Andrew Hewish is a London-based contemporary artist and curator. He has exhibited (and his work is collected) internationally. His practice focuses on painting, drawing and sculpture and the possibilities of ecology, site, studio and the line. He holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art (RCA) and is a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at the School of Art, Architecture and Design (formerly the Sir John Cass School). In 2020, he was awarded a British Empire Medal for services to the arts. In 2004 he founded the Centre for Recent Drawing, a UK charity which has curated over 100 exhibitions in drawing and where he remains as Executive Director. He sits on the board of Poetry School, a UK charity, and has previously curated the public engagement in research and exhibition programme at the Warburg Institute, University of London, and has been a Visiting Academic at the University of Oxford’s Ruskin School of Art.
Dr Andrew Hewish, BEM
Education:
2018: PhD, Royal College of Art
2013: M.Res., London Consortium (Birkbeck/ Tate/ ICA/ AA/ Science Museum)
2001: MFA, COFA /University of New South Wales
Academic Experience:
2004 - current Founding Director, Centre for Recent Drawing, London
2009 - current Senior Lecturer, School of Art, Architecture, Design
London Metropolitan University
2016 - 2017 Curator of Public Engagement, Research and Exhibition
The Warburg Institute, University of London
2017 - current Board Member, Poetry School (MA Writing Poetry; U. Newcastle)
2018 - 2019 Academic Visitor, Ruskin School of Art University of Oxford
Awards
2021: British Empire Medal, awarded for contribution to the Arts, UK
2018: Awarded Cil Rialiag Residency, Ireland
2014: METSU Award for Outstanding Lecturer
2014: Shortlisted for the John Moores Painting Prize
2014/15: Awarded Cil Rialiag Residency, Ireland
2013: Awarded Trelex Residency, Switzerland
2013: Awarded South Lookout Tower Residency, UK
2011: Academic Bursary, London Consortium
2001: Awarded Hill End Residency, Australia
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Station, Vivienne Roberts Projects, London
2022 Vapeurs, Vapeurs d’Orient, Paris
2018 One Liners, Lanssering, London
2018 One Liners, RCA London
2016/2017 The Fourth Wall, Andrew Hays, London, UK
2013 Drift, Caroline Wiseman Modern and Contemporary, Aldeburgh, UK.
2008 Palladio Studies, Villa Saraceno, Italy.
2008 Endless Pleasure, Horizon Gallery, Atlanta, USA.
2006 The Insubstantial Pageant, Nolias Gallery, London,.
2005 The Majestic World, Nolias Gallery, London, UK.
2005 Scenes from Aladdin, SLOT Gallery, Sydney, Aust.
2004 Scenes and Monuments, Nanospace, London, UK.
2004 Monte San Martino, 7 Bedford Row, London, UK.
2003 Distance, IDG, Sydney, UK.
2002 Paintings from Hill End, Lilianfels, Sydney, Australia.
2000 Detritus, Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney, Australia.
1999 Littoral, Global Gallery,Sydney, Australia.
1998 Wallamumbi, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, Australia.
1997 Wallamumbi, SoHo Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Don't Look Back, Vivienne Roberts Projects, London
2023 A Little Closer, Aleph Contemporary, London
2023 London Art Fair, Aleph Contemporary
2022 Field Notes, Aleph Contemparary, London
2021: Dialogues, C4RD, London
2017: Like the Lines of a Hand, Paper Gallery, Manchester
2015: Painting About Painting. Simmons Contemporary
2014 Daikas. Skirtis. Kartote.,Si:Said Gaeleri, Klaipeda, Lithuania
2014 Inspiring Art, Castle Fine Art, London, UK
2014 re:search, Dyson Gallery, London, UK
2014 Stewart Law's RCA Secret, Royal College of Art
2014 20/21 British Art Fair, London, UK2013 Biennale Soncino a Marco, Soncino, Italy.
2013 Print Exchange, Graphic Arts, SF, and Robert Blackburn, NY, USA.
2013 SBP, Co-op NY, touring exhibition, USA + Canada.
2013 Ought to be Bought, Parker Gallery, London, UK.
2012 ONE, Block 336, London, UK.
2012 Collectible, ZAP, London, UK
2012 Anschlüssel, C4RD, London, UK.
2011 Anschlüssel, Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawings, Berlin, Germany.
2011 Kettle's Yard: Found, the Garage, London, UK.
2011 The Invention of Painting, C4RD, UK.
2011 Hot Lot, Central House Gallery, London, UK.
2011 Art/Unity/Hope, City and Guilds London Art School, London, UK.
2010 Patrick Heide, Pulse Miami, Miami USA.
2010 INTA, Phoenix, USA.
2010 AlterWalden, Shankill Castle, Ireland.
2010 INTA, Boston, USA.
2010 W.O.I., APW, New York, USA.
2010 Handjoy, C4RD, London, UK.
2009 Contested Ground, 176 / Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK.
2009 Shibui, C4RD, London, UK.
2009 The Annual, The Arts Club, London, UK.
2005 Seductive Revisions, Wallace Collection, London
2005 Kunst-Event, Antwerp, Belgium.
2005 4th Artist International Exhibition, Penne San Giovanni, Italy.
2005 The First Picture Show, Monte San Martino, Italy.
2005 The Landscape of Memory, C4RD, London, UK.
2003 Masters, IDG, Sydney, UK.
2003 Arts House Gallery, London, UK.
2001-3 Alberto Vilar Gallery, London, UK.
2002 Second Floor Gallery, London, UK.
2001 Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney, Australia.
2000 New Century Artists, New York, USA.
1999 Olsen Carr, Sydney, Australia.
1998 Art Images, Adelaide, Australia.
1997 SoHo Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum (NAL)
New England Regional Art Museum
Newcastle Region Gallery
The Warburg Institute
Brooklyn Art Library
Bathurst Regional Art Museum
University of New South Wales
Blake Berne Collection
Macquarie Bank
Allens Arthur Robinson
Atonaskovic and Hartnell
Howrey LLP
Children's Hospital Westmead
private collections in USA, UK,
Australia, China, Thailand, Europe
