NIGEL HEWITT

CONTACT

·       P: 0401 677 361

·       E: hewart.nigel@gmail.com

·       W: www.nigelhewitt.com.au

BORN: 1952, Ulverstone, Tasmania

EDUCATION

·       1975–1977 Diploma of Fine Art, Claremont School of Art, Perth

PROFILE Nigel is represented in the collections of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Artbank, BHP, Royal Perth Hospital, Fremantle Hospital, Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, City of Albany, the New Norcia Benedictine Monastery Art Gallery, Kedumba Art Collection (NSW), University of Western Australia, and the Holmes à Court Collection, as well as numerous important private collections. Publications include Woldendorp, R. and Stringer, J., Artists in Residence. Teaching positions have included Edith Cowan University and TAFE lecturing.

MAJOR AWARDS (SELECTED)

·       2019 Hadley Art Award — People’s Choice, TAS

·       2019 Hadley Art Award — Packers Prize, TAS

·       2016 John Leslie Art Prize — People’s Choice Award, VIC

·       2015 The Glover Prize, TAS

·       2012 Artitude — Australian Capital Equity Award, WA

·       2010 Black Swan Portraiture — People’s Choice, WA

·       2009 Black Swan Portraiture Prize, WA

·       2004 Minnawarra Art Award, City of Armadale, WA

·       2004 Margaret Heatcher Art Award, WA

·       2004 Mandorla Art Prize — Highly Commended, WA

·       2000 Arthritis Foundation of WA

·       2000 Kedumba Art Award, NSW

·       2000 Mandorla Art Prize — Highly Commended and People’s Choice, WA

·       1998 Mundaring Shire Acquisition Award, WA

·       1998 Perth Portrait Prize — Highly Commended, WA

·       1992 Albany Art Prize — Overall Winner, WA

·       1992 WA Department for the Arts — Residency, Italy

·       1992 Mandorla Art Prize — Kevin Sullivan Art Award, WA

·       1992 Williams Art Prize, WA

·       1991 Mandorla Art Prize — Kevin Sullivan Art Award, WA

·       1991 Art Acquisition Award, Mundaring Shire, WA

·       1991 Williams Art Prize, WA

·       1987 Matilda Bay Art Prize, WA

·       1986 BP Australia Art Award, Art Gallery of WA

·       1986 Williams Art Prize, WA

·       1985 Swan Shire Art Prize, Shire of Swan, WA

·       1984 Albany Art Prize — Overall Winner, WA

·       1983 Williams Art Prize, WA

·       1982 Albany Art Competition — Oil Painting, WA

·       1979 Spinifex Spree Art Award, Port Hedland, WA

·       1977 Parmelia Portrait Prize, WA

GRANTS AWARDED

·       2016 Creative Development Fellowship Grant, Department of Culture and the Arts, WA

·       1993 Australia Council Development Grant

·       1992 Arts WA — Special Project Grant, WA

·       1984 Guy Grey‑Smith Travel Grant

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

·       2024 ItalicSignal Hill,Italic Art Collective, Perth, WA

·       2022 ItalicEchoes from the Forest,Italic Art Collective, Perth, WA

·       2018 ItalicRecinder,Italic Gallery Central, Perth, WA

·       2011 ItalicThree Romances,Italic Gunyulgup Gallery, Yallingup, WA

·       2010 ItalicInland Sea,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       2009 ItalicThe Albedo Effect,Italic Gunyulgup Galleries

·       2007 ItalicThe Shadower,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       2006 ItalicStrange Fruit,Italic Gunyulgup Gallery, Yallingup

·       2006 ItalicBoundaries in Time,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide

·       2005 ItalicTemporary Spaces,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       2004 ItalicField of Dreams,Italic Gunyulgup Gallery, Yallingup

·       2004 Italicre‑generation,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       2003 ItalicFrom the Inside,Italic Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne

·       2002 ItalicThe Devil is in the Detail,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       2001 ItalicPast Inside Present,Italic Gunyulgup Gallery, Yallingup

·       2000 ItalicOceans,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       1999 ItalicThe Three Sisters,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       1998 Gunyulgup Gallery, Yallingup

·       1997 ItalicWaxworks,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide

·       1996 ItalicThe Divided Line,Italic Gunyulgup Gallery, Yallingup

·       1996 ItalicTraces,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       1995 ItalicPanopticon,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       1994 ItalicUnknown Horizons,Italic Gomboc Gallery, Perth

·       1994 ItalicIn Light there is Shadow – In Shadow there is Reflection,Italic Gunyulgup Gallery, Yallingup

·       1991 ItalicBeyond the Face of Reality,Italic Gomboc Gallery, Perth

·       1991 ItalicJourney North,Italic The Showcase Gallery, Darwin

·       1990 ItalicImpressions of Swan Valley,Italic Goodridge Gallery, Perth

·       1990 ItalicA Place of Mine,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       1989 ItalicTrek Exhibition,Italic Gallery Arteque, Perth

·       1986 Festival of Perth Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre

·       1985 Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide

·       1985 Residency Exhibition, Rottnest Island Hotel

·       1983 Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth

·       1979 Festival of Perth Exhibition, Miller Gallery, Perth

·       1978 Miller Gallery, Perth

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

·       2026 Stormy Weather, Art Collective

·       2026 Marks for Mundaring, Mundaring Arts Centre

·       2025 TAFE to FAME: 125 Years of Art and Design in Perth, Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth, WA

·       2025 Collection Focus 4# // THE HILLS: An Artists’ Gathering, Holmes à Court Gallery, Vasse Felix, Cowaramup, WA

·       2022 Mandorla Art Award, WA

·       2021 Hadley Art Award, Hadley Hotel, TAS

·       2019 Hadley Art Award, Hadley Hotel, TAS

·       2017 Glover Prize, TAS

·       2016 John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, VIC

·       2016 ItalicPainting as an Artform,Italic Mundaring Arts Centre, WA

·       2015 Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavilion, Evandale, TAS

·       2012 Hobart Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TAS

·       2011 ItalicAir,Italic Ben Joel and Nigel Hewitt, Darlington, WA

·       2009–2010 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Perth, WA

·       2009 ANL Maritime Prize, VIC

·       2009 ItalicSketched,Italic Greenhill Galleries, WA

·       2009 ItalicEstablished,Italic Mundaring Arts Centre, WA

·       2009 ItalicStations of the Cross,Italic Uniting Church, Perth, WA

·       2008 ItalicCollector’s Choice — smART Collecting,Italic Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW

·       2008 ItalicArtists for Peace,Italic Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA

·       2008 ItalicGrand Opening Show,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA

·       2008 ItalicRoad Works,Italic Mundaring Arts Centre, WA

·       2008 ItalicCloset Circus,Italic Horn Collection, Fremantle, WA

·       2008 ItalicChristmas Exhibition,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA

·       2007 ItalicChristmas Exhibition,Italic Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW

·       2007 Mundaring Truffle Festival Exhibition, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA

·       2007 ItalicMine Own Executioner,Italic Mundaring Arts Centre, WA

·       2007 Mandorla Art Prize, Central TAFE, Perth

·       2006 Guildford Grammar Art Exhibition, WA

·       2005 ItalicSquared,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       2004 Minawarra Festival, City of Armadale, Perth

·       2004 Affordable Art Show, Sydney

·       2004 Mandorla Art Prize, Fremantle, WA

·       2003 Guildford Grammar Art Exhibition, WA

·       2002 Italicloveyourwork — Celebrating 30 Years,Italic Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

·       2002 Mandorla Art Prize, Fremantle, WA

·       2000 ItalicQuotes: Appropriation as Subtext,Italic Perth College, Perth

·       2000 ItalicDown in Splendour: Six WA Artists,Italic Gallery 460, NSW

·       2000 City of Perth Art Award, WA

·       2000 ItalicAbout Face,Italic Edith Cowan University, WA

·       2000 Mandorla Art Prize, Fremantle

·       2000 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Exhibition, Perth

·       1998 ItalicArtists Against Racism,Italic Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth

·       1998 ItalicBeyond the Picture Boundaries,Italic Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth

·       1998 ItalicMillennium City,Italic Gomboc Gallery, Perth

·       1996 Mandorla Art Prize, Fremantle, WA

·       1995 ItalicMine Own Executioner,Italic Mundaring Arts Centre, Mundaring, WA

·       1995 ItalicOut of Australia,Italic Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

·       1994 Mandorla Art Prize, Fremantle

·       1993 ItalicAdvantage of Isolation,Italic Blaxland Gallery, Sydney

·       1993 ItalicOut of Sight: Insight,Italic Rics Gallery and The Fremantle Prison Museum

·       1993 ItalicGreenhill Pays Homage to Claremont School of Art,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       1993 ItalicCelebration of Life,Italic Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth

·       1992 ItalicDog II,Italic Midland Enterprise Centre, WA

·       1992 Mandorla Art Prize, Fremantle

·       1992 ItalicThe Four Seasons,Italic Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth

·       1992 ItalicArtists’ Choice,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       1992 Fremantle Council Art Award, The Energy Museum, Fremantle

·       1991 ItalicRoom with a View,Italic Fremantle Arts Centre

·       1991 ItalicArtists’ Artists,Italic Fremantle Arts Centre

·       1991 ItalicBorn in the CSA,Italic Claremont School of Art, WA

·       1991 ItalicFrom the Country to the City,Italic Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth

·       1990 ItalicThe Painted Desert,Italic New Collectables Gallery, Fremantle

·       1990 ItalicGreen is a Hot Colour,Italic Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       1989 ItalicDrawing Water,Italic Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

·       1989 West Australian Artists, Gomboc Gallery, Perth

·       1989 ItalicMan and His Natural Environment,Italic Matilda Bay Art Prize, Perth

·       1989 9 x 5 Exhibition, University of Western Australia

·       1989 New Works, Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       1988 Bicentenary of Selected Works, R&I Bank of WA, Art Gallery of Western Australia

·       1988 15th Birthday Exhibition, Editions Gallery, Melbourne

·       1987 Arts for the Forests — 9 x 5, Fremantle Theatre Institute, WA

·       1987 Prominent West Australians, Editions Gallery, Melbourne

·       1987 5th Anniversary Exhibition, Gomboc Gallery, Perth

·       1987 Matilda Bay Art Prize, Perth

·       1987 Luv a Duck, University of Western Australia

·       1987 Mandorla Art Prize, New Norcia, WA

·       1986 The Peace Show, Art Gallery of Western Australia

·       1986 BP Australia Art Award, Art Gallery of Western Australia

·       1986 WA Week Invitation Art Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

·       1986 Art from the Hills, Gomboc Gallery, Perth

·       1986 A Sense of Place, Shire of Mundaring, WA

·       1985 Good Beginnings, Claremont School of Art Foundation, Perth

·       1985 The Painted Pot, Festival of Perth, University of Western Australia

·       1984 WA Week Art Award, Fremantle Art Gallery, WA

·       1984 Destination China: WA Art, Guangdong Academy of Fine Art, Guangzhou, China

·       1983 George Haynes and Students, Greenhill Galleries, Perth

·       1983 Landscapes in Watercolour, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

·       1982 Landscape Images, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

·       1982 Pegasus Art Award, Art Gallery of WA

·       1982 Mining Industry of WA Art Award, Perth

·       1982 Foundation Exhibition, Claremont School of Art, WA

·       1981 Festival of Perth Exhibition, University of Western Australia

·       1979 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW

·       1979 Perth Portrait Prize, Perth

·       1979 Mining Industry of WA Art Award, WA

·       1978 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of WA

·       1977 Channel Seven Young Artists Award, Art Gallery of WA

·       1977 Parmelia Portrait Prize, Perth

RESIDENCIES

·       2009 Artist in Residence, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA

·       2000 Studio Practice, Ireland

·       1994 Verdaccio Studio Residency, Tuscany, Italy

·       1992 Verdaccio Studio Residency, Tuscany, Italy

·       1991 Artist in Residence, Edith Cowan University, Perth

·       1985 Artist in Residence, Fremantle Arts Centre Project, Rottnest Island, WA

·       1980 Artist in Residence, Mundaring Arts Centre, Perth, WA

·       1978 Artist in Residence, WA Department for the Arts Project, Pilbara, WA

COMMISSIONS Selected private and corporate commissions, including:

·       2024 Portrait of Professor Steve Chapman, Vice‑Chancellor, Edith Cowan University

·       2022 Portrait of Kerry Sanderson AC AO, Chancellor, Edith Cowan University

·       2021 Portrait of Wayne Martin QC, Chief Justice of WA (until 2018), Francis Burt Chambers

·       2017 Portrait of Hendy Cowan, Chancellor, Edith Cowan University

·       2016 Portrait of Carmel McLure QC, Francis Burt Chambers

·       2015 Portrait of Chief Justice Robert French AC, Francis Burt Chambers

·       2015 Portrait of Robert French AC, Edith Cowan University, WA

·       2014 Portrait of Chief Justice Antoinette Kennedy, Francis Burt Chambers

·       1998 Portrait of Dr Bill Gilmour, Australian Orthopaedic Association

·       1995 Painting to celebrate the Midland Centennial, Midland Promotional Trust, WA

·       1994 Portrait of Dr Frank Bell, Board of Directors, Fremantle Hospital, WA

·       1990 Portrait of Arthur Andersen, Arthur Andersen & Co., Perth, WA

·       1988 Ore Pigment Paintings, Mount Newman mine site, BHP Co. Ltd.

·       1987 Landscapes in Change, Midland Technical College, Midland, WA

·       1983 Portrait of Dr Salec Minc, Board of Directors, Fremantle Hospital, WA

·       1981 Portrait of Dr Neil Stewart, Edith Cowan University, WA

TEACHING POSITIONS

·       2003 Life Drawing Workshops, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA

·       1992, 1989 Edith Cowan University

·       1988–1989 Perth Technical College

·       1987 Curtin University — Visiting Lecturer

·       1986–1988 Forrestfield Technical College

·       1983; 1980–1990 Fremantle Arts Centre

·       1982, 1983, 1994 Albany Summer School

·       1980–1986 Arts Access Workshops

·       1980 Artist in Schools Project, WA

·       1979 Special Art Program, Applecross Senior High School

COLLECTIONS Art Gallery of Western Australia; University of Western Australia; Fremantle Arts Centre; Curtin University; Artbank; Robert Holmes à Court Collection; Wesfarmers; Kedumba Collection, NSW; The Stein Collection (Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of WA, Perth); Kim Bonython Collection; Edith Cowan University; Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre; Royal Perth Hospital; Fremantle Hospital; Mundaring Shire Council; Wesley College; Swan Brewery; Scotch College; Perth College; Dampier Salt; State Government Insurance Office; BHP Limited; The District Court of WA; Governor Stirling Senior High School; Bankwest; Australian Orthopaedic Association; Francis Burt Chambers; The Shire of Albany; The Shire of Williams; Belmont Senior High School; Arthur Andersen & Co.; Midland Technical College; Midland Library; Alcoa; New Norcia Benedictine Monastery Art Gallery; The Royal Agricultural Society; The City of Wanneroo; Midland Chamber of Commerce; Mount Newman Mining Company; The City of Armadale; The Ministry of Planning, Government of WA.