In 2000, he was the winner of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Charles Wollaston Prize with his work 'Between Heaven and Hell'.
In the early 80s, Hemsworth began teaching at Goldsmiths and ran the MFA and MA Fine Art Program.
That the name Goldsmiths was to become synonymous with a new kind of British art was in large part owing to his teaching.
[10] In 1967, he was selected to participate in one of the annual New Contemporaries exhibitions, started with the goal of highlighting and supporting emerging artists.
Another retrospective of Hemsworth's early works and involvement within Gallery House in 1972 was shown at Raven Row in London in 2017.