Education
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC | Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours (Visual Arts), 2023–2026
McGill University, Montréal, QC | Exchange Program, 2025
Art Students League of New York, New York, NY| 2023–
Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC | 2022-23
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC | 2020-21
Group Exhibitions
"Chrysalis," Graduate Exhibition, April 2026 | AHVA Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
"Wide Open Door," May 2025 | Montreal, QC
"City Symphonies," March 2025 | WIP, Montreal, QC
"Recipe," November 2024 | Hatch Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Printmaking Exhibition: "Connecting the Dots," November 2024 | AHVA Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
2023 Grant & Merit Scholarship Recipients Show, July 2024 | The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2024 Student Salon, March 2024 | The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
"An Evolving Aesthetics of Interruption," March 2024 | VIVA Alliance, Vancouver, BC
Undergraduate Exhibition, January 2024 | AHVA Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Artist Talks
Artist Roundtable, November 2024. Hatch Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Awards & Features
Artist Feature | Yolk Literary Magazine, Vol. 5.2, Spring 2026
Artist Profile | UBC Undergraduate Journal of Art History and Visual Culture, Issue 17, April 2026
Tuan, I. (2026). "Syd Lewis: Against the Grid."
Illustrations | Narrow Margin Film Quarterly, Winter 2025 Issue, December 2025
Author Portrait | Brightening Glance: Life and Art, Pat Lipsky. University of Iowa Press, 2025
Artist Feature | Roundabout Journal of Urban Geography, Concordia University, April 2025
Lewis, S. H. (2025). Paintings From City Life Series. , 1(1), 79–82.
Go Global Award | University of British Columbia, October 2024
Program Artwork | Gibney Training Showcase: Look at Me (by Maesie Kost), Gibney Dance, New York, NY, August 2024
Merit Scholarship Recipient | The Art Students League of New York, July 2023
Apprenticeships
Studio Intern, May-July 2024; June-July 2025 | Pat Lipsky Studio, New York, NY

Leadership
Song Collective | Co-Creator, 2025-
UBC Life Drawing | Co-Executive, 2025-2026
Catalogues
Poetics of Place, Selected Prints and Paintings, October 2024

Articles
Lewis, S. H. (2025). Paintings From City Life Series, Roundabout Journal of Urban Geography, 1(1), 79-82

Studio, 2025. Photo: Kaleeka Pather

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