About

 

British artist Jamie Hewlett is a prolific creative and polymath who defies easy categorisation and occupies a unique position in the cultural landscape. He first rose to prominence in the late 1980s with the anarchic first-of-its-kind comic strip Tank Girl, and is perhaps best known for co-creating the BRIT and Grammy-winning virtual band Gorillaz, an ever-evolving truly global phenomenon which has achieved international success in entirely new and unique ways. Hewlett’s career has seen him move effortlessly between the worlds of design, art and music, working at an unrelenting pace while constantly reinventing his artistic language, often capturing the zeitgeist with his pioneering, energetic work. This work has seen Hewlett reference and celebrate a variety of sources and inspiration, from hip hop to opera and zombie slasher movies to westerns, blending a multitude of global cultural influences in work which always adopts a punk-like sensibility. Hewlett was awarded the Jim Henson Creativity Honour in 2005 and Designer of the Year by London’s Design Museum in 2006.

  • Exhibition History

    2006

    Jamie Hewlett, Gorillaz, Designer of the Year, Design Museum


    2015

    ‘’Jamie Hewlett: The Suggestionists" at Saatchi Gallery, London 


    2016

    "The Suggestionists" at Woodward Gallery, New York (2016) 

  • Recognition

    2005

    The Jim Henson Creativity Honor


    2006

    Designer of the Year Award

  • Works

    1987 - 1988

    Atom Tan


    1988 - 1995

    Tank Girl 


    1990 - 1999

    Hewligan’s Haircut 


    1980 - 1990

    Doom Patrol, Issues #49-#63


    1987

    Doom Patrol, Issue #52


    1987

    Doom Patrol, Vol 5.


    1991

    Doom Patrol #50, Vol 4.


    1992

    Doom Patrol, Issue #60


    1992

    Cud ‘Acquarious’ album art


    1991

    Senseless Things ‘Got It At Delmar’ album art


    1995

    Pulp ‘Common People’ comic book


    1996 - 1997

    ‘Get the Freebies’


    2022

    Phoo Action ‘Silver Jubilee’ 


    1999 onwards 

    Gorillaz co-creator


    2015

    The Suggestionists Exhibition, Tarot: Le Pape, L’Amoureux, Le Chariot, La Justice, L’Hermite, Le Roue de Fo, La Force, L’Arcana Sans, Temperance, Le Diable, La Maison Die, L’Etoile, La Lune, Le Soleil, Le Judgement, Le Monde, Saatchi Gallery, London.


    Pines: Pines 1, Pines 2, Pines 3, Pines 4, Pines 5, Pines 6. Pines 7, Pines 8, Pines 9, Pines 10, Pines 12, Pines 13, Pines 14, Pines 15, Pines 16, Pines 18, Pines 18, Pines 19, Pines 20, Saatchi Gallery, London.


    Honey: Double Honey, Honey Galore, A Taste of Honey, Honey La Dou, Honey Pie, A Taste of Honey, Hot Honey, Honey X, Saatchi Gallery, London.


    2023

    Collection No.1: Warriors: Bear Hood, Filament Rouge, The Golden Hoop, Frontline Defendant, Kali, Tank Girl, Inter Stella, London.


    2024

    Collection No.2: The Magnificent Seven: Zitkala, Hollow Horn Bear, Billy the Kid, Dakota Fall, the Crossover, Zitkala, St Louis Missouri and The Ride)

  • Collaborations

    2009

    Under Water Colour for Oxfam


    2013

    White guitar t-shirt collection for Teenage Cancer


    2017

    Comic Relief Comic for Comic Relief 


    2019

    Rebel For Life, on House of Parliament for Extinction Rebellion 


    2023

    White guitar second t-shirt collection for Teenage Cancer


    2024

    Secret 7 for War Child