Diango Hernandez
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Diango Hernández is a Cuban
Cubans
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 contemporary art
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ist.

Biography

Hernandez was born in 1970 in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba. He earned a degree in industrial design
Industrial design
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 at the Havana Superior Institute of Design (ISDI). After graduation in 1994 he began a collaboration experience together with Ernesto Oroza
Ernesto Oroza
]Ernesto Oroza is a Cuban contemporary artist and designer.- Biography :He earned a degree at the Havana Superior Institute of Design. He was visiting professor in Les Ateliers, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle in Paris , and professor of the Polytechnic Institute of Design of...

, Juan Bernal, Francis Acea
Francis Acea
Francis Acea is an artist known for his inspiration by what The Language of Objects in the Art of the Americas describes as "the often anonymous creations of provisional art." Along with artist Diango Hernández, also inspired by the provisional art movement in Cuba, he formed the Ordo Amoris...

 and Manuel Piña
Manuel Pina
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 under the name "Ordo Amoris Cabinet", after the Latin
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 words for "order" and "love". From 1996 until 2003 Ordo Amoris Cabinet was only formed by Diango Hernández and Francis Acea. The duo's sculptural installations were exhibited throughout Cuba
Cuba
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, Europe
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, and North America
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. Hernandez currently lives and works in Düsseldorf
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, Germany
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, and Trento
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, Italy
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.

Awards

  • 2009 The 2009 Rubens Young Artists Award of the City of Siegen http://museumfuergegenwartskunstsiegen.de/
  • 2007 FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
  • Premio ICONA, ArtVerona 2007, Verona, Italy
  • 2005 Artist in Residence, Mönchengladbach, Germany
  • 2001 ArtPace, Artist in Residence, San Antonio, Texas, US
  • 1998 Artist in Residence, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
  • 1997 Artist in Residence, "Apocalypso", Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada

Solo exhibitions

Year Title Venue Location
2008 "out-of-place artifacts (OOPArt)" Michael Wiesehöfer http://www.galerie-wiesehoefer.de/ Cologne, Germany
2008 "out-of-place artifacts (OOPArt)" Barbara Thumm http://www.bthumm.de/ Berlin, Germany
2008 "Inspire me, again" Stella Lohaus http://www.stellalohausgallery.com/expos.asp?id=future Antwerp, Belgium
2008 "Diamonds and Stones: My Education" Federico Luger Gallery http://www.federicoluger.com/ Milan, Italy
2007 "...Objects of Ridicule" Alexander and Bonin New York
2007 "Power Pencil" Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery Rovereto, Italy
2007 "Swans without a Lake" Neuer Aachener Kunstverein Aachen, Germany
2006 "Revolution" Kunsthalle Basel Frehrking Wiesehöfer Cologne
2006 "Spies" Alexander & Bonin New York
2006 "Traitors" Galeria Pepe Cobo Madrid
2005 "The Museum of Capitalism" Altes Museum
Altes Museum
The Altes Museum , is one of several internationally renowned museums on Museum Island in Berlin, Germany. Since restoration work in 1966, it houses the Antikensammlung of the Berlin State Museums...

 
Mönchengladbach, Germany
2005 "Waiting" Statement Art Forum Berlin Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Berlin, Germany
2005 "Palabras" Arco Art Fair Project Booth Pepe Cobo Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2005 "Revantgarde" Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery Rovereto, Italy
2004 "Democracy" Kunstverein Arnsberg (with Boris Michailov) Germany
2004 "Amateur" De Vleeshal Middelburg, Netherlands
2003 "Amateur" Frehrking Wiesehöfer Cologne, Germany
2002 "Sweet Home" Espacio Aglutinador Havana, Cuba*
2001 "Mousepads and Screensavers" Artpace
Artpace
Artpace is a non-profit public charity contemporary art center in San Antonio, Texas founded in 1995 by Linda Pace in a converted car dealership. The center was originally privately funded, but is now publicly funded...

 
San Antonio, Texas*
2001 "Network Transmission / Summer Days" Adamski Frehrking Wiesehöfer Cologne, Germany*
1999 "Esta cerca es provisional: evite ser requerido/This is a provisional Fence: Keep Out" Center for the Development of the Visual Arts Havana, Cuba*
1997 "Hiking Raffle" Banff Centre for the Arts
Banff Centre
The Banff Centre, formerly known as The Banff Centre for Continuing Education, is an arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference complex located in Banff, Alberta...

 
Alberta, Canada*
1997 "Hormigon armado/Reinforced Concrete" Center for the Development of the Visual Arts Havana*
1996 "Agua con azucar y La muestra provisional/Sugar Water and The Provisional Show" Center for the Development of the Visual Arts Havana, Cuba*
1996 "Agua con azucar y La muestra provisional/Sugar Water and The Provisional Show" Museo de Arte Contemporaneo y Diseffo (MACD) San José, Costa Rica*
1995 "Bésame Habana" Centro de Arte y Diseño Havana, Cuba*

  • An asterisk indicates the exhibition was as Ordo Amoris Cabinet.

Group exhibitions

2008

Open Plan Living, Art TLV, http://www.arttlv.com/ Helena Rubinstein Pavilion & Gan Ka'akov, Tel Aviv, Israel

Baghdad / Space cog / Analyst, http://www.frithstreetgallery.com/archive.html Frith Street Gallery, London, UK

Arise! ye starvelings…, http://www.pallasprojects.org/exhibitions/Arise/arise.htm Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin, Ireland

This is not the way I remember it, http://www.annahelwing.com/ThatsNotHowIRememberIt/ThatsNotHowIRememberIt.html Anna Helwing Gallery, LA, US

Archivo Sur, http://www.futuraproject.cz/en/index.htm FUTURA Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic

Registered, (KONGRESS DER FUTUROLOGEN) http://www.kongressderfuturologen.de/ ICA, Dunaujvaros, Hungary

Urban Sculpture, on Via Dante Milano http://ilgiorno.quotidiano.net/milano/2008/03/14/72445-mostra_miraggi.shtml Milano, Italy

Wessen Geschichte, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

2007

Disegni, Galleria Civica di Monfalcone, curated by Andrea Bruciati. Monfalcone, Italy

Video Latino Americano, curated by Antonio Arevalo, Foro de las Naciones Monterrey, Mexico

Jahresgaben 2007, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany

Jahresgaben 2007, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany

¿Qué pasa con las flores?, Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid, Spain

Ironia Domestica: Uno sguardo curioso tra collezioni private italiane, Museidon: Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano, Italy

Made in Germany, Kunstverein Hannover, Germany

Andrzej Wróblewski 1927-1957, Project Room, The National Museum, Warsaw, Poland

Mr. President, University Art Museum, State University of New York, Albany, US

2006

Biennale of Sevilla, Spain

Biennale of Sydney
Biennale of Sydney
The Biennale of Sydney is an international festival of contemporary art, held every two years in Sydney, Australia. It is the largest and best-attended contemporary visual arts event in the country...

, Australia

São Paulo Biennial, Brasil

Out of the Blue, Federico Luger Gallery, Milan, Italy

2005

Always a little further, Arsenale di Venezia, 51st Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy

Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM/Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany

Roboter, Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, Germany

Biwak, Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany

Revantgarde, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy

Nuova Segnale, Federico Luger Gallery, Milano, Italy

2004

Flesh at War with Enigma, Kunsthalle Basel
Kunsthalle Basel
Since opening in 1872, Kunsthalle Basel has examined various positions concerning contemporary art. This renowned exhibition space in the Swiss city of Basel has a very long tradition of supporting avant-garde artists and expanding the accepted boundaries of contemporary art. Contemporary art...

, Switzerland

doku/fiction. Mouse on Mars - reviewed & remixed, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
-Building:The present art centre was built in 1967 in Brutalist architecture by the architects Konrad Beckmann and Brockes. They used commercially available precast concrete for the construction work.-History:...

, Düsseldorf, Germany

Jahresgaben 2004, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany

Jahresgaben 2004,Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany

In Ictu Oculi, Pepe Cobo Gallery, Sevilla, Spain

Wildlife 04 final, Sommerpalast, Neuss, Germany

Bookies, M29 Brückner + Richter, Cologne, Germany

Mideo/Fear, Pepe Cobo Gallery, Sevilla, Spain

With Eyes of Stone and Water, Gallery 3,14, Bergen, Norway*

2003

Centauro, 8va Bienal de la Habanal, Havana, Cuba

Stretch, Power Plant Gallery, Toronto, Canada*

2002

Prophets of Boom. The Schürmann Collection, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany*

With Eyes of Stone and Water, Helsinki Art Museum, Finland*

Atravesados. Deslizamientos de identidades y géneros", Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain*

FITAC. VIII foro sobre teoría del Arte Contemporáneo. Monterrey, México*

La Huella Múltiple, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales. Havana*

2001

Short Stories, La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, Italy*

Un dia como otro cualquiera/A day like any other day, 7th Havana Biennial, Cuba*

I am Cuba Double play, Tirana Biennale. Tirana, Albania*

2000

La conjuncion de la nada, Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba*

1999

CUBA, Presentl. Barbican Centre, London, UK*

Thinking Aloud, Camden Art Centre, London, UK*

1998

Antennas: Network Transmission/Taxi Limosina. Provisional Utopias, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen/Kunsthaus Berlin, Germany*

Il Salon de arte cubano contemporanso, Center for the Development of the Visual Arts/Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam /CENCREM/ Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba*

Thinking Aloud, The Hayward Gallery, London; Kettle's Yard, Cambridge; Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK*

Entropy at Home, Schürmann Collection, Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany*

The Campaign Against Living Miserably, Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...

, London, UK*

1997

The Russian mountain, 3. Manifestation Internationale Vidéo et Art Électronique, Montreal, Canada*

Rompiendo los moldes, 6th Havana Biennial, Cuba*

1996

Ultimas Noticias, Galería de Matanzas, Cuba*

1995

Una de cada clase, Next Generation Show, Centro de Arte y Diseño, Havana, Cuba*
  • an asterisk indicates the exhibition was as Ordo Amoris Cabinet

Selected bibliography

  • 2006 ARCO ’06, Volume 1. Madrid: ARCO/IFEMA Feria de Madrid

Neuenschwander, Simon. "Simone Neuenschwander in conversation with Diango
Hernádez." Kunsthalle Basel (04 January 2006): 3-5
  • 2005 Always a Little Further: 51st International Art Exhibition. Venice: La Biennale

di Venezia
Diango Hernández: revantgarde ex.cat. New York: Lucas & Sternberg
Kempkes, Anke. “Let Us Talk About Revant-Garde: In conversation with Diango
Hernández.” in Flesh at War with Enigma ex. cat. Basel: Kunsthalle
Basel
Revuelta, Laura. "Diango Hernández." in elected affnities ex. cat. Madrid:
ARCO/IFEMA
Roboter, ex. cat. Rüsselsheim: Opelvillen
  • 2004 doku/fiction: Mouse on Mars: Reviewed & Remixed. Düsseldorf: Kunsthalle

Düsseldorf
  • 2002 Cuba - with Eyes of Stone and Water. (essay by Winzen, Matthias) Helsinki:

Helsinki City Art Museum
Prophets of Boom: Collection Schürmann. Köln: Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
  • 2001 Short Stories. Milano: La Fabrica del Vapore

"Dreaming Red - Creating ArtPace", ArtPace, San Antonio, TX
Eligio, Antonio (Tonel), "Culture and Society in the Work of Cuban Artists." In
Art Cuba: The Next Generation. New York: Harry Abrams
"Atravesados. Deslizamientos de identidad y género", Havanna, Cuba
  • 1999 Eligio, Antonio (Tonel). "Esta cerca es provisional / Evite ser Requerido", (This

is a Provisional Fence / Keep Out), Edition: Ordo Amoris Cabinet,
Havana
Hernandez, Orlando, "Trabajando Pa'l Inglé", Barbican Centre, London, UK
  • 1998 "Provisorische Utopien", Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen,

Yedgar, Ariella. "The Campaign against living Miserably", Royal College of
Art, London
  • 1996 Hernandez, Helmo. "Hormigón Armado" (Reinforced Concrete), Edition: Ordo

Amoris Cabinet
  • 1997 "Utopian Territories: New Art from Cuba", Vancouver

Articles and reviews

  • 2005 Revuelta, Laura. “Diango Hernández, ARCO Special - A Retrospective”, Madrid

Tomasini, Marco. “Hernández in Biennale”, l'Adige, May 31, Trento, Italy
Vetrocq, Marcia E. “Venice Biennale: Be Careful What You Wish For.”
Art in America (September 2005): 109-119
  • 2004 León, Dermis Pérez. “Diango Hernández: Amateur”, ArtNexus N° 52, V.

3/2004, USA
  • 2001 Quinones, Paul. "Short Stories: La Fabrica del Vapore, Milano”, Flash Art 2001,

Italy
  • 2000 Fernandez, Frencis. “Rusty Scope’ from Cornell to Resnor”, Arte Cubano 3

Rodriguez, Hilda. “Espacios para una comunicaciòn deseada”, Arte Cubano 3
  • 1999 Grant, Simon. “Imagination at full stretch”, Evening Standard, May 12, London

Fuentes, Elvis. “Tan lejos tan cerca”, La Gaceta de Cuba, N° 8
Eligio, Antonio. “Esta cerca es provisional / Evite ser Requerido”, Revista La
Gaceta de Cuba
Eligio, Antonio (Tonel). “Por la Habana en Limosina” La Gaceta de Cuba, N° 6,
S. 22
Hunt, Ian. “Thinking Aloud”, Art Monthly, February
  • 1998 Greess, Gabriela. “Überlebenskunst”, Süddeutsche Zeitung (July) Germany

Becker, Wolfgang. “Provisorische Utopien”, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany
  • 1997 Moya, Nelson.“Agua con Azucar y Muestra Provisional 1 en el MADC”, Fanal

No. 14, Spain
  • 1996 Molina, Juan Antonio.“Ordo Amoris. Hacia un diseño pragmatico”, La Gaceta

de Cuba, No. 4 (1996)
  • 1995 Alberdi, Virginia, “The Next Generation”, Arte Cubano No. 2 (1995)

Public collections


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