDE by SIDE”, Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library, Ashland, Oregon.
2010 “The Gifts of the Dark Night of the Soul”, RV Metaphysical Library, Ashland, Oregon.
2009 “Gallery Store” Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford, Oregon.
2009 “The Dark Night of the Soul Mail Art Show”, Ashland, Oregon.
2009 “The Gifts of the Dark Night of the Soul”, Talent Art Gallery, Talent, Oregon.
2009 “Women and Man–dala Show”, Art in the Library, County Library, Medford, Oregon.
2009 “Mandalas for Transformation”, Pangea, Ashland, Oregon.
2009 “Postcards from the Edge”, Metro Picture Gallery, New York, NY,
2008 “My Own Private Italy”, Solo Exhibition, Democratic Headquarters, Medford, Oregon
ART EVENTS PRODUCED
Summer 2011 “Who Does She Think She Is?”: Film, Artist Panel and Art Show, Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon. 50 women artists.
Spring 2009 “The Healing Power of Mandala Art” Art Event Series, The Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon – multiple venues, workshops, and artists.
Fall 2009 “Shining Light on the Dark: The Gifts of the Dark Night of the Soul” Art Event Series, Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon – multiple galleries, artists, and a related poetry reading, workshop, and film showing.
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
2009 “The Gifts of the Dark Night of the Soul”, Talent Art Gallery, OR
2009 “The Dark Night of the Soul Mail Art Show”, Mada Shell Gallery, Ashland
2009 “The Dark Night of the Soul”, Art Event, Talent Art Gallery, OR
2009 “Women and Man-dala Show”, Jackson County Library, Medford, OR
JUROR
2009 “HerStory”, Manhattan Arts International, New York, N.Y.
PRODUCTS
2012 “Social Media Marketing Self-Assessment and Planning Tool”
2011 “Art Career Self Assessment and Planning Tool”
2010 “Art Resume, Biography, and Statement” Worksheets.
2010 “Artist Business Plan Worksheet.”
2009 “2009 Gallery Hot List” – Gallery Guide for Emerging Artists.
2009 “Mandalas for Coloring~ Transformation” Coloring Page Packet.
IN THE MEDIA
2021 Oregon Wildfires Anthology, Rogue Valley, OR
2016 The World News, Get up close & personal with the Charleston Shipyard, Coos Bay, OR
2016 South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Newsletter, Charleston, Oregon
2015 The World News, “Bay Area Artist’s Association Annual Exhibition”, Coos Bay, OR
2012 Ashland Daily Tidings, “Wisdom from the Walkabout Woman”, Ashland, OR.
2012 Mail Tribune, “Women go walkabout”, Medford, OR.
2012 Red Box Kite, “Building Your Business Brand: Help for Creative People,
2010 Empty Easel, “The Biggest Social Networking Mistake for Artists”
2010 Joy Magazine, “Who Does She Think She Is?”, Medford, OR.
2009 Daily Tidings, “Shining Light on the Dark”, Ashland, OR.
2009 Talent News and Review, “Local Gallery Gets Dark with the Lights On”, Talent, OR.
2009 Sneak Preview, “Don’t Be Afraid to Confront Your Dark Side”, Ashland, OR.
2009 Healthy Living Magazine, “Healthy Holiday Gifts: Sacred Circles”, Medford, OR.
2009 Sunday Living, Medford Mail Tribune, “MANDALA”, Medford, OR.
2009 Healthy Living Magazine, ”Healing Circles”, Medford, OR.
2009 Medford Mail Tribune, “Local artists send work to the ‘Edge’, Medford, OR.
AWARDS
2015 People’s Choice Award – Miniature and Small Works Show, Art by the Sea Gallery and Studio, Bandon, Oregon
2015 Honorable Mention Small Works: “Shipyard Fragments”, Art by the Sea Gallery, Bandon, OR
BLOGS
2012 – Current The Walkabout Woman, http://thewalkaboutwoman.com
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2020 Old School, Hriesy Island, Northern Iceland – Selected to attend May of 2020
(Postponed due to Covid-19 Pandemic)
2012 Fish Trap, Imnaha River Retreat, Imnaha Oregon
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
2010 – 2020 Social Media and Internet Marketing Manager Contractor, The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County, Oregon. Created 100s of digital and print marketing graphics over 10 years. http://cacjc.org
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford Oregon