Contemporary Art Practice


Mixed Media
70.0 x 70.0 cm
2025
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From my Chaos & Order Collection, this works explores the dualities of life through a reimagintion of the mandala, an ancient archetypal symbol of wholeness. Created using my signature technique of combing expressive abstract painting with interlocking geometric forms, achieve through using a laser cutter. The Chaos of the abstraction is balanced with the Order of the geometric, symbolically bringing balance to opposites. The works invites you to see yourself within it, and project your own meaning up on it.
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Lewis Deeney’s work is instantly recognisable, his unique creative process uses interlocking geometric forms to bring a paradoxical harmony to the gestural abstraction of the painted surface. The result is a compelling interplay of chaos and order, creating transcendent paintings with an iridescent glow as colours glimmer upon the textured surface. Scottish-born; Lewis grew up in Dumbarton before moving to Dundee to pursue a contemporary art degree in which he graduated with a first-class honor in 2020. Lewis won both the James Guthrie Orchar Memorial Prize and the Farquar Reid Trust Prize during the degree show, as well as being selected for the Freelands Painting Prize. After being awarded the William S Phillips award, a bursary for his tuition fees, Lewis continued his studies at DJCAD graduating with merit in MFA Art & Humanities in 2021. Lewis has had three successful solo shows in Scotland and his paintings have been collected by public institutions and private collectors across the UK & Europe. In 2023 Lewis was shortlisted for the Chaiya Art & Spirituality Award and represented Scotland at the Interceltique Festival, Lorient, France. Currently Lewis works in his hometown of Dumbarton, near Glasgow, Scotland.
Curriculum Vitae
MFA Art & Humanities
PGDE Art & Design Teaching
Post Graduate in Creative Entrepeneurship
Everyone & No One
Becoming
An Odyssey of Chaos
Everyone & No One
Becoming
An Odyssey of Chaos
Freelands Painting Prize
Visual Art Open Emerging Artist Award- Shortlisted
William S Phillips Award
James Guthrie Orchar Memorial Award- University of Dundee
Farquhar Reid Trust Prize- University of Dundee
Chaiya Art Award- Finalist
VACMA- West Dunbartonshire
Creative Scotland Open Fund
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