BIOGRAPHY
Hewson has a First-Class BA(Hons) degree in Fine Art from IADT, Dublin Ireland. Solo exhibitions include 'Kin Connection', The Royal Hibernian Academy (2024), ‘Blowout’ Stoney Road Press, INK Miami(2022), 'Ammo Veil' ,Hillsboro Fine Art gallery (2018) and ‘Scintilla’, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (2017) which was the culmination of work produced during a six-month residency at The RHA School. Other residencies include Nars Foundation, Brooklyn, New York (2018), SIM Residency, Berlin (2019) and Wilton Park Studios Residency, Dublin in (2019 -20), Facebook AIR program (2020).
Hewson won the Whyte's Award for painting at the 190th RHA Annual Exhibition, was shortlisted for the Hennessy Craig Biennial Award in 2019 and is accredited with the Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Travel Bursary Award 2018.
Hewson's work continues to be collected internationally, including being auctioned at Sotheby's, while public collections include The Trinity College Dublin History of Art collection, The Office of Public Works, Dublin, The Law Society of Ireland, the Microsoft Collection, Fidelity Investments and The Cleveland Clinic.
Hewson recently created an installation for Art on Paper in New York in 2022, and more recently Beyond the Pale Festival and has painted murals at Stoney Road Press and Kicky's restaurant in Dublin.
Photo credit: Philtrum Pictures
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
DLIADT - First Class BA(Hons) Fine Art, Visual Arts Practice / 2010
Solo Exhibitions
Raze the Container – Chateau La Coste, Aix en Provence, France / Sept 2025
Kin Connection - Corner Gallery, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin / Jan 2024
Blow Out - IFPDA Art Fair Miami with Stoney Road Press, Florida / Dec 2021
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
Contours, Hermans Auction House, Rathmines / 2024
Wilton Park Studio, 2019 to 2023, An IPUT Real Estate Initiative, The RHA / 2024
Play Area (Abstract Boundaries), 5 Charlemont Square, Dublin / 2024
The 194th RHA Annual Exhibition, The RHA / 2024
Dessel, Hermans Auction House, Studio 10, Dublin / 2023
In and of Itself: Abstraction in the age of Images, The Gallagher Gallery, The RHA / 2022.
Familia, Atelier Now / 2022.
The Irish Art Sale 2021, Sotheby's Bond Street, London (Also previewing at The RHA) / 2021.
Assemble, Atelier Maser Dublin / 2020.
The Hennessy Craig Biennial Award, Dr. Tony Ryan Gallery, The RHA, Dublin / 2019
The Body Responds by Lying Down, The Nars Foundation, Brooklyn, New York / 2019
Sixteen Memos for the next Millennium, The Nars Foundation, Brooklyn, New York / Nov 2018
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
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.
Residencies
Atelier Now /2024 - currently
The Dean Art Studios / 2020 – 2024
Wilton Park Studios /2018 – 2020
Sims, Berlin /2019
NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, New York /2018 - 2019
RHA School /2016- 2017
Awards, Funding and Commissions
Beyond the Pale Artist in Residence 2023 presenting ‘Kin Connection II’
Behaviour and Attitudes Print Commission in collaboration with Graphic Print Studio 2023
Brown Thomas Artist in Residence 2023
The Agility Award, The Arts Council 2021
Whyte's Award for painting, The 190th Annual RHA Exhibition 2020
Shortlisted, The Hennessy Craig Biennial Award 2019
The Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Travel Bursary Award 2018
A Special Prize for Contemporary Art, The International Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art', Bulgaria 2017
Publications
Tastemaker: Artist Leah Hewson on her favourite gallery, learning to say no, and singing Ave Maria, Sunday Business Post, Gillian Nelis /July 2024
In Studio with Contemporary Artist Leah Hewson, Image Magazine, Niall McMonagle /Winter Edition 2021
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
Installation: The Guinness Storehouse /2024
Mural: Stoney Road Press Building /2023
Installation: ‘Totem’, Fidelity Investments /2022
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
DLIADT - First Class BA(Hons) Fine Art, Visual Arts Practice / 2010
Solo Exhibitions
Raze the Container – Chateau La Coste, Aix en Provence, France / Sept 2025
Kin Connection - Corner Gallery, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin / Jan 2024
Blow Out - IFPDA Art Fair Miami with Stoney Road Press, Florida / Dec 2021
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
Contours, Hermans Auction House, Rathmines / 2024
Wilton Park Studio, 2019 to 2023, An IPUT Real Estate Initiative, The RHA / 2024
Play Area (Abstract Boundaries), 5 Charlemont Square, Dublin / 2024
The 194th RHA Annual Exhibition, The RHA / 2024
Dessel, Hermans Auction House, Studio 10, Dublin / 2023
In and of Itself: Abstraction in the age of Images, The Gallagher Gallery, The RHA / 2022.
Familia, Atelier Now / 2022.
The Irish Art Sale 2021, Sotheby's Bond Street, London (Also previewing at The RHA) / 2021.
Assemble, Atelier Maser Dublin / 2020.
The Hennessy Craig Biennial Award, Dr. Tony Ryan Gallery, The RHA, Dublin / 2019
The Body Responds by Lying Down, The Nars Foundation, Brooklyn, New York / 2019
Sixteen Memos for the next Millennium, The Nars Foundation, Brooklyn, New York / Nov 2018
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
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.
Residencies
Atelier Now /2024 - currently
The Dean Art Studios / 2020 – 2024
Wilton Park Studios /2018 – 2020
Sims, Berlin /2019
NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, New York /2018 - 2019
RHA School /2016- 2017
Awards, Funding and Commissions
Beyond the Pale Artist in Residence 2023 presenting ‘Kin Connection II’
Behaviour and Attitudes Print Commission in collaboration with Graphic Print Studio 2023
Brown Thomas Artist in Residence 2023
The Agility Award, The Arts Council 2021
Whyte's Award for painting, The 190th Annual RHA Exhibition 2020
Shortlisted, The Hennessy Craig Biennial Award 2019
The Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Travel Bursary Award 2018
A Special Prize for Contemporary Art, The International Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art', Bulgaria 2017
Publications
Tastemaker: Artist Leah Hewson on her favourite gallery, learning to say no, and singing Ave Maria, Sunday Business Post, Gillian Nelis /July 2024
In Studio with Contemporary Artist Leah Hewson, Image Magazine, Niall McMonagle /Winter Edition 2021
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
Installation: The Guinness Storehouse /2024
Mural: Stoney Road Press Building /2023
Installation: ‘Totem’, Fidelity Investments /2022
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