GREGORY LEWIS
Illustrator / Concept Artist / Print Designer
EMAIL: greg@gregorylewisillustrations.com
WEB: www.gregorylewis.art
INSTA: @gregorylewisillustrations
Employment:
BURBERRY
June 2018 - Present
Freelance: Print Designer and Concept Artist : Spring 2019, Spring 2020 , Fall 2020
Role includes: Meeting with Creative Director to discuss art direction, from those conversations building concept boards for the forthcoming collections prints. Then realising those ideas into finished prints and artworks to be used throughout the collections and advertisement.
FENDI
April 2019 - June 2019
Freelance: Artwork for Nicki Minaj collaboration ‘ Fendi Prints On’ capsule collection
Role included: building research boards, print proposals through to finished artwork for branding, clothing prints and social media content.
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN
2015 - Present
Freelance: Illustrator/ Print Design/ Commercial Artist for Visual Identity department.
Role includes: Illustration and Artwork for look books, packaging, gifting, press images, prints for shoes and accessories. Designing for store and window installations.
Project Examples: Storyboards for christmas campaigns, Artwork for Spring 2016 lookbook, Comic Book for Sabyasachi & Harrods collaboration, Character design for Samsung Virtual Reality Goggles collaboration, Artwork for beauty press e-vites, Costume design for The Olympic Cuban Team for the opening ceremony of the Olympics 2016.
2016 - 2019
Freelance: Concept Artist for the Louboutin retrospective exhibition L'Exhibition[niste] - Palais de la PorteDorée
Role included: Meeting with Creative Director to discuss ideas and execute his vision through illustration for each room of the exhibition. The exhibition consisted of 9 curated rooms expressing the designers multi-referential work. One room consisted of 8 stained glass windows that were designed and artworked by myself. I also worked on artwork for embroidery design and prints for gift shop merchandise.
BRIONI
2014 - 2016
Freelance: Illustrator/ Print designer for Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015 , Spring 2016
Role included: Mainline and pre collection print designer. Prints scarf prints, graphic t shirt prints
CHANEL
2017
Freelance: Illustrator and Print designer for Spring 2017 Accessories
Role included: Research, print proposals through to final repeat prints for bag collection, including designing accompanying bag charms.
TOM FORD
2016
Freelance: illustrator and Embroidery design for Spring 2016
Cowboy illustrations used as an embroidery and repeat prints for menswear mainline and pre-collection
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER
2011 - 2014
In House : Womenswear & Couture Designer / 1st Assistant to Creative Director
COUTURE: Working closely with Creative Director and Head of Couture to build concepts and looks for the collections. Role included: Research, sketching designs, draping on the stand, toile development, fittings and embroidery design.
JPG X LA PERLA: Designing lingerie, corsetry and swimwear for the La Perla collaboration. Role included: Draping, sketching designs and working closely with the La Perla team.
COUTURE & VIP CLIENTELE: Designing couture garments for public events and bridal clientele. Designing costumes for touring artists such as Rihanna and Madonna. Role included: Meeting with couture clients, building concept boards, designing and illustrating looks through to fittings with clientele.
GIVENCHY
2010 -2011
Freelance : Womenswear Mainline Designer for Riccardo Tisci’s Spring 2011 and Fall 2011 collection
Role included: Research, sketching designs, toile development, draping on the stand, fittings and embroidery design
Freelance Menswear Print designer for Riccardo Tisci’s Fall 2011 collection
Role included: Illustration and art work for prints design, sketching designs for outerwear.
KATIE HILLIER FOR KANYE WEST
2009
Freelance : Illustrator and Research Assistant to Ebru Ercon ( for the Kanye West collection ‘Patelle’ )
Role included: Assisting Ebru Ercon for research, doing technical drawing of bag designs, designed hardware and fastenings for the bag collection.
WORK EXPERIENCE :
Alexander McQueen, John Galliano - 2009
EDUCATION:
CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS 2006 - 2010 : BA Honours Degree Fashion Design Womenswear
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
ACCADEMIA COSTUME & MODA // ROME ITALY
September 2017 - December 2017
Guest Lecturer on the MA Couture Design and MA Accessories course. Teaching drawing and design/ project development
THE MIGRANT FESTIVAL // CURATED BY OSMAN YOUSEFZADA // IKON GALLERY / SELFRIDGES BIRMINGHAM
14th June 2018
A workshop day of teaching fashion illustration at the Ikon Gallery to GCSE art students . Combined with an evening event of teaching fashion illustration at Selfridges Birmingham.