Born in 1983/ Aotearoa
REPRESENTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
In Return, 2022, An exhibition of collaborative work with Cora Allan Lafaiki Twiss, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland, NZ
Brick Bay Sculpture Park, 2021-24, The Symphony of Worth and Worthlessness, Auckland, NZ
Acervo Rotativo (Complete Collection Module 1/3), 2021, Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade, São Paulo, Brazil
The Nomadic Art Gallery, 2021, Connells Bay Sculpture Park, Waiheke Island, Auckland, NZ
Beyond Kāpene Kuku/Captain Cook, 2019, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Marita Hewitt, Emily Wolfe, 2018, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Everyday Lines, 2017, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, NZ
Toby Raine, Max Gimblett, Marita Hewitt, 2017, Sydney Contemporary (Page Blackie Gallery Booth), Sydney, Australia
Gallery Artists, 2016, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, NZ
John Pule, Marita Hewitt, Layla Walter, 2014, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland, NZ
Imposters: Sculptures from the Wallace Arts Trust Collection, 2014, Little Gallery, Pah Homestead, Auckland, NZ
Value, 2014, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Artworks from a Private Collection, 2012, Te Awamutu Museum, Te Awamutu, NZ
Group Show, 2010, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Best Before, 2009, Rm, Auckland, NZ
Paint on Paper, 2009, Rm, Auckland, NZ
Walking Stella, 2007, Rm 103, Auckland, NZ
The Considerations of Marita Hewitt and Elliot Collins, 2005, Stanbeth House Gallery, Auckland, NZ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Here I Am, 2021, The Art Counsel, Wellington, NZ
Material Efficiencies, 2020, Page Galleries, Wellington, NZ
This Moment Has No End, 2019, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, NZ
High Tide, 2017, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Pulp, 2015, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Object Lure, 2014, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, NZ
That Was Yesterday, 2013, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Entropy, 2011, Level 1 358 K' Rd, Auckland, NZ
PROJECTS/ COMMISSIONS
ThisIsUsHereNow, 2024 (a collaborative community textile project together with Teresa HR Lane), The Turner Centre, Kerikeri
Ka Kite Au I a Koe / But Even At This Distance I Recognise You, A site specific commission at Site 9, 40 Lady Elizabeth Lane, Wellington. Client: Willis Bond, 2022 https://www.willisbond.co.nz/bell-gully-building-artwork
Innocent Packaging Compostable Canvas coffee cups: Bibliography for an Unwritten Thesis, 2016
Our Kerikeri, Commission to create a large scale public artwork in recognition of Tūhono (200 year anniversary), 2020- ongoing
AWARDS
National Contemporary Art Award 2018, People’s Choice Award
Portage Award 2015, Finalist
National Contemporary Art Award 2015, Finalist
National Contemporary Art Award 2013, Finalist
Wallace Award 2013, 1st Runner Up
Portage Award 2013, Merit Award Winner
TEXTS/ VIDEO
Couching Series Interview with James Blackie from The Arts Counsel, 2021 https://www.artcounsel.nz/video/8-marita-hewitt-in-her-kerikeri-studio/
‘Watercolourist's Travel Light’, Art News New Zealand, Summer 2014, pp. 100-103
Roelants, A. 2016, Material thinking and sustainability in contemporary ceramics. Artlink, Issue 36:1, pp 32 - 39
39.https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/4435/material-thinking-and-sustainability-in-contempora/
Good Magazine, https://goodmagazine.co.nz/marita-hewitt-exhibition/ Marita Hewitt opens environmentally conscious exhibition. 2019
Objectify, Urbis Magazine, Issue 99, pp. 40 (photography by Toaki Okano, art direction by Thomas Cannings)
RESIDENCIES
The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China, April 2016 (Funded in part thanks to Creative NZ)
Vermont Studio Centre, USA, May, June ,July 2014 (Awarded by Wallace Arts Trust)
Detroit, New York, USA, (Self funded), June, July, August 2010
COLLECTIONS
Wallace Trust Collection
Price Waterhouse Coopers Collection
Parkin Collection
Poison Creek Sculpture Project
Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery
Along with work in a number of notable private collections in New Zealand and abroad.
EDUCATION
Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching: 2009 : Auckland University of Technology
Bachelor of Visual Arts: 2002-2004: Auckland University of Technology
Get in touch with me via the form below :)