Gonzalo Hernandez (b. 1991, Lima, Peru) is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work delves into personal narratives related to contemporary dilemmas such as labor, success and failure, the art world, and identity. As an immigrant, his installation, painting and textiles works are highly particular to his perspective, while also addressing broader cultural associations. Blurring the lines between art and life, Hernandez finds truth and meaning in the overlooked, using everyday encounters with text, language, and material as fodder for symbolic interpretations.
Hernandez received his MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA in Fibers; and an MA in Painting. His work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at Kates-Ferri Projects, NY; SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; Vigil Gonzales, Cuzco, PE; Laundromat Art Complex, Miami, FL and Alianza Francesa, Lima, Peru. Hernandez has shown in several group shows at Mindy Solomon, Miami; LVL3, Chicago, IL; Kates-Ferri Projects, New York, NY; Icpna, Lima, Peru; Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO; MCC Art Gallery, Arizona, AZ; Galeria Rebelde, Guatemala; MOCA in Georgia, Atlanta, GA; among others.
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO/TWO-PERSON
2024 los demás, Vigil Gonzales, Buenos Aires Jun 20 - Aug 17 (forthcoming)
2024 ways of disappearing, Curated by Max Hernandez-Calvo, ICPNA, Lima, Peru Mar 14 - Apr 28 (forthcoming)
2023 We Will Have To Tear Down All These Walls Kates-Ferri Projects, New York Apr 20 - May 20
2022 preámbulo Holsum Gallery, Kansas City, Mo Oct 21- Dec 4
2022 Notes Curated by J. Gibran Villalobos, Vigil Gonzales, Cuzco Peru May 19 - June 29
2021 “Almost There” Curated by J. Gibran Villalobos -Laundromat Art Space, Miami October 23 - November 21
2021 "SIH" collaboration with Todd Schroeder, THE END, Atlanta September 4 - October 31
2021 "Selections of Daily Practice: 2018-2021", Vigil Gonzales, Cuzco Peru - Feb 25 - Mar 17
2020 "(:(", Scad Museum of Art, Savannah
GROUP
2024 20 millones de KM 2, XVI Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador Nov 20 - 8 Mar
2023 AIM Biennial, Gean Moreno, Marie Vickles, william cordova and Amy Rosenblum-Martin, Miami, FL Dec 3 - 31st
2023 If everything has already been decided, Mahara+Co and Vigil Gonzales, Miami, FL Oct 26 - Nov 23
2023 Kill the Messenger, La Pera Projects, Brooklyn, NY Sept 30
2023 Re-construir refugios, Alianza Francesa, Lima, PE Sept, 13 - Oct 15
2023 NOW WHAT?! (Drawing Edition), John Harriman CCPB, Lima, PE Jul 20 - Sept 17
2023 All inclusive, Vigil Gonzales, Republica Dominicana, Jun 15 - Aug 15
2023 Drawing from Nature, Pinecrest Gardens, Miami, FL Jun 4 - Aug 15
2023 Hand over Hand: Textiles Today, Mindy Solomon, Miami, FL Apr 30 - Jun 10
2022 HILOS QUE RESISTEN, HILOS QUE SUBVIERTEN, Gabriela Germana, JH CCPB, Lima, PE Aug 10 - Oct 8
2022 Ball Bearing, LVL3, Chicago, IL, Apr 30 - Jun 12
2022 Preludio Acaiaca, Acaiaca, Belo Horizonte, BR Apr 2- May 4
2022 Homecoming, Kates-Ferri Projects, New York, NY Mar 1- Apr 2
2022 Making Space, Allegheny Art Galleries, Allegheny, PA Mar 1- Apr 2
2022 La Historia de la Lona, La Galeria Rebelde, Guatemala Jan 27- Feb 27
2022 "Free Association", Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, USA Jan 7- Mar 4
2021 Collabo. Seven Seas Motel & Together Art, Miami, Fl
2021 Viewpoints: Expressions of an artist community co-curated by Edouard Duval-Carrié and Laura Novoa, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami,USA Nov 13-Mar 27, 2022
2021 Premio ICPNA Arte Contemporáneo 2021, Galería Juan Pardo Heeren, Lima, PE Nov 4 - Dec 22
2021 "Who We Were/Who We Are/Who We Will Be", curated by Amy Kligman, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, USA June 11 - July 10
2021 "Sabor y Control", curated by Ivan Sikic, Vantage Art Projects, Online Mar 19 - Jun 01
2020 “Georgia Artists of Hispanic/Latinx Origin”, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, USA
2019 “Sorry Not Sorry: posiciones, disposiciones y oposiciones”, curated by Max Hernandez CCPUCP, Lima, PE
2019 “Threaded”, curated by Mark Newport and Maria-Elisa Heg, MCC ArtGallery, Arizona, USA
2019 “The Artist as Muse”, Gutstein Gallery curated by Ariella Wolens and Ben Tollefson, Savannah, USA
2019 "Factory 1.1" - Alexander Hall, Savannah, USA
2019 "Java"- La Vitrina de la Oficina m20 Hotel Savoy, Lima, PE
2019 "On Being Tender" a group meditation on penetrability and softness, curated by Amanda Carol, Savannah, USA
2018 "Other People's Bodies", curated by Zara Bell, Alexander Hall, Savannah, USA
2018 "Hispanic Month"- Savannah State University - Kennedy Fine Arts Gallery, Georgia, USA
2017 “SmallWorks”, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, USA
2017 "Hybrids”, Alexander Gallery, Savannah, USA
2015 Final Show, Corriente Alterna, Lima, PE
2013 “Inicio” - Garage Art, Lima, PE
2013 Master Piss, NNM.Studio, Lima, PE
2013 "The aesthetics of the naked", Paris College of Arts, Paris, FRANCE
2012 After "thoughts", Parsons Paris School of Art and Design, Paris, FRANCE
2012 XXI National Competition for Young Artists “Cerro Verde”, ICPNA, Lima, PE
2011 XXI National Young Artists Competition Museum of Contemporary Art, Arequipa, PE
2011 9th International Art Competition Enbotellarte, Lima, PE
2010 “Art is for all" Converse, Lima, PE
2010 Exhibition of the Week V-Peru, LIMA, PE
RESIDENCIES, FAIRS & COLLABORATIONS
2024 Parc, Vigil Gonzales, Lima, PE
2024 Material, Vigil Gonzales, Mexico City
2023 Finalista Pasaporte para un Artista , CCPUCP, Lima, PE
2023 ArteBA, Vigil Gonzales, Buenos Aires
2023 MECA Art Fair, Vigil Gonzales, Santo Domingo
2022 Design Miami Collaboration w/ SCAD and Ceramica Suro, Miami, FL
2022 Feria Ch.ACO, Vigil Gonzales, Santiago de Chile, CH
2022 Zona Maco Art Fair, La Galeria Rebelde, Ciudad de Mexico, MX
2021 Together Arts, La Pera Projects, Miami, FL
2021 Longroadprojects, Untitled Art Fair, Miami, FL
2021 Kates-Ferri Projects Artist Residency, November, NYC
2021- 2023 Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
2020 AFA Masterclass THE INSTITUTIONAL COLLAPSE, ONLINE
2020 Long Road Projects & Erie Arts and Culture, Pennsylvania, USA
2020 Chuquimarca Residency, Chicago, USA
2020 Artist INC KC, Kansas City, USA
2020 De arte en linea, Coveralls, Lima, PERU
2020 dibujos x amazonia, Lima, PERU
2019 Hen House, Savannah, USA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2021 “Azul, el Cielo”, Cleo Gallery, Savannah, USA
2021 “choreography”, Abrir Galeria, ONLINE
2020 “Momento”, Holsum Gallery, Kansas City, USA
2020 “Today”, Abrir Galeria, ONLINE
2020 “Present Tense”, Laney Contemporary, Savannah, USA
2019 "Procedure of creation by designation"-Curated group show, The Lodge Savannah, USA
EDUCATION
2017-2019 MFA, Fibers, Savannah College of Art and Design, Ga, USA
2017-2018 MA, Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Ga, USA
2012-2013 Junior Year, Parsons Paris, Paris, FRANCE
2009-2015 Corriente Alterna, Lima, PERU
SELECTED PRESS
Miami’s local artists grapple with environmental.., Carolina Drake Hyperallergic (Dec, 6, 2023)
Pasaporte para un Artista, Exposicion (Sept, 15, 2023)
Bakehouse Artist Highlight, Miami (June 14, 2023)
The Ten Frame, Podcast, Savannah (May 11, 2023)
Let’s talk about art with Brooke, Podcast, NY (May 4, 2023)
Meer, We will have to tear down these walls, NY (May 8, 2023)
Cultured Magazine, Must see shows in Lower East Side (Apr 28, 2023)
Feria Ch.ACO, El mostrador, Chile (Nov 9, 2022)
Tolentino, Israel, Hilos que resisten, Lima (Oct 22, 2022)
Artishock Gabriela Germana, Arte Textil Peruano, Hilos que resisten, Lima (Oct 18, 2022)
New American Painting #160 South Edition, NAP (August 10, 2022)
Relic, Peter, “Gonzalo y Todd Arriba!”, SCAD Works (August 9, 2022)
Artist Highlight, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami (June 14, 2022)
Artishock Notes, VigilGonzales, Cuzco (May 28, 2022)
Terremoto ‘Notes’, Vigil Gonzales Galeria, Mexico (May 19, 2022)
VoyageMIA, Local Stories, Miami (April 7, 2022)
CrushFanzineMagazine, New York (Mar 14, 2022)
Making Space, The Campus, Allegheny (Mar 4, 2022)
Galeria Rebelde exhibits Textile Art en la Historia de la Lona, Arte al Dia (Feb 15, 2022)
La historia de la Lona, Artishock revista (Feb 08, 2022)
Neil Thrun Who We Were, Who We Are, Who We Will Be, KC Studio (August 26, 2021)
Charlotte Street Foundation, Katy Henriksen, Hyperallergic (August 17, 2021)
La experiencia del espacio, OSMOSIS, Lima Peru (Abril 18, 2021)
Vigil Gonzales galeria, Arte Al Dia (Febrero 27, 2021)
Genis, Leia, Art Papers (January 27, 2021)
Relic, Peter, “Gonzalo Hernandez keeps mixing emotions”, SCAD Works (December 2, 2020)
Youngblut, Nicole, “Eliminating distinctions between art and life” (December 1, 2020)
Artist of the week, LVL3 Chicago (November 17, 2020)
Erie Arts & Culture, Erie, PE (October 20, 2020)
Relic, Peter, “What wood Gonzalo do?” (August 27, 2019)
Ulmer, Katelynn, Fibers M.F.A. Spotlight: Gonzalo Hernandez (April 18, 2019)
Flora, Rachael, “5 Questions with Gonzalo Hernandez” (January 30, 2019)
Genis, Leia, Under the Bridge (May 31, 2018)
LECTURES & MEDIA
2022
Notes, Talk with Gibran Villalobos, Vigil Gonzales, Online
La Historia de la Lona, Conversatorio, La Galeria Rebelde, Online
2021
SIH, Zoom talk, The End Space, Atlanta, Ga
Quick chat with Dainy Tapia, ART.SEEN.365, Miami, Fl
Manana, Web de Critica, Examenpe, Lima, Peru
Olenka Macassi, Textos Libres, Lima, Peru, Online
Presentacion Libro “):)”, Max Hernandez, Ralph Bauer y Veronica Majluf, Libreria SUR, Lima, PERU
2020
“Tour the diverse artistry of painter Gonzalo Hernandez on 'Guests and Gusto'”, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, USA
Guest lecturer, FIBR 337 (Deborah First), Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA
Guest lecturer, Fibers Department, Abrir Galeria, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA
Taller de Artista Fidel Barandarian, Lima, PERU
ARTSINC “Workshare”, Kansas City, USA
Virtual Studio Visits, Valeria Rovatti, ARGENTINA
Share Screen: Closed Parentheses, Colon, Closed Parentheses, Chuquimarca, Chicago, USA