Diango Hernández

The Broken Cinema (video installation) during Hernandez's solo "Swans without a lake" 07 at NAK, Aachen, Germany

Diango Hernández (born 1970) is a Cuban contemporary artist.

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. Hernandez currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany, and Trento, Italy.

Awards

• 2009 The 2009 Rubens Young Artists Award of the City of Siegen http://museumfuergegenwartskunstsiegen.de/
• 2007 FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
• Premio ICONA, ArtVerona 2007, Verona, Italy
• 2005 Artist in Residence, Mönchengladbach, Germany
• 2001 ArtPace, Artist in Residence, San Antonio, Texas, US
• 1998 Artist in Residence, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
• 1997 Artist in Residence, "Apocalypso", Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Year	Title	Venue	Location
2008	"out-of-place artifacts (OOPArt)"	Michael Wiesehöfer [1]	Cologne, Germany
2008	"out-of-place artifacts (OOPArt)"	Barbara Thumm [2]	Berlin, Germany
2008	"Inspire me, again"	Stella Lohaus [3]	Antwerp, Belgium
2008	"Diamonds and Stones: My Education"	Federico Luger Gallery [4]	Milan, Italy
2007	"...Objects of Ridicule"	Alexander and Bonin	New York
2007	"Power Pencil"	Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery	Rovereto, Italy
2007	"Swans without a Lake"	Neuer Aachener Kunstverein	Aachen, Germany
2006	"Revolution"	Kunsthalle Basel [dead link]	Switzerland
2006	"Dictators"	Frehrking Wiesehöfer	Cologne
2006	"Spies"	Alexander & Bonin	New York
2006	"Traitors"	Galeria Pepe Cobo	Madrid
2005	"The Museum of Capitalism"	Altes Museum	Mönchengladbach, Germany
2005	"Waiting"	Statement Art Forum Berlin	Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Berlin, Germany
2005	"Palabras"	Arco Art Fair	Project Booth Pepe Cobo Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2005	"Revantgarde"	Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery	Rovereto, Italy
2004	"Democracy"	Kunstverein Arnsberg (with Boris Michailov)	Germany
2004	"Amateur"	De Vleeshal	Middelburg, Netherlands
2003	"Amateur"	Frehrking Wiesehöfer	Cologne, Germany
2002	"Sweet Home"	Espacio Aglutinador	Havana, Cuba*
2001	"Mousepads and Screensavers"	Artpace	San Antonio, Texas*
2001	"Network Transmission / Summer 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*
1997	"Hormigon armado/Reinforced Concrete"	Center for the Development of the Visual Arts	Havana*
1996	"Agua con azucar y La muestra provisional/Sugar Water and The Provisional Show"	Center for the Development of the Visual Arts	Havana, Cuba*
1996	"Agua con azucar y La muestra provisional/Sugar Water and The Provisional Show"	Museo de Arte Contemporaneo y Diseffo (MACD)	San José, Costa Rica*
1995	"Bésame Habana"	Centro de Arte y Diseño	Havana, Cuba*

• An asterisk indicates the exhibition was as Ordo Amoris Cabinet.

Group exhibitions

2008

Open Plan Living, Art TLV, [5] Helena Rubinstein Pavilion & Gan Ka'akov, Tel Aviv, Israel

Baghdad / Space cog / Analyst, [6] Frith Street Gallery, London, UK

Arise! ye starvelings…, [7] Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin, Ireland

This is not the way I remember it, [8] Anna Helwing Gallery, LA, US

Archivo Sur, [9] FUTURA Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic

Registered, (KONGRESS DER FUTUROLOGEN) [10] ICA, Dunaujvaros, Hungary

Urban Sculpture, on Via Dante Milano [11] 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*

• an asterisk indicates the exhibition was as Ordo Amoris Cabinet

Selected bibliography

• 2006 ARCO ’06, Volume 1. Madrid: ARCO/IFEMA Feria de Madrid

Neuenschwander, Simon. "Simone Neuenschwander in conversation with Diango Hernádez." Kunsthalle Basel (04 January 2006): 3-5

• 2005 Always a Little Further: 51st International Art Exhibition. Venice: La Biennale

di Venezia Diango Hernández: revantgarde ex.cat. New York: Lucas & Sternberg Kempkes, Anke. “Let Us Talk About Revant-Garde: In conversation with Diango Hernández.” in Flesh at War with Enigma ex. cat. Basel: Kunsthalle Basel Revuelta, Laura. "Diango Hernández." in elected affnities ex. cat. Madrid: ARCO/IFEMA Roboter, ex. cat. Rüsselsheim: Opelvillen

• 2004 doku/fiction: Mouse on Mars: Reviewed & Remixed. Düsseldorf: Kunsthalle

Düsseldorf

• 2002 Cuba - with Eyes of Stone and Water. (essay by Winzen, Matthias) Helsinki:

Helsinki City Art Museum Prophets of Boom: Collection Schürmann. Köln: Kunsthalle Baden-Baden

• 2001 Short Stories. Milano: La Fabrica del Vapore

"Dreaming Red - Creating ArtPace", ArtPace, San Antonio, TX Eligio, Antonio (Tonel), "Culture and Society in the Work of Cuban Artists." In Art Cuba: The Next Generation. New York: Harry Abrams "Atravesados. Deslizamientos de identidad y género", Havanna, Cuba

• 1999 Eligio, Antonio (Tonel). "Esta cerca es provisional / Evite ser Requerido", (This

is a Provisional Fence / Keep Out), Edition: Ordo Amoris Cabinet, Havana Hernandez, Orlando, "Trabajando Pa'l Inglé", Barbican Centre, London, UK

• 1998 "Provisorische Utopien", Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen,

Yedgar, Ariella. "The Campaign against living Miserably", Royal College of Art, London

• 1996 Hernandez, Helmo. "Hormigón Armado" (Reinforced Concrete), Edition: Ordo

Amoris Cabinet

• 1997 "Utopian Territories: New Art from Cuba", Vancouver

Articles and reviews

• 2005 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

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

3/2004, USA

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

Italy

• 2000 Fernandez, Frencis. “Rusty Scope’ from Cornell to Resnor”, Arte Cubano 3

Rodriguez, Hilda. “Espacios para una comunicaciòn deseada”, Arte Cubano 3

• 1999 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

• 1998 Greess, Gabriela. “Überlebenskunst”, Süddeutsche Zeitung (July) Germany

Becker, Wolfgang. “Provisorische Utopien”, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany

• 1997 Moya, Nelson.“Agua con Azucar y Muestra Provisional 1 en el MADC”, Fanal

No. 14, Spain

• 1996 Molina, Juan Antonio.“Ordo Amoris. Hacia un diseño pragmatico”, La Gaceta

de Cuba, No. 4 (1996)

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

Public collections

• Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Almagro
• FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou
• Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach [12]
• Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy. [13]
• Galleria Civica di Monfalcone, Italy.
• MOMA, NY
• Inhotim, Brazil. [14]

Notes

Hernández with his works unveils the constructive and poetic meaning of crisis (crisis must be perceived here as politic-economic or social crisis) and present this meaning to us as a permanent remainder of what a beautiful thing is to make a mistake.

References

• "Diango Hernandez". Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer. http://www.fw-galerie.de/hernandez/hernanb.html. Retrieved 2007-12-06. 

External links

• "PEPE COBO". www.pepecobo.com. http://www.pepecobo.com/users/art_imagenes.aspx?id=15. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
• "Federico Luger Gallery - Diango Hernandez". www.federicolugergallery.com. http://www.federicoluger.com/diango-hernandez-works.html. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
• "Diango Hernández at Alexander and Bonin". www.alexanderandbonin.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080128161651/http://www.alexanderandbonin.com/artists/Hern%E1ndez/Hern%E1ndez.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
• "Diango Hernandez - Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer". www.fw-galerie.de. http://www.fw-galerie.de/hernandez/index.html. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
• "STELLA LOHAUS GALLERY". www.stellalohausgallery.com. http://www.stellalohausgallery.com/artists.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
• "THE MUSEUM OF CAPITALISM - Diango Hernandez (works)". diango.net. http://diango.net/. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 

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