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Sergio Hernández (Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, 1957). An artist who has explored a wide variety of techniques and materials, including oils, inks, gouaches, watercolors, and prints, Hernández is one of Mexico’s most prominent contemporary painters. He graduated from the La Esmeralda School of Painting, Sculpture, and Engraving and the Academy of San Carlos. He has participated in more than 70 exhibitions in 10 countries across Europe and the Americas. His work is related to color, playful themes, fire, and death.
Sergio Hernández
Studies
1975 – 1980
National School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving “La Esmeralda” National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City.
1973 – 1975
National School of Plastic Arts Academy of San Carlos, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2014
Plomos / Bronces, Art Gallery of the Cultural Complex of the Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico.
Popol Vuh ( carpeta de grabados y dibujos), Institute of Graphic Arts of Oaxaca, IAGO, Oaxaca, Mexico.
2013-2014
Traveling exhibition in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign Ministry and the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation AMEXCID
Space for Contemporary Creation, ECCO. Cadiz, Spain.
Cultural Institute of Mexico, Paris, France.
Cultural Space of the Embassy of Mexico in Germany, Berlin.
2012-2014
Funámbulo de la noche,
Traveling exhibition in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs SRE / The Mexican Cultural Institute of San Antonio, Texas and the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation AMEXCID.
Graphic Arts Institute of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
2013 13 Bronces, Atrium of the Parish of San Matias Jalatlaco. Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
2012
Popol Vuh, Cuaderno Perdido
Traveling exhibition in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs SRE / The Mexican Cultural Institute of New York and the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation AMEXCID.
Technological University of the Mixteca, Huajuapan de Leon, Oaxaca, Mexico
The Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, Octavio Paz Gallery, Consulate General of Mexico in New York, Estados Unidos.
2008-2009 Instalación Tzompantli,Musée du quai Branly, In collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris, France.
2007 Risas y lágrimas, Algunas historias de circo, Museum Pueblo Guanajuato, Edition XXXV International Cervantino Festival, Guanajuato, Mexico
Sueños y mentiras, Institute of Graphic Arts of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Technological University of the Mixteca, Huajuapan de Leon, Oaxaca, Mexico.
2006 Entomología, Casa Lamm Cultural Center, Ciudad de México.
El nacimiento de la euforia, South Gallery, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Xochimilco, Mexico City.
2000
Retrospectiva (obra 1982-1999),
Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City
International Museum of Contemporary Art Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City.
General Archive of the Nation, Mexico City.
- Obra reciente Associated American Artists, Nueva York, Nueva York, United States
1998 El Circo, Museum of Contemporary Art of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Werke 1982-1998, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
1987 La paleta moderna, Mexico Cultural Center, Paris.
La Fiesta Negra, Gallery of Contemporary Art in Mexico City.
1985 La Fiesta Gallery OMR, Mexico City.
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2014
Torre 4, FIFTY24MX / TAX –Torre Alberto Kalach.
Made in México, The rebozo in Art, Culture and Fashion, London’s Fashion and Textile Museum, Londres, Inglaterra.
Messico Circa 2000, Alle Scuderie del Castello de Miramare, Trieste, Italia.
Statu Quo : La Esmeralda, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City.
2013-2014 Outside-in mexican contemporary art: Presence of Oaxaca in Asia.
Seoul Museum of Art (MoA), Seoul, Korea.
2013 México Moderno / México Contemporáneo. FEMSA Collection
Library of Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey campus. Mexico.
2012 Máscaras de Aliento, Mexican Confederation of Organisations for Persons with Intellectual Disability, AC, (CONFE)
2011
“Visiones del Arte Mexicano”
Traveling exhibition of the permanent collection of the SHCP
Art Museum of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
Colombia, Guatemala and Vancouver.
2009
Arte-sano entre artistas, Museum of Popular Art, Mexico City.
Corpus Aeternum, Alvarez Bravo Photographic Center, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Art Museum of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit.
2008 El sexo y la vida, Cromosoma XX XY, Natural History Museum, Mexico City.
2007 Ultimes Territoires, Institute of Mexico, Paris, France.
Outside Market Gallery Council for Culture and the Arts of Nuevo Leon Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
2006
Diálogos de Bancas, Urban Exhibition, Reforma, Mexico City.
Group Exhibition, Indianilla Station Cultural Center, Mexico City.
Muerte sin fin… una cotidianeidad, Folk Art Museum, Mexico City.
2005
Pintores de Oaxaca, Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca, Centro Cultural Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Tierra de Artistas, Art Gallery of the Center for the Arts, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
2002 Zonas de mediación, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico.
Muestra.
The Americas and Asia, Contemporary Art Fair, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
1999-2000 Vistas y conceptos, aproximaciones al paisaje, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City.
1999 Soleils Mexicains, Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, París, Francia.
1998 Mexico: Reconfigured, Associated American Artists, Nueva York, Nueva York, United States
Cinco continentes y una ciudad, Museum of the City of Mexico, Mexico City.
1997 Preparativos para el Diluvio, Museum of Contemporary Art of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
1996 Nueve Pintores Oaxaqueños, Museum of Contemporary Art of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
1995 Imágenes y visiones. Mexican art between the vanguard and the present, Würth Museum, Germany.
1993 Actuelle Kunst aus México , Trienal Fellbach, Frankfurt, Alemania.
Los Hechizos de la Forma, traveling exhibition, France.
1991
Ocho Artistas Mexicanos Contemporáneos, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Hechizo de Oaxaca, Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
1990
Nieto, Toledo y Hernández, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México.
Homenaje a Paul Klee, Juan Martín Gallery, Mexico City.
Por el Camino de Ecos, Contemporary Art in Mexico, traveling exhibition, United States.
1984 Primera Bienal de la Habana, La Habana, Cuba, 1984.
El Desnudo, OMR Gallery, National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City.
1983 Salón de Dibujo, Palace of Fine Arts, National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City.
1982 Salón de Pintura, Palace of Fine Arts, National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City.
1981 Segundo Concurso Nacional de Pintura Sahagún, National Auditorium Gallery, National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City.
1977-1978
Sección anual de Pintura, National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Palace of Fine Arts, National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City.
Awards and Prizes
2006 Officer’s Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, the Embassy of Spain, Mexico City.
1994-1997 Scholarship, Artistic Creator of the National System of Creators of Art, National Fund for Culture and the Arts, Mexico City.
1989 Grant of the National Council for Culture and the Arts, Mexico City, Mexico.
1981 Second Place, National Painting Competition Sahagun, National Auditorium Gallery, National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City.
1980 First Place, XV National Painting Competition for Students of Visual Arts, National Institute of Fine Arts, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico.