Diango Hernández

Biography

Hernandez was born in 1970 in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba. He earned a degree in industrial design at the Havana Superior Institute of Design (ISDI). After graduation in 1994 he began a collaboration experience together with Ernesto Oroza, Juan Bernal, Francis Acea and Manuel Piña under the name "Ordo Amoris Cabinet", after the Latin 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, Europe, and North America. Exhibiting widely Hernández’s works has been included at the 51st Venice Art Biennale (Arsenale, 2005), São Paulo Art Biennial (2006), Biennale of Sydney (2006), Kunsthalle Basel (2006), Munich’s Haus der Kunst (2010), London’s Hayward Gallery (2010) and more recently with a survey at the MART (2011) in Rovereto, Italy. Hernandez currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Awards and Residencies

Collaborations and Projects

Solo exhibitions

2017

・‘VAN HORN’, Düsseldorf, DE

2016

・‘Theoretical Beach’, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, DE

・‘Beach, A Longing’, Düsseldorf, DE

・‘Marina, Galerie Barbara Thumm’, Berlin, DE

・‘Time Islands and Space Islands’, Mostyn, Wales

2015

・‘Time Islands and Space Islands’, Mostyn, Wales

・‘Eugene’, Kunsthalle Münster, DE

・‘The Book of Waves’, Marlborough Contemporary, London, GB

2014

・‘Socialist Nature’, Landesgalerie, Linz, AUT

・‘In hazard,translated’, Kunstverein Nürnberg, DE

2013

・‘The New Man and the New Woman’, Marlborough Contemporary, London, GB ・‘Komplette Zimmer’, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, DE

2012

・‘The stamps that never travelled and the birds that never flew’, Benveniste Contemporary, ARCO, Madrid, Spain

・‘Folded Tigers’, Philara – Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst, Düsseldorf, Germany

・‘Drawing the human figure’ (curated by Nuno Faria), Fondazione Brodbeck, Catania, Italy

2011

・‘Lonely fingers’ (curated by Georg Elben), Marl Skulpturenmuseum, Marl, Germany

・‘Diango Hernandez. Living rooms, a survey’ (curated by Yilmaz Dziewior), MART, Rovereto, Italy

・‘Crystal clear’, Nicolas Krupp Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland

・‘If I send you this’, Alexander and Bonin, NY, US

・‘Line dreamers’, Haus im Süden, Cologne, Germany

・‘The stamps that never travelled and the birds that never flew’, Benveniste Contemporary, Benveniste Contemporary, Madrid, Spain

2010

・ ‘A kiss, a hat, a stamp’, Blood Mountain Foundation, Budapest, Hungary

・‘Museums: Selected works 1996 / 2010’, Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany

2009

・‘Losing you tonight: Flying memories’, Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer, FIAC, Paris, France

・‘Losing you tonight’ (curated by Eva Schmidt), Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Germany

・‘Define gravity. Sun State #3’, collaboration with Mouse on Mars, Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany

・‘The importance of a line’ (curated by Nuno Faria), Porta33, Madeira, Portugal

・‘Giardino tropicale’, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Artissima, Turin, Italy

・‘La historia, mi juguete preferido’, Pepe Cobo y Cia, Madrid, Spain

・‘Th-ink’, Alexander and Bonin, NY, US

・‘El manual del tractorista arrepentido’ (curated by Adriano Pedrosa), Alexander and Bonin, NY, Zona Maco, Mexico City, Mexico

・‘It is also my history’, Pepe Cobo y Cia, ArtCologne, Cologne, Germany

・‘Building beyond success’, collaboration with Anne Pöhlmann, Clages, Cologne, Germany

2008

・‘Inspire me, again’, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

・‘Diamonds and stones: My education’, Federico Luger Gallery, now FL GALLERY Milan, Italy

・‘out-of-place artifacts (OOPArt)’, Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer, Cologne / Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany

2007

・‘Objects of ridicule’, Alexander and Bonin, NY, US

・‘Victoria’ together with Andrzej Wróblewski (curated by Joanna Kordjak), National Museum, Warsaw, Poland

・‘Swans without a lake’ (curated by Melanie Bono), Neuer Aachener Kunstverein NAK, Aachen, Germany

・‘The fruit of evil’, Galería Pepe Cobo, ArtBasel Miami Beach, Miami, US

・‘Mother the future was a political lie…’, Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer, ArtCologne, Cologne, Germany

・‘Power pencil’, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy

2006

・‘Dictators’, Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany

・‘The factory of silence’, National Bank of, Düsseldorf, Germany

・‘Traitors’, Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid, Spain

・‘Spies’, Alexander and Bonin, NY, US

・‘Revolution’ (curated by Adam Szymczyk and Simone Neuenschwander), Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland

2005

・‘The museum of capitalism’ (curated by Susanne Titz), Altes Museum/Abteiberg Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany

・‘Waiting’, Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer, ArtForum, Berlin, Germany

・‘Palabras’, Pepe Cobo, Arco Art Fair, Madrid, Spain

・‘Revantgarde’, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy

2004

・‘Democracy’ together with Boris Michailov (curated by Dagmar Behr), Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany

・‘Amateur’ (curated by Rutger Wolfson), De Vleeshal, Middelburg, Netherlands

2003

・‘Amateur,’ Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany

2002

・‘Sweet home’, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba*

2001

・‘Mousepads and screensavers’ (curated by Cuauhtemoc Medina), ArtPace, San Antonio, US*

・‘Network transmission / Summer days’, Adamski Frehrking Wiesehöfer Galerie, Cologne, Germany*

1999

・‘Esta cerca es provisional: Evite ser requerido / This is a provisional fence: Keep out’, Centro de Desarrollo de Las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba*

1997

・‘Hiking Raffle’, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada*

・‘Hormigón armado’, Centro de Desarrollo de Las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba*

1996

・‘Agua con azúcar y La muestra provisional’ (curated by Helmo Hernández), Centro de Desarrollo de Las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba* / Museo de Arte Contemporáneo y Diseño (MACD), San José, Costa Rica*

・‘Para saber quien soy’, Centro de Desarrollo de Las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba

1995

・‘Bésame Habana’, Centro de Arte y Diseño, Havana, Cuba*

Group exhibitions

2017

‘We Call It Ludwig’, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, DE

2016

‘We Call It Ludwig’, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, DE

‘WERE IT AS IF’, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NDL

2015

‘Salón de arte contemporáneo’, Palacete Sousa, Barranco, Peru

2014

‘Bringing Light into a Windowless Room’, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, DE

‘New Paintings’, Alexander and Bonin, New York, US

‘Beyond the Supersquare’, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, US

‘The 1st International Biennial of Contemporary Art’, Cartagena de Indias, COL

2013

‘The New Man and The New Woman’, Marlborough Contemporary, London, GB

‘IHRE GESCHICHTE(N)’, Bonner Kunstverein und Artothek, Bonn, DE

‘lonelyfingers: Konversationsstücke’, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, DE

‘Arqueológica’, Matadero, Madrid, ES

‘The Feverish Library (continued)’, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, DE

‘Stimuli’, Alexander and Bonin, New York, US

2012

‘Newtopia: The State of Human Rights’ (curated by Katerina Gregos), Mechelen, Belgium

‘Chaotic trajectories’ (curated by Thomas Rehbein), Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany

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, Düsseldorf, Germany

‘DC Bonus’, Schmidt Maczollek / Michael Wiesehöfer / 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, US

’Fronteras en mutación, en tránsito of Bridges & Borders (fase III)‘, CCEBA, Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires, Argentina

‘Local host‘ (International artists in / from NRW At AZKM), Ausstellungshalle Zeitgenössische Kunst, Münster

‘Tracks’, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein

‘Drawings wall’, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy

2010

‘Neues Rheinland. Die Postironische Generation’ (curated by Stefanie Kreuzer), Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany

‘Fiona Banner / Marcus Becker / Diango Hernández’ Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany

‘4 on paper’ Alexander and Bonin NY, US

‘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 MUSAC collection, León, 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’ MART, Rovereto, Italy

‘Larger than life stranger than fiction’ (curated by Ulrike Groos), 11th Triennale der Kleinplastik Fellbach bei Stuttgart, Germany

2009

‘Ordinary revolutions’ (curated by Stefanie Kreuzer), Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany

‘Das Gespinst’ (curated by Wilhelm Schurmann), Museum Abteiberg, Mochengladbach, Germany

‘Performa 09′ (curated by Lara Pan) NY, US

‘Danielle Kawaaitaal and Diango Hernández’, Monkeys Island, Cologne, Germany

‘Precarious Form’ (curated by Veit Loers), Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria

‘ev + a 2009, Reading the city’ (curated by Yilmaz Dziewior), Limerick City, Ireland

‘Cambio de aceite’, Pepe Cobo y Cia, Madrid, Spain

2008

Open Plan Living, Art TLV, [1] Helena Rubinstein Pavilion & Gan Ka'akov, Tel Aviv, Israel

Baghdad / Space cog / Analyst, [2] Frith Street Gallery, London, UK

Arise! ye starvelings…, [3] Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin, Ireland

This is not the way I remember it, [4] Anna Helwing Gallery, LA, US

Archivo Sur, [5] FUTURA Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic

Registered, (KONGRESS DER FUTUROLOGEN) [6] ICA, Dunaujvaros, Hungary

Urban Sculpture, on Via Dante Milano [7] 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, 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, Switzerland

doku/fiction. Mouse on Mars - reviewed & remixed, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 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, 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*

Articles and reviews

Cramerotti, Alfredo. “Diango Hernández: Time Islands and Space Islands.” The Seen (September 22, 2015)

Vermeulen, Timotheus. “Ways of Knowing.” Frieze (No. 159, Nov-Dec 2013):141-143

Niklai, Jade. “Diango Hernández: Omission Versus Addition.” Flash Art (November – December 2012): 98-100 Latimer, Quin. “Diango Hernandez: Nicolas Krupp Contemporary Art.” Artforum International (March 2012): 292-293

Gibellini, Laura. “Diango Hernández.” Arte al Día (Issue #137, November - December 2011): 113 Pérez León, Dermis. “Diango Hernández: Educating Ourselves for Life Under Captialism.” ArtNexus (no. 83 vol. 10): 52-56

Lorch, Catrin. “Diango Hernández.” Frieze (February, 2010): 134-35

Reindl, Uta M. “Diango Hernández.” artist Kunstmagazin #78

Montgomery, Harper. “Diango Hernández.” ArtNexus (June–August, 2008): 134 Tallone, Ana. “Diango Hernández.” arte al día (February – March, 2008): 123 Verhagen, Marcus. “Bagdad/Space Cog/ Analyst.” Art Monthly (September, 2008)

“Fancy Fence.” PROP (October 2007): 54-65 Hernández, Diango. “We Didn’t Want to Go to the Moon.” Piktogram #7, Warsaw Wasserman, Nadine. “Hail to the Chief.” Metroland (February 15-21, 2007)

Wei, Lilly. “Report from Sydney: Remapping the Art World.” Art in America (March 2007): 58-65

Wulffen, Thomas. 27. “Biennale von São Paulo.” Kunstforum (December 2006 – February 2007) Lorch, Catrin. “Von der Schwerkraft der Farbe.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (September 23, 2006): 53 Cohen, David. “The Dark Side of Summer.” The New York Sun (June 15, 2006) Schardt, Simone. “Von der Aktion zum Kataloggesäusel.” WOZ (February 9, 2006): 13 Cybinski, Von Nikolaus. “Verschlissene Revolution.” Der Sonntag (February 5, 2006) Hoffman, Annette. “Trummer der Geschichte.” Regioartline Kunstmagazin (January 31, 2006) Fischer, Annina. “Macht, Propaganda und Diktatur.” B.Z. Zeitung (January 25 2006): 8

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

León, Dermis Pérez. “Diango Hernández: Amateur”, ArtNexus N° 52, V. 3/2004, USA

Quinones, Paul. "Short Stories: La Fabrica del Vapore, Milano”, Flash Art 2001, Italy

Fernandez, Frencis. “Rusty Scope’ from Cornell to Resnor”, Arte Cubano 3 Rodriguez, Hilda. “Espacios para una comunicaciòn deseada”, Arte Cubano 3

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

Greess, Gabriela. “Überlebenskunst”, Süddeutsche Zeitung (July) Germany Becker, Wolfgang. “Provisorische Utopien”, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany

Moya, Nelson.“Agua con Azucar y Muestra Provisional 1 en el MADC”, Fanal No. 14, Spain

Molina, Juan Antonio.“Ordo Amoris. Hacia un diseño pragmatico”, La Gaceta de Cuba, No. 4 (1996)

Alberdi, Virginia, “The Next Generation”, Arte Cubano No. 2 (1995)

Public collections