Gonzalo Hernandez

Bio/CV: Born in Lima, Peru, 1991. Lives and works in Miami, Florida
Gonzalo Hernandez studied at the Escuela de Artes Visuales Corriente Alterna and holds an M.F.A. and M.A. from the Savannah College of Arts and Design in Fibers and Painting. Recent solo and group exhibitions include, "Almost There", Laundromat Art Space - Miami (2021),
"SIH", The End project space with Todd Schroeder-Atlanta (2021),"):)", SCAD Museum of Art, (2020); "F.F.A. Corp" - Hen House (2019); "Factory 1.1" - Alexander Hall (2018); "Java"- La Vitrina de la Oficina m20 Hotel Savoy, Lima (2019); "Sorry Not Sorry: posiciones, disposiciones y oposiciones” - curated by Max Hernandez CCPUCP, Lima (2020); "Threaded" curated by Mark Newport and Maria-Elisa Heg MCC Art Gallery, Arizona (2019) and "The Artist as Muse" Gutstein Gallery curated by Ariella Wolens and Ben Tollefson (2019). He was also part of the first Chuquimarca Residency program in Summer 2020, Longroad Projects Erie Residency in November of 2020, Kate-Ferri Projects in November of 2021. Co-Founder of Abrir Galeria, an independent gallery project that focuses on Latin American young artists.

Artist Statement: Gonzalo Hernandez’s multi-faceted art practice addresses personal narratives related to contemporary dilemmas like labor, success and failure, the art world, and identity. Culling from autobiographical circumstances, his installation, sculpture, painting, photography, and film are highly particular to his perspective as an immigrant, while also addressing broader cultural associations. Eliminating the distinction between art and life, the artist considers many situations and materials as viable for inclusion in his work, no matter how banal or quotidian. From the mounds of cardboard found on the factory floors of past employment which become relief sculptures, to the shopping lists quickly scribbled onto his hand and photographed on his iPhone, the artist finds truth and meaning in the overlooked. Daily encounters with text, language and material become fodder for symbolic interpretations.

Selected Solo/Two Person Exhibitions: 
2021 “Almost There” Curated by J. Gibran Villalobos -Laundromat Art Space, Miami, "SIH" collaboration with Todd Schroeder, THE END, Atlanta "Selections of Daily Practice: 2018-2021", Vigil Gonzales galeria, Sacred Valley, PERU
2020 "(:(", Scad Museum of Art, Savannah, USA
2019 "F.F.A. Corp" - Hen House, Savannah, USA
2015 “A Paris a Lima”, Alianza Francesa de la Molina, Lima, PERU

Selected Group Exhibitions: 2022 "Free Association", Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, USA
2021 Viewpoints: Expressions of an artist community co-curated by Edouard Duval-Carrié and Laura Novoa, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Premio ICPNA Arte Contemporáneo, Galería Juan Pardo Heeren, Lima, PE, "Who We Were/Who We Are/Who We Will Be", curated by Amy Kligman, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, USA, "Sabor y Control", curated by Ivan Sikic, Vantage Art Projects, Online 2020 “Georgia Artists of Hispanic/Latinx Origin”, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, USA
2019 “Sorry Not Sorry: posiciones, disposiciones y oposiciones”, curated by Max Hernandez CCPUCP, Lima, PERU, “Threaded”, curated by Mark Newport and Maria-Elisa Heg, MCC ArtGallery, Arizona, USA, “The Artist as Muse”, Gutstein Gallery curated by Ariella Wolens and Ben Tollefson, Savannah, USA, "Factory 1.1" - Alexander Hall, Savannah, USA, "Java"- La Vitrina de la Oficina m20 Hotel Savoy, Lima, PERU, "On Being Tender" a group meditation on penetrability and softness, curated by Amanda Carol, Savannah, USA
2018 "Other People's Bodies", curated by Zara Bell, Alexander Hall, Savannah, USA, "Hispanic Month"- Savannah State University - Kennedy Fine Arts Gallery, Georgia, USA 2017 “SmallWorks”, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, USA, "Hybrids”, Alexander Gallery, Savannah, USA
2015 Final Show, Corriente Alterna, Lima, PERU
2013 “Inicio” - Garage Art, Lima, PERU, Master Piss, NNM.Studio, Lima, PERU, "The aesthetics of the naked", Paris College of Arts, Paris, FRANCE
2012 After "thoughts", Parsons Paris School of Art and Design, Paris, FRANCE, XXI National Competition for Young Artists “Cerro Verde”, ICPNA, Lima, PERU
2011 XXI National Young Artists Competition Museum of Contemporary Art, Arequipa, PERU 2011 9th International Art Competition Enbotellarte, Lima, PERU
2010 “Art is for all" Converse, Lima, PERU, Exhibition of the Week V-Peru, LIMA, PERU                       

Residencies, Fairs and Collaborations: 2021 Together Arts, La Pera Projects, Miami, FL, Longroadprojects, Untitled Art Fair, Miami, FL, Kates-Ferri Projects Artist Residency , November, NYC, Studio at the Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
2020 AFA Masterclass THE INSTITUTIONAL COLLAPSE , ONLINE 2020 Long Road Projects & Erie Arts and Culture, Pennsylvania, USA, Chuquimarca Residency, Chicago, USA, Artist INC KC, Kansas City, USA, De arte en linea, Coveralls, Lima, PERU, dibujos x amazonia, Lima, PERU
2019 Hen House, Savannah, USA

Selected Press: Savannah Morning News, Osmosis,Terremoto, Arte Al Dia, Art Papers, Leonardo, SCAD, Connect Savannah, LVL3,

Social: @hernandezgonzalo