Rodrigo Hernández (Mexico, 1983) lives in Mexico City. He studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe, and at Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht in 2013-2014. He has been a fellow of the Laurenz-Haus Stiftung in Basel (2015), Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart and the Cité International des Arts in Paris (2016), Istanbul Modern (2019).
Recent solo exhibitions include: Wattis Institute, San Francisco US (upcoming); Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, D; Museo Jumex, Mexico City, MX; Swiss Institute, New York, US; Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellin, CO; Kunsthalle Kohta, Helsinki, FI; CIAJG, Guimaraes, PT; Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL; SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, USA; Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City; Pîvo, São Paulo; Kunsthalle Winterthur, CH; Midway Contemporary, Minneapolis; SALTS, Basel; Kim?, Riga ; Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg; Kurimanzutto, Mexico City; Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City; Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht; Parallel Oaxaca, Oaxaca, MX
Recently his work has been exhibited in venues such as: Istanbul Modern; PinchukArtCenter, Kiev; GaMec, Bergamo; ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe Resonanzen; Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nürnberg; Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht; Gladstone Gallery, Brussels; MendesWoodDM, Brussels; Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow; Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich;, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel.
Public collections: Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (NL); Museum Haus KonstruKtiv, Zurich (CH); Kunstmuseum Sankt-Gallen (CH); Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (MC); Basel Stadt Kunstsammlung (CH); ABN AMRO, (NL); Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo / Fundación ARCO Madrid (ES); Museo Amparo (MX); ZKM Karlsruhe (D); PinchukArtCenter, Kiev; Villa Santo Sospir (FR); Zuzeum Art Centre, Riga (LV); Villa Santo Sospir (FR).
Carrés is a brand new project, marking the 6th and final episode of the exhibition series Turning to Dust and Bones.
Special thanks to Emiel Zeno
