Orestes Hernandez

Orestres Hernandez
Orestes Hernandez

Holguín, Cuba, 1981

In the work of Orestes Hernández (Holguín, Cuba, 1981) there is a constant propensity to short-circuit and break. His objects and installations dismantle artistic reality in search of new ways to confront creation. In the case of painting, a production that connects with his video work, Orestes displays the aesthetics of "cut and paste" and contemporary visual saturation. More than an artist, Orestes is a cultural chronicler of his time.
 
After graduating from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in 2006, Orestes has participated in numerous personal and collective projects. Among the most outstanding are "Feliz, Feroz y Amen", LKB/G, Hamburg, Germany; "La primera aventura", at the knoerle & baettig Gallery, Switzerland; "Llegó el malhechor", Servando Gallery, Cuba; "Alta fidelidad", Cristo Salvador Gallery, Cuba; and the group shows "ABUC, Eleven Cuban Artists", at the Swiss gallery Mai 36; "Illness Has a Colour", at the Swiss gallery Mai 36; "Illness Has a Colour", at the ISA, Cuba; and the group shows "ABUC, Eleven Cuban Artists", at the Swiss gallery Mai 36; "Illness Has a Colour", at the ISA, Cuba; and "La primera aventura", at the ISA, Cuba.", collateral to the XIII Havana Biennial; "Art x Cuba. Contemporary Perpectives since 1989", Aachen, Germany; "Overseas", held at Halle 14, Center for Contemporary Art, Leipzig, Germany; "Para quebrar los muros", at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana and "A la vuelta de la esquina", at La Casa Encendida Cultural Center, Spain. On the other hand, his work has been part of important artistic events such as the Havana Biennial and the Contemporary Visual Art and New Film Festival in Berlin.
Orestes Hernandez

curriculum

studies

2006 Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
2000 Professional Academy of Plastic Arts. Holguin, Cuba. 

personal exhibitions

2024
This tangana is not from now, El Apartamento, Havana, Cuba.
2023
This is so, Monclova Projects, Mexico City, Mexico.
2022
Orestes Hernández - Nacho Martín Silva (Duo Project). LISTE Art Fair 2022 (With El Apartamento, Havana, Cuba). Basel, Switzerland.
2017
Neither sober nor comfortable. Site specific, Havana art weekend project. Havana, Cuba.
Happy, Fierce and Amen, 
LKB/GHamburg, Germany (Two-person exhibition). The garden of the Swedes (Two-person exhibition), Galerie Knoerle & battig, Winterthur, Switzerland.
2016
FantasyServando Gallery. Havana, Cuba. 
2015

I don't think about you anymore,
 El reino de este mundo Gallery, José Martí National Library. Havana, Cuba.
2014
The first adventureGalerie knoerle & baettig. Winterthur, Switzerland.
2012 

The malefactor has arrived
Servando Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
2011  
High fidelity
Cristo Salvador Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
2010  
The old trick of the effects
René Portocarrero Gallery, National Theater of Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
2009  
In the Lord's vineyard, Museum of Rum Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
Let the sun rise wherever it rises
. Collateral to the X Havana Biennial, Gallery 23 and 12. Havana, Cuba.
2008  

Cold Lemonade
The Kingdom of this World Gallery, José Martí National Library. Havana, Cuba.
2007  
No more sauce,
 Cuban Institute of Music. Havana, Cuba.
2006  

Changing the subject
Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
2005

If I tell you I'm lying
Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
Theater of operations
Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
The tail of the eye
Carmelo Gonzalez Gallery, Casa de Cultura de Plaza. Havana, Cuba.  

collective exhibitions

2023
Off SeasonEl Apartamento, Havana, Cuba.
2022
#elsonidoandlafuriaEl Apartamento, Havana, Cuba.
2021
Untitled Art Fair 2021 (With El Apartamento, La Haban, Cuba), Miami, USA.
ARCO Madrid Art Fair 2021 (With El Apartamento, Havana, Cuba), Madrid, Spain.
2020
ARCO Madrid Art Fair 2020 (With El Apartamento, Havana, Cuba). Madrid, Spain.
2019
The Painting Lesson240 NW 25th St. Miami, USA.
ABUC, Eleven Cuban ArtistMai 36 Galerie. Zürich, Switzerland.
ThresholdsContinua Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Illness Has a Colour, XIII Havana Biennial, Studio 50 - The Apartment, Havana, Cuba.
El circuito del arte cubanoEl Apartamento, Havana, Cuba.
Let's be realistic, let's ask for the impossible, Arsenal Habana, Havana, Cuba.
2018
How is the water?Continua Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Trick or treatBar Grados, Havana, Cuba.
Positive with positiveServando Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2017
Havana Art Weekend, Havana, Cuba.
AtalayaTaller Gorría-El Apartamento Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Quiet lifeCenter for the Development of Visual Arts (CDAV), Havana, Cuba.
Art x Cuba. Contemporary Perpectives since 1989, Aachen, Germany.
OverseasHalle 14, Center for Contemporary Art, Leipzig, Germany.
Nature is worth a thousand thoughts, Center for the Development of Visual Arts (CDAV), Havana, Cuba.
2016
The shovel (short or long), Center for the Development of Visual Arts (CDAV), Havana, Cuba.
Line upLa Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
TumbandoEvolución Fugaz Gallery, Callao, Peru.
Maretti AwardCenter for the Development of Visual Arts (CDAV), Havana, Cuba.
2015
No trade or benefit, XII Havana Biennial, La Moderna Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Nano, XII Havana Biennial, Teodoro Ramos Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2014
VI Contemporary Cuban Art Salon, Center for the Development of Visual Arts (CDAV). Havana, Cuba.
This side of paradiseThe Kingdom of this World Gallery, National Library of Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
Ordered atCasa de la Cultura de Playa, Havana, Cuba.
2013
To break down the wallsNational Museum of Fine Arts of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
Memento Mori & Joie de VivreServando Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Silly drawingsRubén Martínez Villena Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
OpenLuz y Oficios Gallery, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana, Cuba.
GulliverContemporary Visual Art And New Film Festival, Berlin Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany.
2012
An exhibition without spectatorsNational Library of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
There is a smell coming through my windowMuseum of Rum, Havana, Cuba.
Heretics of the voidHabana Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2010
The end of the bulletCuba Pavilion. Havana, Cuba.
PumpWilfredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, Cuba.
2009
Just around the cornerLa Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain.
The fool on the hillVilla Manuela Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Concentrate, X Havana Biennial, Havana Cuba.
2008
V Salon of Contemporary Cuban ArtCenter for the Development of Visual Arts (CDAV). Havana, Cuba.
Blah, Blah, Blah... Servando Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
PlasticineHispano-American Center of Culture, Havana, Cuba.
Far Far AwayCo-Lab Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark.

works

Orestes Hernandez
High, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
69 x 80 cm

Orestes Hernandez
Kiss, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 70 cm

Orestes Hernandez
Casting, 2011
Oil on canvas
50 x 60 cm

Orestes Hernandez
High, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
69 x 80 cm

Orestes Hernandez
Kiss, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 70 cm

Orestes Hernandez
Casting, 2011
Oil on canvas
50 x 60 cm

Orestes Hernandez
Your pirate is me, 2024
Wood carving
128 x 85 x 36 cm (128 x 85 x 36 cm) (50.4 x 33.5 x 14.2 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Gilbert and George, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 200 cm (78.7 x 78.7 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Ernesto Sixto de la Asunción, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 250 cm (78.7 x 98.4 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Your pirate is me, 2024
Wood carving
128 x 85 x 36 cm (128 x 85 x 36 cm) (50.4 x 33.5 x 14.2 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Gilbert and George, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 200 cm (78.7 x 78.7 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Ernesto Sixto de la Asunción, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 250 cm (78.7 x 98.4 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Taschen, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 250 cm (78.7 x 98.4 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Dimension, 2022
Polychromed and assembled wood
125 x 75 x 30 cm (49.2 x 29.5 x 11.8 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Documenta, 2024
Wood carving
152 x 40 x 30 cm (152 x 40 x 30 cm) (59.8 x 15.7 x 11.8 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Taschen, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 250 cm (78.7 x 98.4 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Dimension, 2022
Polychromed and assembled wood
125 x 75 x 30 cm (49.2 x 29.5 x 11.8 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Documenta, 2024
Wood carving
152 x 40 x 30 cm (152 x 40 x 30 cm) (59.8 x 15.7 x 11.8 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Chicken thighs, 2024
Wood carving
131 x 21 x 20 cm (51.6 x 8.3 x 7.9 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Germinator, 2024
Wood carving
163 x 35 x 29 cm (64.2 x 13.8 x 11.4 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Duck on the lake, 2024
Wood carving
112 x 23 x 32 cm (44 x 9 x 12.6 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Chicken thighs, 2024
Wood carving
131 x 21 x 20 cm (51.6 x 8.3 x 7.9 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Germinator, 2024
Wood carving
163 x 35 x 29 cm (64.2 x 13.8 x 11.4 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Duck on the lake, 2024
Wood carving
112 x 23 x 32 cm (44 x 9 x 12.6 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Pineapple illusions, 2024
Wood carving
153 x 33 x 38 cm (60.2 x 13 x 15 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Magic beans, 2024
Wood carving
133 x 27 x 21 cm (52.4 x 10.6 x 8.3 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Sweet dreams, 2024
Wood carving
192 x 29 x 34 cm (75.6 x 11.4 x 13.4 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Pineapple illusions, 2024
Wood carving
153 x 33 x 38 cm (60.2 x 13 x 15 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Magic beans, 2024
Wood carving
133 x 27 x 21 cm (52.4 x 10.6 x 8.3 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Sweet dreams, 2024
Wood carving
192 x 29 x 34 cm (75.6 x 11.4 x 13.4 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Some tips for making the bed 1, 2021
Collage on paper
202 x 195 cm (79.5 x 76.8 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Some tips for making the bed 2, 2021
Collage on paper
197 x 203 cm (77.6 x 80 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Some tips for making the bed 1, 2021
Collage on paper
202 x 195 cm (79.5 x 76.8 in)

Orestes Hernandez
Some tips for making the bed 2, 2021
Collage on paper
197 x 203 cm (77.6 x 80 in)