Tony Lewis was born in 1986 in Chicago; he lives and works in Chicago. Lewis’s practice focuses on the relationship between semiotics and language. Lewis draws inspiration mainly from his direct experience, mostly connected to his Afro-American origins. Tony Lewis creates drawings, using graphite, pencil and paper that are the mediums the artist uses to trace and create abstract narratives and reflections on the notion of the gestural. Tony Lewis’ work has been exhibited at Art Projects Ibiza; Museo Marino Marini, Florence; MOCA Cleveland; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Aspen Art Museum; Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago.