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My 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, I have accomplished three solo exhibitions, ‘What’s behind the magic door?’ (2011), ‘CUSP’ (2013) and the most notable of these, ‘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.
I am accredited with the Picture Works 2011 prize and a ‘Special Prize for Contemporary Art’ at the ‘Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art’, Bulgaria (2017). My work continues to be internationally collected by private collectors in New York, Australia, Germany, France, Norway, and Spain. Other collections include The Office of Public Works, Dublin, The Law Society of Ireland, and the Microsoft Collection. In 2015 I 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 my own practice which has developed towards abstraction. I am currently immersed in production for my fourth solo exhibition which will open July 12th, 2018 at The Hillsboro Fine Art Gallery, Dublin. |
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
DLIADT - First Class BA(Hons) Fine Art,Visual Arts Practice /2010
Solo Exhibitions
CUSP – The Picture Rooms, Dublin /Oct 2013
What's Behind The Magic Door – KT Contemporary, Dublin /Nov 2011
Group Exhibitions
VUE Art Fair (Hillsboro Fine Art Gallery)
The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin /Nov 2016
RHA Open Studio - A Conversation on Drawing
The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin /Sept 2016
Peep
Hive Emerging, Waterford /April 2015
Goblin Market: Irish New Contemporary Art Book Launch and exhibition
White Lady Art, Dublin /Nov 2012
The Fresh Prints
Little Green Street Gallery, Dublin /May 2012
Shortlisted, Most Promising Graduate Award 2010 -
The Talbot Gallery, Dublin /July 2010
Exit Pursued by a bear – Broadstone Studios, Dublin /April 2009
Collections
Microsoft Collection, Dublin
Private Collection, Dublin
Private Collection, New York
Private Collection, Valencia
Private Collection, Hamburg
Private Collection, Australia
Private Collection, Norway
Awards
Six Month Studio Residency, The Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin,
July 2016 – Januray 2017
Solo Exhibition in the Ashford Gallery, The Royal Hibernian Academy,
Opening February through March 2017.
Winner of The Picture Works 2011 – Uugh Milk /Nov 2011
Publications
Goblin Market: Irish New Contemporary Art – White Lady Art Book, First Edition 2012
Bibliography
Kate Mothes, Leah Hewson (Interview), Young-Space.com
17th Sept 2016
Kate Holmquist, Artist Leah Hewson, 'My parents worry about me'.The Irish Times
14th Oct 2013
Niall McMonagle, What Lies beneath. Geminate by Leah Hewson, Sunday Independent
28th Oct 2013
Niamh Horan, CUSP (Video), Independent.ie /17th Oct 2013
Alonze Productions, Cusp, an exhibition by Leah Hewson (Video) /16th Oct 2013
No More Work Horse, Leah Hewson Exhibition – The Picture Rooms /17th Oct 2013
Jane McDonald, Exhibition – CUSP, Le Cool /13th Sept 2013
Other
David Eager Maher Workshop: Works on Paper, RHA /Oct 2016
Curatorial Internship, Artbox /Sept – Oct 2015
Internship, NeoNeo Inc. Sean Scully, New York /Feb – May 2015
Residency, NeoNeo Inc. Sean Scully, New Jersey /Feb 2015
DLIADT - First Class BA(Hons) Fine Art,Visual Arts Practice /2010
Solo Exhibitions
CUSP – The Picture Rooms, Dublin /Oct 2013
What's Behind The Magic Door – KT Contemporary, Dublin /Nov 2011
Group Exhibitions
VUE Art Fair (Hillsboro Fine Art Gallery)
The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin /Nov 2016
RHA Open Studio - A Conversation on Drawing
The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin /Sept 2016
Peep
Hive Emerging, Waterford /April 2015
Goblin Market: Irish New Contemporary Art Book Launch and exhibition
White Lady Art, Dublin /Nov 2012
The Fresh Prints
Little Green Street Gallery, Dublin /May 2012
Shortlisted, Most Promising Graduate Award 2010 -
The Talbot Gallery, Dublin /July 2010
Exit Pursued by a bear – Broadstone Studios, Dublin /April 2009
Collections
Microsoft Collection, Dublin
Private Collection, Dublin
Private Collection, New York
Private Collection, Valencia
Private Collection, Hamburg
Private Collection, Australia
Private Collection, Norway
Awards
Six Month Studio Residency, The Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin,
July 2016 – Januray 2017
Solo Exhibition in the Ashford Gallery, The Royal Hibernian Academy,
Opening February through March 2017.
Winner of The Picture Works 2011 – Uugh Milk /Nov 2011
Publications
Goblin Market: Irish New Contemporary Art – White Lady Art Book, First Edition 2012
Bibliography
Kate Mothes, Leah Hewson (Interview), Young-Space.com
17th Sept 2016
Kate Holmquist, Artist Leah Hewson, 'My parents worry about me'.The Irish Times
14th Oct 2013
Niall McMonagle, What Lies beneath. Geminate by Leah Hewson, Sunday Independent
28th Oct 2013
Niamh Horan, CUSP (Video), Independent.ie /17th Oct 2013
Alonze Productions, Cusp, an exhibition by Leah Hewson (Video) /16th Oct 2013
No More Work Horse, Leah Hewson Exhibition – The Picture Rooms /17th Oct 2013
Jane McDonald, Exhibition – CUSP, Le Cool /13th Sept 2013
Other
David Eager Maher Workshop: Works on Paper, RHA /Oct 2016
Curatorial Internship, Artbox /Sept – Oct 2015
Internship, NeoNeo Inc. Sean Scully, New York /Feb – May 2015
Residency, NeoNeo Inc. Sean Scully, New Jersey /Feb 2015