Nostalgia Is Not A Strategy

Acrylic on Canvas · Contemporary Works

About

The Artist

Jon Hewitt is a painter based in Melbourne. Having studied art a long time ago, he's only recently returned to painting following a serious illness. He's exhibited widely across Melbourne and a bit overseas.

In 2026 he will undertake a residency at Similkameen Artist Residency in Canada.

When he's not painting, he's writing a book about living with chronic fatigue, walking the dog, watching sport or the news, listening to podcasts about sport and politics, and reading books about politics, sport and fantasy worlds. He's an ok cook, bald, and the son of a preacher man.

— Jon Hewitt

Curriculum Vitae

CV

Jon Hewitt
Born Bristol, UK, 1984.
Lives and works Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.

Education

2017 Certificate in Extended Practice — VCA, Melbourne, Australia
Tutor – Tully Moore
2006 BA (Hons) Fine Art (2:1) — Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

Selected Exhibitions

2026Urban/Landscape — Harlow Gallery, Melbourne
2025Many Hands Make — Unassigned Gallery, Melbourne
2025Skyscapes — SOL Gallery, Melbourne (solo)
2024Paintings — David Street Gallery, Melbourne (solo)
2024Summer Show — Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2024Autumn Harvest — SOL Gallery, Melbourne
2023Summer Show — Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2023Annual Fundraiser — Blindside Gallery, Melbourne
2017VCA Cert in Extended Practice Exhibition — VCA Gallery, Melbourne
2013Feel the Confidence — Editions 3–21, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne (solo)
2012Everywhere but Here — Blindside Gallery, Melbourne
2012Trouser Wanker Piece — Bus Projects, Melbourne (solo)
2012Postcard Show — Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2011It'll Fall all of a Sudden, Like Yesterday — Bus Projects, Melbourne
2011Transits — as part of Critical Mobility, Bus Projects, Melbourne
2011Bg3 — Red Gate Gallery, Beigao Studios, Beijing, China
2011New UK and Australian Video Works — Trans-Siberian Arts Centre, Russia, Mongolia, China
2011Postcard Show — Trans-Siberian Arts Centre, Russia, Mongolia, China
2011Postcard Show — Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2010Big Society — Space Station Sixty Five, London, UK
2009You're Fired! — Hell Gallery, Richmond, Melbourne
2009Cloud 19 — 1000 Pound Bend Gallery, Melbourne
2009Small Works — Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2009The Everyday — Frankston Arts Centre, Melbourne
2008Video Works — Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2006How fat do you have to be to be Bullet Proof? — Oxford Brookes University Degree Show, Oxford, UK

Awards, Residencies & Collaborations

2026Similkameen Artist Residency — Keremeos, BC, Canada (upcoming)
2025Tasman Cottage Residency — Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania
2011Trouser Wanker Piece — Performance at 798 Art District, Beijing, China
2011Red Gate Gallery Residency — Beijing, China
2011Trans-Siberian Arts Centre — Russia, Mongolia & China (collaboration with Britt Salt)
2011Postcard Prize Winner — Linden Postcard Show, Melbourne

Press

2013 Robert Nelson — Shiny Pate Leave you Scratching Your Head, The Age

Collections

Private collections in Australia, UK and USA.

Get in Touch

Contact

Whether you're interested in acquiring a painting, discussing a commission, or simply want to say hello — I'd love to hear from you.

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