About
Leala Hewak, a Toronto-based digital artist, obtained a BFA from York University, then attended law school. Continuing to practise art throughout her law career, in 2004, she founded Cream Gallery in Winnipeg. In 2017, Hewak obtained an MFA in Documentary Media from Toronto Metropolitan University. Awarded multiple residencies, Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council grants, Hewak’s work has been exhibited over twenty solo and group shows. In 2019 her large-scale collage installation, “CLONE,” was selected as a featured exhibit in the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival and she exhibited work again for CONTACT at Toronto’s Gladstone House in 2023. A member of Toronto’s PATCH project, her books are available at Gallery 44 and Art Metropole in Toronto and the Winnipeg Art Gallery and PLUG- IN ICA in Winnipeg. Her practise includes commissions and public art.