Mark Lewis

19 January 1962Born Albury NSW
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
1980-81Studied Sturt University, Sculpture Department (Creative Arts Centre)
1982-83Studied Sculpture Workshop CSA, ANU
1983-84Studied Wood and Graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Art, (Wood) CSA, ANU
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
1985-86Comparative Work Study Grant from the Crafts Board of the Australia Council
1985-86Studied with Don Lee, One Tree Studio ACT (woodturning), Gerard Gilet, Gilet Guitars Sydney (guitar making), David Upfill-Brown, Cuppacumbalong (furniture making and design)
1986Worked with David McClaren Bungendore Woodworks
Established Criterion Wood in Braidwood
1987Fine Craftsman employed by Danby Contract Cabinet Makers, the New Parliament House Project
1988-89Worked on the restoration of the Braidwood Hotel
1989Invited Wood Craftsman to Suva, Fiji, CHE International Guest Speaker, lecture Fiji Institute of Technology
1990-1996Restoration of Heritage Building previously the Criterion Hotel, Braidwood
1992Heritage Council Grant, for Rebuilding the main Verandah, Criterion Building Braidwood
Canberra Critics Award for Furniture of the Boudoir Exhibition, David Jones, Canberra
1986-1996Private commissions Criterion Wood Braidwood
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1984Craft Australia, Michael Bogle
1985American Luthiers' Guild, magazine
1989Modern Australian Furniture-Profiles of Contemporary Designer-Makers, Michael Bogle and Peta Landman
EXHIBITIONS
19821st Annual Invitation Exhibition Sturt University
1984Canberra School of Art Wood Workshop Beaver Galleries, ACT
1984Graduation Exhibition Canberra School of Art Gallery
1985Two Ways with Henry Black, Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney
1988Exhibition of Regional Woodworkers Goulburn Regional Gallery
1990Evocations of the Garden curators Johanna Owen and Kath Wellman, Huntly Property, ACT
1991The Contemporary Outdoor Furniture Exhibition Cuppacumbalong Craft Centre, ACT
1991Insight Criterion Fine Art Gallery
1992Furniture for the Boudoir 16 Canberra Designer Makers, David Jones, ACT
1996The Box as Container Invited Designer-Makers, Canberra School of Art Gallery, ACT