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
2023–2025
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2022–2023
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
2020–2021
APPRENTICESHIPS
Studio Apprentice, Pat Lipsky Studio, New York, NY
May–July 2024; June–July 2025
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Chrysalis, BFA Graduating Exhibition, April 2026
AHVA Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
A Wide Open Door, May 2025
Montréal, QC
City Symphonies, March 2025
WIP, Montréal, QC
Recipe, November 2024
Hatch Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Connecting the Dots: Printmaking Exhibition, 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
Sobremesa Vancouver: Via Tribunal, Salon, April 2023
SPACE, Vancouver, BC
SELECTED FEATURES & AWARDS
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
Illustrations, Narrow Margin Film Quarterly, Winter 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
Go Global Award, University of British Columbia, October 2024
Program Artwork, Gibney Training Showcase: Look at Me, Maesie Kost, Gibney Dance, New York, NY, August 2024
Merit Scholarship Recipient, The Art Students League of New York, July 2023
TALKS & PANELS
Artist Roundtable, Hatch Gallery, Vancouver, BC, November 2024
LEADERSHIP
Song Collective — Co-Founder, 2025–
UBC Life Drawing — Co-Founder & Communications Director, 2025–2026
CATALOGUES
Poetics of Place: Selected Prints and Paintings, self-published, October 2024
PUBLICATIONS
Tuan, Iman. “Syd Lewis: Against the Grid.” UBC Undergraduate Journal of Art History and Visual Culture, Issue 17, April 2026.
Lewis, Syd Henry. “Paintings From City Life Series.” Roundabout Journal of Urban Geography, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2025, pp. 79–82.
Lang, Alicia. “City Life.” Essay on the work of Syd Henry Lewis, 2025.
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