Orestes Hernandez


Holguín, Cuba, 1981

curriculum
studies
2006 Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
2000 Professional Academy of Plastic Arts. Holguin, Cuba.
personal exhibitions
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/G. Hamburg, 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 arrivedServando Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
2011
High fidelityCristo Salvador Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
2010
The old trick of the effectsRené 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 LemonadeThe Kingdom of this World Gallery, José Martí National Library. Havana, Cuba.
2007
No more sauce, Cuban Institute of Music. Havana, Cuba.
2006
Changing the subjectHigher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
2005
If I tell you I'm lyingHigher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
Theater of operationsHigher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
The tail of the eyeCarmelo Gonzalez Gallery, Casa de Cultura de Plaza. Havana, Cuba.
collective exhibitions
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
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
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
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)