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BIOGRAPHY Hewson's artistic career began with a First-Class BA(Hons) degree in Fine Art at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin in 2010. Since then, she has accomplished four solo exhibitions, the most notable of these were 'Ammo Veil' at The Hillsboro Fine Art gallery in July 2018 and ‘Scintilla’ at The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin in February 2017. This was the culmination of work produced during a six-month residency at The Royal Hibernian Academy School. Hewson is accredited with the Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Travel Bursary Award 2018, has been shortlisted for the Hennessy Craig Bienniel Award to win €20,000 and won the ‘Special Prize for Contemporary Art’ at the ‘Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art’, Bulgaria (2017). Her work continues to be internationally collected by private collectors in New York, Australia, Germany, France, Norway, and Spain. Other collections include The Trinity College Dublin History of Art collection, The Office of Public Works, Dublin, The Law Society of Ireland, and the Microsoft Collection. In 2015 Hewson was given the opportunity to work with the world renowned abstract artist Sean Scully in New York and New Jersey which had a profound effect on her practice which has developed into abstraction. Hewson is currrently on a six month residency at the NARS Foundation in Brooklyn New York. |
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
DLIADT - First Class BA(Hons) Fine Art,Visual Arts Practice /2010
Solo Exhibitions
Ammo Veil - Hillsboro Fine Art Gallery, Dublin /July 2018
Scintilla - The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin /Feb 2017
CUSP – The Picture Rooms, Dublin /Oct 2013
What's Behind The Magic Door – KT Contemporary, Dublin /Nov 2011
Selected Group Exhibitions
Summer Exhibition, The Graphic Print Studio, Temple Bar, Dublin/ July 2018
188th RHA Annual Exhibition 2018, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin /May 2018
Collision, Law Society of Ireland, Dublin /Oct 2017
New Release, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin /June 2017
187th RHA Annual Exhibition 2017, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin /May 2017
The International Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art, House of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria /May 2017
Tara x Iverna, The Tara Building, Dublin /April 2017
186th Annual Exhibition , The RHA, Dublin /March 2016
Collections
Trinity College Dublin History of Art Collections
The Office of Public Works, Dublin
The Microsoft Collection
The Law Society of Ireland
Private Collection in Dublin, New York, Valencia, Australia, Hamburg, Norway
Awards
Shortlisted, The Hennessy Craig Bienniel Award 2019
The Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Travel Bursary Award 2018
Six Month Studio Residency, The Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin,
July 2016 – Januray 2017
A Special Prize for Contemporary Art, The International Bienniel of Humour and Satire in Art', Bulgaria 2017
Publications
Five of the best art shows to see this week in Ireland (30th July 2018), Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times (Culture) /July 2018
8 under 40: Artists to watch - The Irish Arts Review /Summer Edition 2018
Average Art – November issue, Average Art/Bigcartel.com / Nov 2017
Art Reveal Magazine – Issue 28, (Cover & feature) ARM / April 2017
Kate Mothes, Leah Hewson (Interview), Young-Space.com /Sept 2016
Other
Workshop: Mason Hayes and Curran Exhibition visit & 2 day workshop.
Ashford Gallery, The RHA & 5Th Class St Patricks National Girls School,
Ringsend /March 2017
Workshop: 5th Class Educate Together, Greystones Co. Wicklow.
Workshop: RHA Kids: Pattern Platters, The RHA School, Dublin /June 2017
Curatorial Internship, Artbox /Aug – Oct 2015
Internship, NeoNeo Inc. Sean Scully, New York /Feb – May 2015
DLIADT - First Class BA(Hons) Fine Art,Visual Arts Practice /2010
Solo Exhibitions
Ammo Veil - Hillsboro Fine Art Gallery, Dublin /July 2018
Scintilla - The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin /Feb 2017
CUSP – The Picture Rooms, Dublin /Oct 2013
What's Behind The Magic Door – KT Contemporary, Dublin /Nov 2011
Selected Group Exhibitions
Summer Exhibition, The Graphic Print Studio, Temple Bar, Dublin/ July 2018
188th RHA Annual Exhibition 2018, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin /May 2018
Collision, Law Society of Ireland, Dublin /Oct 2017
New Release, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin /June 2017
187th RHA Annual Exhibition 2017, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin /May 2017
The International Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art, House of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria /May 2017
Tara x Iverna, The Tara Building, Dublin /April 2017
186th Annual Exhibition , The RHA, Dublin /March 2016
Collections
Trinity College Dublin History of Art Collections
The Office of Public Works, Dublin
The Microsoft Collection
The Law Society of Ireland
Private Collection in Dublin, New York, Valencia, Australia, Hamburg, Norway
Awards
Shortlisted, The Hennessy Craig Bienniel Award 2019
The Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Travel Bursary Award 2018
Six Month Studio Residency, The Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin,
July 2016 – Januray 2017
A Special Prize for Contemporary Art, The International Bienniel of Humour and Satire in Art', Bulgaria 2017
Publications
Five of the best art shows to see this week in Ireland (30th July 2018), Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times (Culture) /July 2018
8 under 40: Artists to watch - The Irish Arts Review /Summer Edition 2018
Average Art – November issue, Average Art/Bigcartel.com / Nov 2017
Art Reveal Magazine – Issue 28, (Cover & feature) ARM / April 2017
Kate Mothes, Leah Hewson (Interview), Young-Space.com /Sept 2016
Other
Workshop: Mason Hayes and Curran Exhibition visit & 2 day workshop.
Ashford Gallery, The RHA & 5Th Class St Patricks National Girls School,
Ringsend /March 2017
Workshop: 5th Class Educate Together, Greystones Co. Wicklow.
Workshop: RHA Kids: Pattern Platters, The RHA School, Dublin /June 2017
Curatorial Internship, Artbox /Aug – Oct 2015
Internship, NeoNeo Inc. Sean Scully, New York /Feb – May 2015
