Diango Hernándezinstallation views selected works curriculum selected text
Iniciales y Nombres Completos Mar 04 - Apr 18 | 2021
Born in 1970 in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba
Living and working in Düsseldorf, Germany
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2021
- Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid.
- Instopia, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin.
2019
- Rebel Standing“, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
2018
- Cascadas, Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid.
- Salvavidas, Galería Arsenal, La Habana, Cuba.
- “Nuestra America”, Federico Luger Gallery, Milan
- “Eras Imaginarias (studio Works 2015-2018)”, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
- 2017-18 “Amor Amor”, VANHORN, Düsseldorf, Germany
2017
- “Sobre las olas (Über allen Wellen)”, curated by Meike Behm, Kunsthalle Lingen, Germany
- “Her Holidays”, Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland
2016
- “Theoretical Beach.”, curated by Stefanie Kreuzer, Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
- “Marina”, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
- “Beach, a longing”, curated by Susanne Meyer-Büser, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, K21, Düsseldorf, Germany
- “Hurricanes”, FL Gallery, Milan, Italy
- 2015/16 “Time Islands and Space Islands”, MOSTYN, Llandudno, Wales UK
2015
- “Eugene”, Kunsthalle Münster, Germany
- “Words to sea”, curated by Gianni Jetzer, ArtBasel Unlimited, with Marlborough Contemporary / Alexander and Bonin / Barbara Thumm / Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland
- “The book of waves”, Marlborough Contemporary, London, UK
- “Layout for Flavor Orbit and Orange Curtain”, curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, SP-ARTEwith Galerie Barbara Thumm, São Paulo, Brazil
2014
- “By all means I am here”, curated by Katerina Gregos, Solo, Art Brussels with Marlborough Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
- “Circling in loop”, curated by Delfim Sardo, Est Art Fair with Marlborough Contemporary, Estoril, Portugal
- “In hazard, translated”, curated by Simone Neuenschwander, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Germany
- “Socialist nature”, curated by Gerhard Obermüller, Landesgalerie Linz, Austria
- “First declaration”, curated by Alfredo Cramerotti, Mostyn, Wales, UK
2013
- “Komplette zimmer”, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany
- “The importance of a line”, curated by Nuno Faria, Porta33, Madeira, Portugal
- “The new man and the new woman”, Marlborough Contemporary, London, UK
- “The editionx”, dh artworks, Duesseldorf, Germany
2012
- The stamps that never travelled and the birds that never flew”, Benveniste Contemporary, ARCO, Madrid, Spain
- “Folded tiger”, Philara, Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst, Duesseldorf, Germany
- “Drawing the human figure”, curated by Nuno Faria, Fondazione Brodbeck, Catania, Italy
- 2010/11 “A kiss, a hat, a stamp”, Blood Mountain Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
2011
- “Line Dreamers”, Haus im Süden c/o BOUCHERIE, Cologne, Germany
- “Diango Hernández, Living rooms, a survey”, curated by Yilmaz Dziewior, MART, Rovereto, Italy
- “The Stamps that never travelled and the birds that never flew”, Benveniste Contemporary, Madrid, Spain
- “If I send you this” Alexander and Bonin, NY, USA
- “Crystal clear”, Nicolas Krupp Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
2010
- “Diango Hernández Museums selected works 1996-2010”, Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany
2009
- “Losing you Tonight”, 6. Rubensförderpreis der Stadt Siegen, Museum for Contemporary Art, Siegen, Germany
- “The importance of a line” (curated by Nuno Faria), Porta33, Madeira, Portugal
- “La Historia, Mi Juguete Preferido”, Pepe Cobo y Cia, Madrid, Spain
- “Diango Hernàndez:TH-INK”, Alexander an Bonin, New York, USA
2008
- out-of-place artifacts (OOPArt)”, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin & Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany
- “Inspire me again”, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
- “Diamonds and Stones: My Education”, Federico Luger Gallery, Milan, Italy
2007
- “Objects of Ridicule”, Alexander and Bonin, New York, USA
- “Victoria”, National Museum, Warsaw, Poland
- “Power Pencil”, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy
- “Swans without a Lake”, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
2006
- “Revolution”, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
- “Dictators”, Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany
- “Spies”, Alexander & Bonin, New York, USA
- “Traitors”, Galeria Pepe Cobo, Madrid
2005
- “The Museum of Capitalism”, Altes Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany
- “Revantgarde”, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy
2004
- “Democracy”, Kunstverein Arnsberg (with Boris Michailov), Germany
- “Amateur”, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, Netherlands
2003
- “Amateur”, Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany
- as member of “Ordo Amoris Cabinet”
2002
- “Sweet Home”, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba
2001
- “Mousepads and Screensavers”, ArtPace Foundation for Contemporary Art, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- “Network Transmission /mSummer 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, Alberta, Canada
- “Hormigon armado/Reinforced Concrete”, Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
1996
- “Agua con azucar y La muestra provisional / Sugar Water and The Provisional Show”, Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba Museo de Arte Contemporaneo y Diseffo (MACD), San José, Costa Rica
Group exhibitions (selection)
2022
- That Other World, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
2020
- A volte penso che…, Prometeo Gallery, Lucca, Italy
- Great small works, Stephane Simoens, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
- Summer breeze, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
2019
- Concrete Contemporary, Museum Haus Konstruktiv , Zurich
- Imágenes De Cinco Siglos – (curated by Niurka Fanego and Manuel Crespo) Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
2018
- “Wall Works”, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany (upcoming)
- “Lilia & Tulipan”, Kunsthalle Lingen, Germany
- “In Addition an exhibition of artist editions”, curated by Adam Carr MOSTYN, Wales, UK
- 2017/18 “Kunst X Kuba – Zeitgenössische Positionen seit 1989”, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany
2017
- “TWO DESTINATIONS” curated by Oriane Durand, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Germany“EXIT”, curated by Adam Carr, Rodolphe Janssen Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
- “On the Horizon: Selections from the Jorge M. Pérez Cuban Art Collection”, curated by Tobias Ostrander, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), USA
- “PRODUCTION. made in germany three”, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
- “Luther und die Avantgarde”, Altes Gefängnis, Wittenberg, Germany
- “Your Story! Geschichten von Flucht und Migration”, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany
- “Who Pays?”, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
“Skulptur im Foto”, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Germany - “Made in Germany III”, (curated by Christina Végh) Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover, Germany
- 2016/17 “Gruppenbild”, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
- “Tropical Punch”, curated by keen on magazine, Galerie Nathalie Halgand, Vienna, Austria
- “We Call It Ludwig”, 40th anniversary of the Museum Ludwig, artistic director Yilmaz Dziewior, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
2016
- “Only In The Western World” curated by Luigi Fassi, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art (MAM), Vienna, Austria
- Relevant Notes”, Cara Gallery, New York, USA
- “I call it Lüttgen”, Galerie Markus Lüttgen, Cologne, Germany
- “Kaleidoscope And Puzzles in the MUSACLatin American Collection” curated by Wendy Navarro, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno – CAAM, Las Palmas, Spain
- “Transhumance” curated by Sara Alonso Gómez, CABBrussels, Belgium
- “This Is Your Replacement” curated by Adam Carr, Sies + Höke, Duesseldorf, Germany
2015
- “War II – History Series“, curated by Adam Carr, MOSTYN, Llandudno, Wales UK
- “Rate of Exchange” – German artists from the State of NRWin Croatia, curated by Nataša Ivančević and Nikola Ukić in cooperation with Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (Germany), Muzej Suvremente Umjetnosti Zagreb, Croatia
- “Trio Biennal”, 1st Rio de Janeiro Biennial 2015, curated by Marcus de Lontra Costa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- “The art of the Turks. Modernisation as Fiction”, curated by Manuel Graf and Hans-Jürgen Hafner, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
- “El péndulo de Foucault”, curated by Alejandro Machado, 12 Bienal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba
- “The Rates of Exchange”, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Croatia
- “Piano pieces”, curated by Martin Hochleitner, Salzburg Museum, Salzburg, Austria
- “I never thought I’d see you again. Painting History”, Marlborough Contemporary, London, UK
- “Birds, plants and a chair”, Kadel Willborn, Duesseldorf, Germany
- 2014-15 “Entorno crítico”, CABde Burgos, Spain
- “Beyond the supersquare”, curated by Holly Block, Bronx Museum, NY, USA
2014
- “Summerstage”, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
- “BRINGING LIGHTINTO A WINDOWLESS ROOM”, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany
- “Power of chi”, SPREEZV., Munich, Germany
- “New Paintings”, Alexander and Bonin Gallery, New York, USA
- “The marvelous real”, curated by Kristine Guzmán, Yuko Hasegawa and Hikari Odaka, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
- International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena de Indias, curated by Berta Sichel, Cartagena, Colombia
- 2013-14 “Salon distingué – Household effects in good company”, curated by Nadia Schneider Willen, Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland
2013
- “HERstories”, curated by Christina Végh and Fanny Gonella, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
- “Six memos for the next …”, curated by Wolfgang Fetz, Jörg van den Berg, Sandra Boeschenstein, Barbara Köhler, Schirin Kretschmann and Tilo Schulz, Magazin4 Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria
- “Misunderstandings and other circumstances”, curated by Anna Heidenhain and Kristina Kramer,Polistar, Istanbul, Turkey
- “The marvelous real”, curated by Kristine Guzmán, Yuko Hasegawa and Hikari Odaka, MUSAC, Leon, Spain
- “Lessons of darkness”, curated by Nuno Faria, José De Guimarães International Centre For The Arts, Guimarães, Portugal
- “lonelyfingers. Konversationsstücke”, curated by Susanne Titz, Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach, Germany
- “The Feverish Library”, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany
- “Arqueológica”, curated by Virginia Torrente, Matadero, Madrid, Spain
- “Triennale der Kleinplastik in Fellbach”, curated by Yilmaz Dziewior, Fellbach, Germany
- “Politics: I do not like it, but it likes me”, curated by Agnieszka Kulazinska and Dermis P. León, LAZNIACentre for Contemporary Art, Poland
2012
- Newtopia: The State of Human Rights”, curated by Katerina Gregos, Mechelen, Belgium
- “Chaotic trajectories”, curated by Thomas Rehbein, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany
- “The castle in the air. Séance of Imagination”, curated by Adam Budak, Poznan, Poland
2011
- “Sammlung im Prozess”, curated by Georg Elben, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Marl, Germany
- “Hans hat Glück”, Castle Gandegg, Appiano, Italy
- “The silver show”, NAK, Aachen, Germany
- “Entropia, Philara – Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst“, Duesseldorf, Germany
- “DC Bonus”, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek / Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer / Galerie Thomas Zander, Forum für Fotografie, Cologne, Germany
- “New Space”, Federico Luger, Milan, Italy
- “Colors for a new home, Signs of love and other paintings”, Alexander and Bonin, NY, USA
- “Fronteras en mutación, en tránsito of Bridges and Borders”, (fase III) CCEBA, Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires, Argentina
- “Local host, (International artists in – from NRW)”, Ausstellungshalle Zeitgenössische Kunst, Muenster, Germany
- “Tracks”, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
- “Drawings wall”, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy
2010
- “Neues Rheinland. Die postironische Generation”, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
- “Drawings”, Alexander and Bonin NY, USA
- “Face to Face”, Pepe Cobo y Cia, Madrid, Spain
- “Touched”, The 10th Liverpool Biennial, curated by Peter Gorschlüter, Tate Liverpool, UK
- “The New Décor”, curated by Ralph Rudolf, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Garage CCC, Moscow, Russia - “Star City”, curated by Alex Farquharson, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
- “Who wants to use my window?”, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy
- “Goldene Zeiten”, curated by Patrizia Dander and Julienne Lorz, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
- “Modelos para Armar: Thinking Latin America from the MUSACCollection”, Spain
- “A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Fear and Terror”, curated by Helmut Friedel and Giovanni Iovane, Galleria Gentili, Prato, Italy
- “Languages and Experimentations”, MARTRovereto, Italy 11th. Triennale der Kleinplastik Fellbach bei Stuttgart
2009
- “Ordinary Revolutions”, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
- “Das Gespinst”, Museum Abteiberg, Moemchengladbach, Germany
- “Danielle Kawaaitaal and Diango Hernandez”, Monkeys Island, Cologne, Germany
- “Precarious Form”, Galerie Meyer Kainer, curated by Veit Loers, Viena, Austria
- “ev + a 2009, Reading the City”, Limerick City, Ireland
- “Cambio de Aceite”, Pepe Cobo and Cia, Madrid, Spain
2008
- On Air”, curated by Huh joung-en, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Duesseldorf
- “BAGHDAD/SPACECOG/ANALYST”, curated by Andrew Renton, Frith Street Gallery, London, UK
- “Wessen Geschichte”, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany
2007
- “Como vivir juntos”, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile
- “Andrzej Wroblewski 1927-1957/Project”, The National Museum in Warsaw, Poland
- Connected”, Altes Museum Moenchengladbach, Germany
- “Mr. President”, University Art Museum, Albany, NY, USA
- “Made in Germany”, Kunstverein Hannover, Germany
2006
- “The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in Global Society”, 2. Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Seville Biennal
- “Como viver junto”, 27. Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil
- “Zones of Contact”, Biennial of Sydney, Austrailia
- “Biennale Cuvée”, O.K. Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz
2005
- “Always a little Further”, Arsenale, 51. Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
- “Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht”, ZKM/Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
“Roboter”, Opelvillen, Ruesselsheim, Germany - “Biwak”, Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany
- “Opening”, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy
- “Nuovo Segnale”, Federico Luger Gallery, Milano, Italy
2004
- “Flesh at War with Enigma”, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
- “doku/fiction. Mouse on Mars – reviewed & remixed”, Kunsthalle Duesseldorf, Germany
- “Jahresgaben 2004”, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany
- “Jahresgaben 2004”,Westfälischer Kunstverein, Muenster, 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
- Havana Biennial, 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. VIIIforo sobre teoría del Arte Contemporáneo”, Monterrey, México
- “La Huella Múltiple”, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
2001
- Short Stories”, La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, Italy
- “Un dia como otro cualquiera/A day like any other day”, 7. Havana Biennial, Cuba
- “I am Cuba Double play”, Tirana Biennial, Albania
2000
- “La conjuncion de la nada/The conjunction of nothingness”, 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”, 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, 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
Public collections
- Museum Abteiberg Moenchengladbach, Germany
- Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
- Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach, Germany
- INHOTIMCentro de Arte Contemporânea, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
- Galleria d’Arte Moderna Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
- MART– Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy
- Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany
- Rheingold Collection, Duesseldorf, Germany
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
- The Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany
- FRACdes Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Leon, (MUSAC), Spain
- Collectión Bergé, Madrid, Spain
Colaborations
1994-03
- “Lonelyfingers”, together with Anne Pöhlmann
- “Sunstate”, together with Mouse on Mars
- “Ordo Amoris Cabinet”, together with Juan Bernal (until 1995)/Manuel
Piña (until 1995)/Ernesto Oroza (until 1996)/Francis Acea (until 2003)
Awards
- 2016 lonelyfingers at Lodgers, M HKAAntwerp, Belgium
- 2014 Artist in residence, Salzamt, Linz, Austria
- 2013 Best special exhibition of the year 2013. AICA, Germany (International Association of Art Critics) lonelyfingers-Konversationsstücke at Museum Abteiberg, Germany
- 2013 Premio Rotary Club, MIART, Milan, Italy
- 2012 Artist in residence, Fondazione Brodbeck, Catania, Italy
- 2010 Blood Mountain Foundation Residency, Budapest, Hungary
- 2009 Rubens-Young Art Award, Museum for Contemporary Art, Siegen, Germany
- 2008 Rubens-Förderpreis der Stadt Siegen, Germany
- 2007 Premio ICONA, Verona, Italy
- 2007 Artist in Residence, FRACde la Loire, France
- 2005 Artist in Residence, Mönchengladbach, Germany
- 2001 ArtPace, Artist in Residence, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- 1998 Artist in Residence, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
- 1997 Artist in Residence, “Apocalypso”, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada