Tau Lewis

Tau Lewis (born 1993 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Jamaican-Canadian artist, mostly known for her sculptures in which she works with a variety of mediums including hand-sewn, carved, and assemblage. Lewis's environmentally-conscious use of reclaimed scraps and found materials connects with histories of resourcefulness employed by artists of the Southern United States.

Her work is in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art . Her sculpture Symphony was installed in the rotunda of the National Gallery of Canada from July 16, 2021 through January 2, 2022. In 2024 her work was exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Her work was included in the exhibition Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA).

Early Life and Education Lewis was born in 1993, in Toronto, Canada. She was raised by her Irish and French Canadian mother, who ran a small landscaping business until her death in 2022. Lewis' father was born in Jamaica and ran a reggae bar in Toronto.