Leah Hewson

Leah Hewson is a visual creator based in Dublin. Her exhibitions include: Raze the Container (Chateau La Coste, France, 2025), Kin Connection (The Royal Hibernian Academy, Ireland, 2024), Blowout (Stoney Road Press, USA, 2022), Ammo Veil (Hillsboro Fine Art gallery, Ireland, 2018), Scintilla (The Royal Hibernian Academy, Ireland, 2017). 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. ​She won the Whythe's Award for painting at the 190th RHA annual exhibition, was shortlisted for the Hennessy Craig Award in 2019 and was accredited with the Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Travel Bursary Award in 2018.

While at the CCI, Hewson will focus on developing and producing a new painting project set to be shown at Château La Coste in the south of France towards the end of the year. She will integrate brushwork into her practice and explore how it can sit with spray paint.