Finn Hewes
b. 1998
Awards
2026 — 2nd Place, Conceptual Category, APA (American Photographic Artists) National Awards
2021 — Faircy Award for Achievement in the Arts, Department of Art Theory & Practice, Northwestern University
Group Exhibitions
2026 (upcoming) — Evolving Freedoms, Frances M. Maguire Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA. Juried by Katie Tackman, Co-Curator, Gravy Studio + Gallery
2026 — Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI. Juried by Crista Dix, Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography
2026 — Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA. Juried by Chase Brandon Quinn, Creative Director/Curator of Special Projects, Mississippi Museum of Art
2026 — In Search of History, Throughline, Houston, TX. Presented as part of FotoFest Houston's Participating Space program. Juried by Lisa Volpe, Head of Department and Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2026 — When Vision Refuses to Explain, Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA. Curated by Shuai Xu, Founder, WhosMuseum
2026 — In-Security, Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY. Juried by museum committee
2026 — You Are the Light, Sol Collective @ Studio Waveland, Waveland, MS. Curated by James Karlson, Founder, Sol Collective
2025 — Eyes Wide Open, Smith Contemporary, New Orleans, LA. Curated by B.Q. Williams and Terrance Sanders, Owner, Smith Contemporary
2021 — After Thought, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Art Fairs
2026 (upcoming) — Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art's Boardwalk Show, Virginia Beach, VA
2026 (upcoming) — Vicksburg Art Fair, Vicksburg, MS
2026 — Des Moines Arts Festival, Des Moines, IA
2026 — Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Teaching
2024 — Printmaking (Silkscreen) Workshop, Drawn to the Beat Festival, Contemporary Arts Center & Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Publications
2021 — AfterThought, Exhibition Catalog, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University
Press
2026 — "When Vision Refuses to Explain," Boring Magazine
Education
2021 - Northwestern University — dual B.A. — Art Theory & Practice and Radio/Television/Film
Additional Studio Training
2025–2026 — Studio and printing assistant to Frank Relle, New Orleans-based landscape photographer and gallerist (mentorship/studio assistant role)
2022–2025 — Figure and portrait study (drawing and painting): Art Students League of New York; Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia; Blue Easel Club and New Orleans Academy of Fine Art, New Orleans