ABOUT

Charlie Hewitt, b.1946, is an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and public artist. His works are part of the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum, New York Public Library, and Library of Congress, among others. He has also been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions.

Hewitt is renowned for his fearless approach in the studio and all aspects of life.

CHARLIE HEWITT AMERICAN ICON by David McDonald

After decades of living in downtown Manhattan, Hewitt and his wife, fellow artist Kate Carey, returned to Hewitt’s home state of Maine in 2010 in search of community. He has since been participating in developing and engaging communities from his hometown in Lewiston to Portland and all the way to Bangor.

In January 2023, he was the first artist in Maine to have a blockchain Non-Fungible Token art exhibition at Moss Galleries in downtown Portland titled “Bright Screens and Electric Dreams” in partnership with WEX and United Way.

Hewitt has been constructing two workshop studios, with the intention of fostering opportunities for community creativity and interaction. The Electric Garage is being developed in Jersey City, New Jersey, and the Electric Greenhouse is located in Portland, Maine.


An exhibition at Cove Street Arts combining many of Charlie’s paintings, sculptures, and prints in 2019

Charlie Hewitt: Left of the Turnpike was an exhibition of Hewitt's dynamic, imaginative paintings, sculpture, prints, and neon constructions.

Learn more about this exhibition here


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Whitney Museum of Art, New York City

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

MIT, List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, New York

The New York Public Library, New York City

The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine

The Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina

Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine

Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine 

The Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Phillips Academy, Addison Gallery, Andover, Massachusetts

The Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine

Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City

Chemical Bank, New York City

Maryland Bank and Trust, Lexington Park, Maryland

Prudential Insurance, New York City

State University of New York, Binghamton, New York

Dillard Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Charlie Hewitt: Bright Screens and Electric Dreams- Moss Galleries Portland, ME

2022 Charlie Hewitt: Light Up - Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, CT

2022 Charlie Hewitt: New Work - Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City

2022 Charlie Hewitt: Bush of Ghosts - Moss Galleries - Falmouth, Maine

2019 Charlie Hewitt: Left of the Turnpike Cove Street Arts - Portland, Maine

2017 Heather Gaudio Fine Art – New Canaan, Connecticut

2016 Jim Kempner Fine Art – New York City

2014 Charlie Hewitt: White Light – Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City

2012 Woodcuts, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, Connecticut

Greenwich Art Council Greenwich, Connecticut

Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City

2010 Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City

Icon Gallery, Brunswick, Maine

2008 Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City

2007 Whitney Art Works, Portland Maine

2006 Farnsworth Museum, Rockland Maine

Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston Maine

2004 Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City

2001 Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City

1998 Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City

Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

1997 June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, Maine

Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York City

1996 Ralph Greene Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1995 Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City

Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

1994 Kouros Gallery, New York City

Paula Paulette Fine Arts, Portland, Maine

1993 Ralph Greene Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1992 Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine

Dranoff Fine Arts, New York City

Dean Valentgas Gallery, Portland, Maine

1991 Vinalhaven Press Gallery, New York City

1990 M-13 Gallery, New York City

Forum Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dean Velentgas Gallery, Portland, Maine

Frick Gallery, Belfast, Maine

1988 M-13 Gallery, New York City

1986 Gryphon Gallery, Detroit, Michigan

M-13 Gallery, New York City

1985 M-13 Gallery, New York City

1983 Jay Gallery, New York City

1982 SUNY Gallery, Binghamton, New York

1980 Wolfe Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1977 Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

1975 Levitan Gallery, New York City

SUNY Gallery, Binghamton, New York

1974 St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, Maryland

Brata Gallery, New York City