Works
Ryan Hewett
Bot Baby 1
2021
Ryan Hewett
Bot Baby 3
2021
Ryan Hewett
Wide Open
2021
Ryan Hewett
La Femme VI
2019
Framed: 177 x 205 x 5 cm
Ryan Hewett
Birds of Paradise
2019
Framed Total: 492 x 207 x 5 cm
Ryan Hewett
La Femme V
2019
Framed: 177 x 205 x 5 cm
Ryan Hewett
Male Linen Portrait
2017-18
Ryan Hewett
Origin I
2017-18
Ryan Hewett
Female Linen Portrait
2017-18
Ryan Hewett
Figure #1
2019
Framed: 104 x 129 x 4 cm
Ryan Hewett
Madonna
2017-18
Ryan Hewett
Presence
2016
Ryan Hewett
Samuel
2016
Ryan Hewett
Rise
2017-18
Ryan Hewett
African Child
2017-18
Ryan Hewett
Memories
2019
Exhibitions
WEB3 17 November - 23 December 2022
Nassima Landau
Group Exhibition
7 December - 18 December 2021
Ryan Hewett
H+ at UTA Artist Space
Unit London Editions
Ryan Hewett
African Child
2019
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition of 150 plus 15 artist’s proofs.
80 cm x 80 cm.
Ryan Hewett
Lunar
2021
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition of 150 and 15 Artist Proofs.
70 cm x 91 cm.
Ryan Hewett | The Game Awards | 2020
Biography
Born in 1979 and described by critic and curator Edward Lucie-Smith as ‘one of South Africa’s most distinguished painters today’, Ryan Hewett is renowned for his brooding and evocative paintings. Yet his portraits are not about capturing an external likeness of a subject, but rather creating a portal to the inner journey of self-exploration. In so doing, the artist relies principally on the intuitive processes of memory and imagination.
Using a variety of oil painting techniques, from brushes to knives, Hewett’s extensive knowledge draws on renowned movements within art history. His structured forms and psychedelic colours allude to Cubist portraits and Surrealist landscapes, while his body-length portraits recall Renaissance medical diagrams of the human anatomy.
Hewett has exhibited extensively in art fairs, group and solo exhibitions in major cities around the world. His most recent institutional exhibition took place at The Goss Michael Foundation in Dallas in 2019. His work can be found in various international private and public collections, including the Goss Michael Foundation, Fine Art Centre, Taiwan, The Recharge Foundation, Emergentes Art Foundation and the Dean Collection, to name a few.
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