Corin Hewitt Explained

Corin Hewitt (born 1971) is an American artist. His work has been shown widely in the U.S. as well as Europe. He has had several U.S. solo museum exhibitions including at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland and Seattle Art Museum. Hewitt's work is held in the collections of the Whitney^[1] and Seattle Art Museum.^[2] He has been awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship, and a 2014/15 Rome Prize. He is an Associate Professor of Sculpture and Extended Media at Virginia Commonwealth University.^[3]

Education

Hewitt received a BA from Oberlin College and an MFA from Milton Avery School of Art at Bard College.

Solo exhibitions

• Seed Stage, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2008/2009^{[4] [5] [6]}
• SAM Next: Corin Hewitt, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 2009^{[7] [8]}
• The Hedge, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, 2013^[9]

Awards

• 2010: Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant^[10]
• 2011/12: Guggenheim Fellowship^[11]
• 2014/15: Rome Prize^[12]

Collections

Hewitt's work is held in the following permanent collection:

• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle: 22 prints (as of April 2021)^[2]
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: 75 prints (as of April 2021)^[1]

External links

• Laurel Gitlen Gallery
• Artist Pension Trust| Corin Hewitt
• Public Art Fund | Legacy

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021-04-11. Corin Hewitt. whitney.org.
2. Web site: 2021-04-11. Works – Corin Hewitt – Artists – eMuseum. art.seattleartmuseum.org.
3. Web site: Corin Hewitt . 10 February 2020 .
4. News: Carol. Vogel. 2021-04-11. Artist in Residence, Sort of, at the Whitney. The New York Times. 2 October 2008. 0362-4331.
5. News: Holland. Cotter. 2021-04-11. The Art of Cooking, and Vice Versa. The New York Times. 3 January 2009. 0362-4331.
6. Web site: 2021-04-11. Corin Hewitt: Seed Stage. whitney.org.
7. Web site: Jen. Graves. 2021-04-11. In/Visible: Corin Hewitt: The Desire and Anxiety of Reproduction and Decay. The Stranger.
8. Web site: 2021-04-11. Seattle Art Museum: Exhibition Information. 8 October 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091008202705/http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/Exhibit/exhibitDetail.asp?eventID=13795. 2009-10-08.
9. Web site: 2021-04-11. Corin Hewitt:The Hedge. mocacleveland.org.
10. Web site: 2021-04-11. Corin Hewitt. Joan Mitchell Foundation.
11. Web site: 2021-04-11. Corin Hickory Hewitt. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
12. Web site: Natalia. Tuero. 2021-04-11. Corin Hewitt and Dave McKenzie Among Rome Prize Winners. 11 April 2014. ARTnews.