Bill Lewis @ 70

Bill Lewis was one of the legendary Medway Poets Group along with Billy Childish, Sexton Ming, Charles Thomson and Rob Earl.

He has performed his poems in Europe, Latin America and North  America and has been published in magazines, journals and anthologies all over the world. Some of his poems have been translated into French, Spanish, Italian and his short stories into German.  Silvia Pio translated his poems into Italian and they have been published in the online Magazine Margutte. 

In December 2020 Silvia Pio published three more of Bill’s poems in ‘The Tree Project’.

In addition, Lewis has been broadcast on television and radio on both sides of the Atlantic and has carried out readings, workshops and lectures at Literary Festivals (including the  International Cambridge Poetry Festival), hospitals, prisons, schools and universities and he was the first Writer-in-Residence at the Brighton Festival (1985).

Lewis was one of the original 13 founder members of the Stuckist  Movement. He has since gone on to disseminate the ideas and theories that have emerged from Remodernism.

He has exhibited his paintings in various galleries in Paris, London, Berlin, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Kentucky and was featured in the ‘Punk Victorian’  exhibition at the Walker Gallery, Liverpool.

In 2017 Lewis become a founder member of COLONY: A Community of Artists.

Art gallery at Nucleus Arts in Chatham. Sister gallery to Halpern Pop in Rochester.

The Halpern Gallery is a dedicated gallery space for hire in the Medway towns offering artists, designers, students, schools and graduates a chance to present their work in a self-curated, contemporary exhibition space. Our hanging system ensures that shows are quick and easy to hang, guaranteeing you a professional platform from which to showcase your talent.