Diango Hernández 1970, Born in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Lives and works between Düsseldorf and Havana, Cuba.
Resumé
Diango Hernández emerged in the early 1990s, during the economic crisis that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union, actively engaging in collective initiatives within Cuba’s cultural scene. Together with Francis Acea, he co-founded Ordo Amoris Cabinet (OAC), an artistic duo that quickly gained international recognition, exhibiting widely across Europe and North America.
In the early 2000s, Hernández relocated to Europe, where he developed a practice that positioned him as one of the foremost heirs to the American conceptual legacy. In 2009 he was awarded the prestigious Rubens Prize, recognizing his outstanding contribution to contemporary art. His work, exhibited internationally, explores cultural identity and the political forces that shape everyday life.
Hernández has been the subject of major solo exhibitions at Kunsthalle Basel (2006), Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (2007), and Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen (2009). He has participated in leading international biennials, including the 51st Venice Biennale, the Biennale of Sydney, and the São Paulo Biennial (all in 2006). His installations were presented in The New Décor at the Hayward Gallery, London (2010), and a survey exhibition followed at Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (MART) (2011–12).
Further solo presentations include The New Man and the New Woman at Marlborough Contemporary, London (2013), Socialist Nature at Landesgalerie Linz (2014), and exhibitions at Marlborough Contemporary, London, and Kunsthalle Münster (2015). In 2016, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen dedicated a solo exhibition to his work, titled Theoretical Beach.
Awards and Residencies
- 2016 · Artist-in-residence, with Anne Pöhlmann (lonelyfingers), M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
- 2014 · Artist-in-residence, Salzamt, Linz, Austria
- 2013 · Germany’s Best Special Exhibition of the Year for lonelyfingers – Konversationsstücke, Museum Abteiberg, awarded by AICA Germany (International Association of Art Critics)
- 2012 · Premio Rotary Club, MIART, Milan, Italy
- 2012 · Artist-in-residence, Fondazione Brodbeck, Catania, Italy
- 2010 · Artist-in-residence, Blood Mountain Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
- 2008 · Rubens-Förderpreis, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany
- 2007 · Premio Icona, Verona, Italy
- 2007 · Artist-in-residence, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
- 2005 · Artist-in-residence, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
- 2001 · Artist-in-residence, Artpace Foundation, San Antonio, USA*
- 1998 · Artist-in-residence, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany*
- 1997 · Artist-in-residence, Apocalypso, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada*
*As Ordo Amoris Cabinet.
Selected Public Collections
- Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
- The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA
- Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
- Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
- Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, USA
- Artpace, San Antonio, USA
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
- Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
- Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Inhotim, Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Philara Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
- MART – Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy
- CAB de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
- FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
- Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
- Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany
- Rheingold Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Germany
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC), Spain
- Colección Bergé, Madrid, Spain
Teaching Experiences
Since 1995 Diango Hernández has given numerous artist talks and has participated in symposiums and lectures in many international art institutions such as Artpace San Antonio, Ludwig Foundation Havana, Or Gallery Vancouver, Porta 33 Madeira, Banff Centre for The Arts Alberta, Barbican Center London, Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, The University of British Columbia Vancouver, etc. Hernández was teaching for 3 years at Mobile Home (Escola de Arte Nómada, Experimental e Independente), an international independent summer academy in Portugal, founded by Portuguese curator Nuno Faria.
Collaboration Experiences
- 1994–2003 · Ordo Amoris Cabinet
Together with Juan Bernal (until 1995), Manuel Piña (until 1995), Ernesto Oroza (until 1996), Francis Acea (until 2003) - 2007–2010 · Sun State
Together with Mouse on Mars (Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma) - 2012–ongoing · lonelyfingers
Together with Anne Pöhlmann
Solo Exhibitions
- 2024
Crazy, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Trento, Italy
Desideri di luce. Riflessione, curated by Andrea Dall’Asta SJ, Galleria e Museo San Fedele, Milan, Italy
Museum of the Shadows, Museum of Contemporary Art, Siegen, Germany
Galleggia, Castello di Lerici, Italy - 2023
Los Milagros, Casado Santapau, Madrid, Spain
All Hands, Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Cantos de Sirenas, Wizard Gallery, Milan, Italy - 2022
Olaismo, Federico Luger Gallery, Milan, Italy
Bañistas, curated by Adam Budak, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany - 2021
Instopia, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
Iniciales y nombres completos, Casado Santapau, Madrid, Spain
Messaggio inviato, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Trento, Italy - 2019
Diango Hernández and Fernando Bryce at Dialogos, ARCO Madrid, presented by Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
Rebel Standing, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany - 2018
Salvavidas, Arsenal Habana, Havana, Cuba
Cascadas, Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid, Spain
Eras Imaginarias, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
Diango Hernández and André Parente at Dialogos, ARCO Madrid, presented by Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo, Brazil - 2017
Her Holidays, Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Diango Hernández and Victor Grippo at Dialogos, ARCO Madrid, presented by Alexander and Bonin, New York, USA
Sobre las olas, curated by Meike Behm, Kunsthalle Lingen, Germany
Amor Amor, Van Horn, Düsseldorf, Germany - 2016
Beach, a longing, curated by Susanne Meyer-Büser, Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany
Diango Hernández and Antonio Paucar, ARCO Madrid, presented by Galerie Barbara Thumm
Hurricanes, Federico Luger Gallery, Milan, Italy
Marina, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
Theoretical Beach, curated by Stefanie Kreuzer, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany - 2015
Time Islands and Space Islands, curated by Alfredo Cramerotti, MOSTYN, Cymru, Wales, UK
Words to Sea, curated by Gianni Jetzer, Unlimited, Art Basel, with Marlborough Contemporary, London · Alexander and Bonin, New York · Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin · Nicolas Krupp, Basel
Eugene, Kunsthalle Münster, Münster, Germany
The Book of Waves, Marlborough Contemporary, London, UK
Layout for Flavor Orbit and Orange Curtain, curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, SP-Arte with Galerie Barbara Thumm, São Paulo, Brazil - 2014
By All Means I Am Here, curated by Katerina Gregos, Art Brussels (Solo), Marlborough Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Circling in Loop, curated by Delfim Sardo, Est Art Fair (Solo), Marlborough Contemporary, Estoril, Portugal
In Hazard, Translated, curated by Simone Neuenschwander, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Germany
Socialist Nature, curated by Gerhard Obermüller, Landesgalerie, Linz, Austria - 2013
Komplette Zimmer, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany
The Importance of a Line, curated by Nuno Faria, Porta33, Madeira, Portugal
The New Man and the New Woman, Marlborough Contemporary, London, UK
The Editionx, dh artworks, Düsseldorf, Germany - 2012
The Stamps That Never Travelled and the Birds That Never Flew, Benveniste Contemporary, ARCO, Madrid, Spain
Folded Tiger, 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, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Germany
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, New York, USA
Line Dreamers, Haus im Süden, Cologne, Germany
The Stamps That Never Travelled and the Birds That Never Flew, 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, with Mouse on Mars, Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany
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, New York, USA
El manual del tractorista arrepentido, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Alexander and Bonin, New York, and Zona Maco, Mexico City, Mexico
It Is Also My History, Pepe Cobo y Cia, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Building Beyond Success, with Anne Pöhlmann, Clages, Cologne, Germany - 2008
Inspire Me, Again, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Diamonds and Stones: My Education, Federico Luger Gallery, Milan, Italy
Out-of-Place Artifacts (OOPArt), Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer, Cologne, and Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany - 2007
Objects of Ridicule, Alexander and Bonin, New York, USA
Victoria, 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, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA
Mother the Future Was a Political Lie…, Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Power Pencil, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy - 2006
Dictators, Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany
The Factory of Silence, with Andi Toma, National Bank of Düsseldorf, Germany
Traitors, Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid, Spain
Spies, Alexander and Bonin, New York, USA
Revolution, curated by Adam Szymczyk and Simone Neuenschwander, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland - 2005
The Museum of Capitalism, curated by Susanne Titz, Altes Museum / Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Waiting, Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
Palabras, Galería Pepe Cobo, ARCO Madrid, Spain
Revantgarde, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy - 2004
Democracy, with Boris Mikhailov, curated by Dagmar Behr, Kunstverein 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 Cuauhtémoc Medina, Artpace, San Antonio, USA*
Network Transmission – Summer Days, Galerie Adamski Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany* - 1999
Esta cerca es provisional: Evite ser requerido, 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 and 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 quién soy, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba - 1995
Bésame Habana, Centro de Arte y Diseño, Havana, Cuba*
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2006
Dictators, Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany
The Factory of Silence, with Andi Toma, National Bank of Düsseldorf, Germany
Traitors, Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid, Spain
Spies, Alexander and Bonin, New York, USA
Revolution, curated by Adam Szymczyk and Simone Neuenschwander, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland - 2005
The Museum of Capitalism, curated by Susanne Titz, Altes Museum / Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Waiting, Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
Palabras, Galería Pepe Cobo, ARCO Madrid, Spain
Revantgarde, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy - 2004
Democracy, with Boris Mikhailov, curated by Dagmar Behr, Kunstverein 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 Cuauhtémoc Medina, Artpace, San Antonio, USA*
Network Transmission – Summer Days, Galerie Adamski Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany* - 1999
Esta cerca es provisional: Evite ser requerido, 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 and 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 quién soy, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba - 1995
Bésame Habana, Centro de Arte y Diseño, Havana, Cuba* - 2017
Made in Germany III, together with Anne Pöhlmann as lonelyfingers, curated by Christina Végh, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany
Who Pays?, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Your Story! Geschichten von Flucht und Migration, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany
Luther and the Avant-Garde, Wittenberg, Germany
Two Destinations, together with Anne Pöhlmann, curated by Oriane Durand, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, Germany
Kunst x Kuba. Zeitgenössische Positionen seit 1989, curated by Andreas Beitin and Antonio Eligio (Tonel), Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
Exit, curated by Adam Carr, Rodolphe Janssen Gallery, Brussels, Belgium - 2016
Maps of You, together with Anne Pöhlmann as lonelyfingers, curated by Nav Haq, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
We Call It Ludwig, curated by Yilmaz Dziewior, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Only in the Western World, curated by Luigi Fassi, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
Relevant Notes, Cara Gallery, New York, USA
Kaleidoscope and Puzzles, curated by Wendy Navarro, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Transhumance, curated by Sara Alonso Gómez, CAB, Brussels, Belgium
This Is Your Replacement, curated by Adam Carr, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Germany
Tropical Punch, curated by Keenon Magazine, Nathalie Halgand Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Gruppenbild, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany - 2015
La Correzione del futuro, Galleria Allegra Ravizza, Lugano, Italy
War II, curated by Adam Carr, MOSTYN, Llandudno, Wales, UK
1st Trio Biennial, curated by Marcus de Lontra Costa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
El péndulo de Foucault, curated by Alejandro Machado, 12th Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba*
The Rates of Exchange, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
Piano Pieces, Salzburg Museum, Salzburg, Austria
I Never Thought I’d See You Again. Painting History, Marlborough Contemporary, London, UK
Birds, Plants and a Chair, Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf, Germany
A Drawing Show, Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland - 2014
Entorno crítico, CAB, Burgos, Spain
Summerstage, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
New Paintings, Alexander and Bonin, New York, USA
Bringing Light into a Windowless Room, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany
Power of Chi, SPREEZ e.V., Munich, Germany
Salon distingué – Household Effects in Good Company, curated by Nadia Schneider Willen, Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland
The Marvellous Real, curated by Kristine Guzmán, Yuko Hasegawa, Hikari Odaka, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Beyond the Supersquare, curated by Holly Block, Bronx Museum, New York, USA
International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena de Indias, curated by Berta Sichel, Cartagena, Colombia - 2013
HERstories, curated by Christina Végh and Fanny Gonella, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Six Memos for the Next …, curated by Wolfgang Fetz, Jörg van den Berg, Sandra Boeschenstein, Barbara Köhler, Schirin Kretschmann, and Tilo Schulz, Magazin4 Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria
Misunderstandings and Other Circumstances, curated by Anna Heidenhain and Kristina Kramer, Polistar, Istanbul, Turkey
The Marvellous Real, curated by Kristine Guzmán, Yuko Hasegawa, and Hikari Odaka, MUSAC, León, Spain
Lessons of Darkness, curated by Nuno Faria, José de Guimarães International Centre for the Arts, Guimarães, Portugal
lonelyfingers. Konversationsstücke, curated by Susanne Titz, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
The Feverish Library, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany
Arqueológica, curated by Virginia Torrente, Matadero, Madrid, Spain
Triennale der Kleinplastik, curated by Yilmaz Dziewior, Fellbach, Germany
Politics: I Do Not Like It, but It Likes Me, curated by Agnieszka Kulazinska and Dermis P. León, LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art, Poland - 2012
Newtopia: The State of Human Rights, curated by Katerina Gregos, Mechelen, Belgium
Chaotic Trajectories, curated by Thomas Rehbein, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany
The Castle in the Air. Séance of Imagination, curated by Adam Budak, Poznań, Poland - 2011
Sammlung im Prozess, curated by Georg Elben, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Germany
Hans hat Glück, Castle Gandegg, Appiano, Italy
The Silver Show, NAK, Aachen, Germany
Entropia, Philara – Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst, Düsseldorf, Germany
DC Bonus, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek · Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer · Galerie 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, New York, USA
Fronteras en mutación, en tránsito (Bridges and Borders, Phase III), CCEBA, Centro Cultural de España, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Local Host (International Artists in/from NRW), Ausstellungshalle Zeitgenössische Kunst, Münster, Germany
Tracks, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, 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, New York, USA
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, MUSAC, 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, Germany - 2009
Ordinary Revolutions, curated by Stefanie Kreuzer, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Das Gespinst, curated by Wilhelm Schürmann, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Performa 09, curated by Lara Pan, New York, USA
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 and Angelika Nollert, Limerick City, Ireland
Cambio de aceite, Pepe Cobo y Cia, Madrid, Spain - 2008
Kongress der Futurologen, curated by Thomas Neumann, ICA Dunaujvaros, Hungary
Arise! Ye Starvelings…, curated by Meri Cremin, Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin, Ireland
Articulações, curated by Nuno Faria, Fábrica da Cerveja, Faro, Portugal
Baghdad – Space – Analyst, curated by Andrew Renton, Frith Street Gallery, London, UK
Wessen Geschichte, curated by Yilmaz Dziewior, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
On Air, together with Michalis Nicolaidis, curated by Huh Joung-en, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany - 2007
Atlante Latinoamericano, curated by Antonio Arévalo, Centro de las Artes CONARTE, Monterrey, Mexico
XXIe Ateliers internationaux, curated by Laurence Gateau, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
Made in Germany, curated by Martin Engler, Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover, Germany
Bei Freunden zu Gast, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Love and Cables, Nüans, Düsseldorf, Germany
Domestic Irony: A Curious Glance on Private Italian Collections, MUSEION, Bolzano, Italy
Cómo vivir juntos, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago de Chile, Chile
Qué pasa con las rosas, Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid, Spain
Parcours interdit, curated by Markus Ambach, Malkasten Park, Düsseldorf, Germany - 2006
The Square Root of a Drawing, curated by Noel Kelly, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in a Global Society, curated by Okwui Enwezor, 2nd Seville Biennial, Seville, Spain
Cómo vivir juntos, 27th Bienal de São Paulo, curated by Lisette Lagnado and Ulrike Groos, São Paulo, Brazil
Zones of Contact, 15th Biennale of Sydney, curated by Charles Merewether, Sydney, Australia
Biennale Cuvée, O.K. Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria
Out of the Blue, Federico Luger Gallery, Milan, Italy
Re: Location, Alexander and Bonin, New York, USA - 2005
Always a Little Further, curated by Rosa Martínez, Arsenale, 51st Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, curated by Gregor Jansen, ZKM – Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
Roboter, Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, Germany
Biwak, Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany
Opening, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy
Nuovo Segnale, Federico Luger Gallery, Milan, Italy - 2004
Flesh at War with Enigma, curated by Anke Kempkes, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
doku-fiction. Mouse on Mars – Reviewed and Remixed, curated by Peter Gorschlüter, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
In Ictu Oculi, Galería Pepe Cobo, Seville, Spain
Wildlife 04 Final, curated by Markus Ambach, Sommerpalast, Neuss, Germany
Bookies, M29 Brückner + Richter, Cologne, Germany
Miedo–Fear, Galería Pepe Cobo, Seville, Spain
With Eyes of Stone and Water, curated by Malin Barth, Gallery 3.14, Bergen, Norway* - 2003
8va Bienal de La Habana, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Stretch, curated by Eugenio Valdés and Keith Wallace, Power Plant, Toronto, Canada* - 2002
Prophets of Boom. The Schürmann Collection, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden, Germany*
With Eyes of Stone and Water, curated by Malin Barth, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland*
Atravesados. Deslizamientos de identidades y géneros, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain*
FITAC. VIII Foro sobre Teoría del Arte Contemporáneo, curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina, Monterrey, Mexico*
La Huella Múltiple, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba* - 2001
Short Stories, curated by Roberto Pinto and Eugenio Valdés, La Fábrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy*
Un día como otro cualquiera | A Day Like Any Other Day, 7ma Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba*
I Am Cuba – Double Play, curated by Eugenio Valdés, 1st Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania* - 2000
La conjunción de la nada, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba* - 1999
CUBA, Present!, Barbican Centre, London, UK*
Thinking Aloud, curated by Richard Wentworth, Camden Art Centre, London, UK* - 1998
Provisional Utopias, curated by Wolfgang Becker, Annette Lagler, and Helmo Hernández, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany / Kunsthaus, Berlin, Germany*
1er Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales · Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wilfredo Lam · CENCREM · Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba*
Thinking Aloud, curated by Richard Wentworth, Hayward Gallery, London · Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge · Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK*
Entropy at Home, Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany*
The Campaign Against Living Miserably, Royal College of Art, London, UK* - 1997
The Russian Mountain, III Manifestation Internationale Vidéo et Art Électronique, Montreal, Canada*
Rompiendo los moldes, curated by Omar Pascual Castillo, Taller de Serigrafía René Portocarrero, 6ta Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba* - 1996
Últimas noticias, curated by Juan A. Molina, Galería de Arte de Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba - 1995
Una de cada clase. The Next Generation Show, curated by José Menéndez and Helmo Hernández, Centro de Arte y Diseño, Havana, Cuba*
*As Ordo Amoris Cabinet.
Ordo Amoris Cabinet (often abbreviated as OAC) was an artist duo founded in Havana in 1994 by Diango Hernández and Francis Acea.
It emerged during Cuba’s “Special Period,” a time of profound economic and cultural crisis following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The name translates loosely to “The Order of Love Cabinet,” suggesting a paradoxical blend of intimacy and bureaucracy—a play on the dry institutionalism of “cabinets” and the personal, emotional register of “ordo amoris.”
OAC reflected on the scarcity, recycling, and improvisation that defined everyday life in Cuba during the 1990s. With shortages of consumer goods, artists turned to salvaging, repurposing, and re-imagining materials.
Hernández and Acea produced objects, installations, and conceptual projects that commented on Cuban social reality—often reconfiguring discarded furniture, obsolete appliances, political slogans, and makeshift domestic items. Their work fused industrial design training (both studied design in Havana) with conceptual art strategies.
Selected Bibliography (Catalogues from Solo Exhibition and Artist’s Books)
- Theoretical Beach
Publisher: Distanz Verlag · Editor: Stefanie Kreuzer · ISBN: 978-3-95476-161-6 - The Book of Waves
Publisher: Marlborough Contemporary · Editor: Andrew Renton · ISBN: 978-1-909693-14-2 - Socialist Nature
Publisher: Distanz Verlag · Editor: Landesgalerie Linz · ISBN: 978-3-95476-085-5 - The New Man and The New Woman
Publisher: Marlborough Contemporary, London · Editor: Andrew Renton · ISBN: 978-1-909693-04-3 - Lonely Fingers
Publisher: Distanz Verlag · Editor: Georg Elben · ISBN: 978-3-942405-73-7 - H (home)
Publisher & Distributor: Alexander and Bonin Publishing, Inc., New York - Diango Hernández. Living Rooms, a Survey
Publisher: Silvana Editoriale Spa · Editors: MART, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto and Yilmaz Dziewior · ISBN-13: 978-8836622115 - A Kiss, a Hat, a Stamp
Publisher: Distanz Verlag · Editor: Blood Mountain Foundation (Jade Niklai) · ISBN: 978-3-942405-28-7 - Out-of-Place Artifacts (OOPArt)
Publisher: Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer and Galerie Barbara Thumm - Losing You Tonight
Publisher: Sternberg Press · Editor: Eva Schmidt, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen · ISBN: 978-1-933128-80-1 - Diamonds and Stones: My Education
Publisher: Damiani · Editor: Eva Schmidt, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen · ISBN: 978-88-6208-080-4 - Swans Without a Lake
Publisher: NAK – Neuer Aachener Kunstverein · Editor: Melanie Bono · 2007 · ASIN: B00JW3WO28 - The Museum of Capitalism
Publisher: Revolver · Editors: Städtisches Museum Abteiberg / Altes Museum, BIS-Zentrum, Mönchengladbach · ISBN: 978-3-86588-183-0 - Revantgarde
Publisher: Sternberg Press · Editor: Anke Kempkes, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery · ISBN: 978-1-933128-07-8