C. Thomas Lewis
Photographer & Filmmaker
Thomas is a filmmaker and photographer based in Indianapolis. He holds an MFA from CalArts (’93) and a BFA from the University of the Arts (’88), and currently directs the Media Arts and Science program at IU Indianapolis’s Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. His personal work spans experimental film and medium format portraiture, while his professional projects have taken him from Los Angeles post-production houses to healthcare filmmaking in Guyana and Kenya.
Solo Exhibitions
The Virgin Forest Project, March Gallery, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN, 2017
From Now On, Gallery 924, Arts Council of Indianapolis, IN, 2013
Arcanum Research, Sol Mednick Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
Exhibitions
Fix: Heartbreak and Hope Inside Our Opioid Crisis, Indiana State Museum and Historical Sites, Indianapolis, IN, 2019-2021
UFVA at MCAD, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, 2019
Better or Worse?, iDADA Art Pavilion TURF, Indianapolis, IN, 2012
Grimsby Lightworks, Grimsby, England, 2011
Paducah Photo 2011, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, 2011
10th Annual Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Women’s University, Denton, TX, 2011
Rehearse, Rewind, Repeat: Photography, Video and Performance, Ohio University, Columbus, OH, 2010
Travel Stories, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2009
The Modern Art Show, The Modern Hotel, Boise, ID, 2009
Here: Considerations of Place in Contemporary Photography, Boise State University, ID, 2007
The Room Show, Boise State University, ID, 2006
Film Festivals / Screenings
Signaling, ASVOFF15 COMME des GARÇONS Paris, France, 2022
possible:, The Around the World Festival – Berlin, 2021
possible:, Cinedependent Film Festival, Cincinnati, OH, 2021
possible: Festival Internacional de Cine de Taxo, Taxo, Mexico, 2021
The Long Run: Wes Doty’s New Life, The Reel Recovery Film Festival, Online, 2021
The Long Run: Wes Doty’s New Life, Hobnobben Film Festival, Fort Wayne, IN, 2021
The Long Run: Wes Doty’s New Life, Circle City Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN, 2021
The Long Run: Wes Doty’s New Life, PDX Recovery Film Festival, Online, 2021
The Long Run: Wes Doty’s New Life, Indy Shorts Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN, 2021
The Long Run: Wes Doty’s New Life, Indy Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN, 2021
First of the Month, The International Social Change Film Festival, 2020
Michael, The Awareness Film Festival Los Angeles, CA, 2017
Michael, The African Film Festival Dallas, TX, 2017
Afiya and Joshua, Klienkapp Short Film Festival Centurion, South Africa, 2017
Michael, Heartland International Film Festival, 2016
Michael, Mosi, Afiya, Joshua, Africa International Film Festival, 2016
Films by C. Thomas Lewis, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
Got Land, Idaho International Film Festival, Boise, ID, 2008
Through Corridors and Factories, Zion Independent Film Festival, Springdale, UT, 2005
Through Corridors and Factories, Cork Film Festival, Cork Ireland, 2005
Fluid Dynamics, Contemporary.art.NONSTOP.Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2004
Fluid Dynamics, SIGNES DE NUIT Festival, Paris, 2004