Mana D.C. Hewitt
Gallery Director & Instructor
M.F.A., University of South Carolina


Statement

My paintings stem from three areas of interests: the figure, the use of a metallic surface as illumination, and a fascination with body decoration. Thus my work becomes a synthesis of these elements. In turn this allows me to explore body decoration as symbolic of individual mythology and light as created by surface.



Address

926 Munson Spring Drive.
Columbia, South Carolina.
Phone Home (803) 783-6747
University of South Carolina Art Department 777-4184

Education
University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
Master of Fine Arts - May, 1982.

University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
Bachelor of Arts - December, 1973.

Publications

1999 Authored and developed, Interactive Modules: Arches, Perspective, Color, Light and Mood, and The Golden Section; The Art Historian Project, the Reindeer Company, 1999. Boulder, Colorado. http://www.reindeer.com/

1998 Authored and designed, A Study Guide to Understanding Art 5th Edition, Prentice Hall, 1998. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Experience

Present Gallery Director / Instructor- Department of Art, University of South Carolina.

Grants

2000 "Illuminated Figures" - SCAC Funded Individual Artists Grant $3,400.

1997 "Illustrated Man" - SCAC Funded Individual Artists Grant $1,000.

1996 "Enigmatic Pose" - SCAC Funded Individual Artists Grant $3,250.

1993 "Aztec tiles"- SCAC Funded project for- Seven Oaks & Chapin
Recreation Department, Irmo, S.C.

1990 "Art in Public Places"- First Union Bank and the Cultural Council, Grant funding a three - Person Exhibition, Columbia, S.C.

1987 Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington counties- small grant
funding. "Schooled in Pattern" - McKissick Museum.

Awards and Selected Exhibitions

2000 Great Plains National, Hayes, Kansas
Behind the Walls, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Combined Talents, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

1999 Solo Exhibition, USC Sumter, S.C.
Permanent Collection, Columbia Museum of Art, S.C.
1998 o Solo Exhibition, Nina Lui Gallery, Charleston, S.C.
Solo Exhibition, Smith Gallery, USC Spartanburg, S.C.
"ART in Business", PMSC, Cultural Council, Columbia, S.C.
NBSC Oil Painters Invitation, Traveling Exhibition

1997 Anderson Annual Juried Exhibition, Anderson, S.C.
"Art on a Half-Shell" McKissick Museum, Columbia, S.C.
One-Person Exhibition, Etheridge Center, USC Aiken, S.C.
One-Person Exhibition, Biggins Gallery, Benedict College

1996 One-Person Exhibition, Carol Saunders Gallery, Columbia, S.C.
Invitiational, Professional Building, Rock Hill, S.C.
Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibition, Charleston, S.C.
"Un-Endowed Chair" McKissick Museum, Columbia, S.C.

1995 Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibition, Charleston, S.C.
"Un-Endowed Chair" McKissick Museum, Columbia, S.C.
Two-Person Exhibition, Wofford College Gallery, Spartanburg, S.C.

1994 Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibition, Charleston, S.C.
"Centennial Celebration" Exhibit, S.C. State Museum
The Anderson Annual Exhibition, 2nd Place. Anderson, S.C.
One Person Exhibition, Wofford College Gallery, Spartanburg, S.C.
"S.C. Creates" Invitational, School for the Arts. Greenville, S.C.
"Eggstravaganza" McKissick Museum, Columbia, S.C.

1993 "Handmade," the Year of the American Craft , Invitational
Exhibit, S.C. State Museum
"The year of the American Craft," Logo Design, lst Place
The Anderson Annual Exhibition, Anderson, S.C.
Two Person Exhibition, Sumter Gallery, Sumter, S.C.

1992 "South Carolina Artists Invitational," Exchange Exhibit, S.C. State Museum
Springs Mills 1992 Traveling Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Travels throughout S.C. and N.C.
"Art for the Garden," Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville , N.C.
"Southern Exposure" Invitational, Columbia Museum of Art,
Columbia, S.C.
"Art 1992 Charleston," Annual Exhibit Piccolo Spoleto,
Charleston, S.C. Best ln Show
"17th Annual Anderson Exhibition," Purchase Award and Merit
Award. Mac Arthur Goodwin. (Juror)

1991 Springs Mills 1991 Traveling Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Travels throughout S.C. and N.C.
South Carolina Artists’ Invitational, Owensboro Museum,
Owensboro, KN.

1990 Springs Mills 1990 Traveling Exhibition, Carolyn Lanchner
(Juror) Honorable Mention. Travels throughout S.C. and N.C.
"Art in Public Places" First Union Bank and the Cultural Council Awar
ded Three Person Exhibition, Columbia, S.C.
1989 o "The Northern National," Nicolet College, Nicolet Gallery,
Rhinelander, WI.
"Fish: An Exhibit," Hockaday Center for the Arts, KallispelI,
Montana.
"Bicentennial Arkansas Exhibition," Lynne Warren (Juror).
The Arts & Sciences Center, Pine Bluff, AK.
Henley Paper Co. "Southeaster Spectrum," Roger Crosby (Juror)
Associated Artists Gallery, Winston-Salem, N.C.

1988 Henley Paper Co. "Southeastern Spectrum," Jack Cowart (Juror)
Selected for traveling exhibition. Associated Artists Gallery,
Winston-Salem and Charlotte N.C.
South Carolina Women Artists Invitational, Roe Art Center.
Furman University.
"Catch of the Day," Skillbeck Gallery, Charlotte, N.C.
S. C. State Fair Fine Arts Division, lst Place In Professional
Painting, Columbia, S.C.
The Guild of S.C. Artists’ Annual Exhibition, Spartanburg. S.C.
Two - Person Exhibit, Spartanburg Arts Center, Spartanburg, S.C.
One - Person Exhibit. Smith College Center Gallery, Florence, S.C.

1987 "Schooled in Pattern," Mana D.C. Hewitt, McKissick Museum,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
The Henley Paper Co. "Southeastern Spectrum," Leonard Lehner
(Juror),Associated Artists Gallery, Winston-Salem, N.C.
"Modern Life as Usual," S.C. Arts Commission, William Zimmer
(Juror), Columbia Museum, Columbia, S.C.
1986 "State of the Arts," S.C. Arts Commission, John Henry (Juror).
Columbia Museum, Columbia, S.C.
Mid-America Biennial Exhibition, Owensboro Museum, KY.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Carol Saunders Gallery, Columbia, S.C.
Nina Lui’s Gallery, Charleston, S.C.
Veneble Neslage, Washington, D.C.
Portfolio Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Urban Artifacts, Greensboro, N.C.

PUBLIC and CORPRATE COLLECTIONS

The William Lieberman Collection, N.Y.,N.Y.
Federal Reserve Bank, Charlotte, N.C.
The Tree of Life Temple, Columbia, S.C.
The Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, S.C.
Spartanburg Arts Museum, Spartanburg, S.C.
The Anderson Arts Center, Anderson, S.C.
Mr. Elie Wiesel, N.Y.,N.Y.
The Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, Columbia, S.C.
Ms. Jan Garden Castro, St. Louis, Mo.
S.C. National Bank, Columbia, S.C.
Dr. S. Fedor, Columbia, S.C.
Mr. C.B. Smith, Nelson-Mullens Assoc., Columbia, S.C.