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.
With over 1.4 million followers on Instagram, Diango Hernández (@diango.hernandez) stands among the most followed contemporary artists today. As early as 2015, Hernández began using Instagram not merely as a communication platform but as an essential part of his creative process. Through this early and visionary engagement, he became one of the first pioneers to explore Instagram’s social and transformative power within the field of art.
For Hernández, Instagram became a studio without walls, a digital extension of his conceptual practice. “Instopia,” his term merging Instagram and utopia/dystopia, captures this shift—an ongoing reflection on how images, desire, and connectivity reshape artistic creation. “Instagram allowed me to make art that breathes in real time,” Hernández notes. “It’s not only a tool to share, but a place where beauty and longing circulate freely—where I can test the emotional temperature of an image.” Through Instopia, Hernández turns everyday digital gestures—scrolling, liking, posting—into a poetic and critical language, transforming social media into what he calls “a permanent exhibition space where everyone is both visitor and artist.”
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*
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
2025
Golfo de México – Caribbean Vibes, Curated by Marta Gay, Silvaplana, Switzerland
Bergé Collection, Bilbao Fine Art Museum, Bilbao, Spain
Lighthouse Contemporary, Castello di San Giorgio, Lerici, Italy
20 Years in Milan, Wizard Gallery, Milan, Italy
Art & Nature: Inside Out, curated by Diana Segantini, Villa Arconati, Milan, Italy
2024
Allegory of public happiness, curated by Giulia Colletti and Gabriele Lorenzoni, Galeria Cívica di Trento
15 Bienal de La Havana, Havana, Cuba
Phenomena: Perspective for an Introduction to the MUSAC Collection, curated by Koré Escobar, MUSAC, Leon, Spain
Vis-à-vis. Ritratti moderni e contemporanei, curated by Elsa Barbieri, Massimo Francucci and Giuliana Pascucci, Musei Civici di Palazzo Buonaccorsi. Macerata, Italy
2022
Cómo la caña, Factoria Diseño, Havana, Cuba
14 Bienal de La Havana, Havana, Cuba
2019
La Habana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Konkrete Gegenwart, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
Realität Check, Kunstraum Potsdam c/o Waschhaus, Potsdam, Germany
2018
Condo, The breeder gallery, Athens, Greece
Otro amanecer en el trópico, Reinbeckhallen, Berlin, Germany
Zwanzig, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
Lilia & Tulipan, Kunsthalle Lingen, Lingen, German
2017
Made in Germany III (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 (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 (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, CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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, 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 et al., Magazin4 Bregenzer Kunstverein, Austria
Misunderstandings and Other Circumstances, curated by Anna Heidenhain and Kristina Kramer, Polistar, Istanbul, Turkey
The Marvellous Real, curated by Kristine Guzmán, Yuko Hasegawa, Hikari Odaka, MUSAC, León, Spain
Lessons of Darkness, curated by Nuno Faria, José de Guimarães International Centre for the Arts, 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, 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, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Germany
Hans hat Glück, Castle Gandegg, Appiano, Italy
The Silver Show, NAK, Aachen, Germany
Entropia, Philara, Düsseldorf, Germany
DC Bonus, Forum für Fotografie, Cologne, Germany
New Space, Federico Luger, Milan, Italy
Colors for a New Home, Alexander and Bonin, New York, USA
Fronteras en mutación, CCEBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Local Host, Ausstellungshalle Zeitgenössische Kunst, Münster, Germany
Tracks, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Drawings Wall, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy
2010
Neues Rheinland. Die Postironische Generation, 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, Tate Liverpool, UK
The New Décor, Hayward Gallery, London, UK / Garage CCC, Moscow, Russia
Star City, Nottingham Contemporary, UK
Who Wants to Use My Window?, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy
Goldene Zeiten, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Modelos para armar, MUSAC, León, Spain
A Philosophical Enquiry…, Galleria Gentili, Prato, Italy
Languages and Experimentations, MART, Rovereto, Italy
Larger Than Life Stranger Than Fiction, Fellbach, Germany
2009
Ordinary Revolutions, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Das Gespinst, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Performa 09, New York, USA
Danielle Kawaaitaal and Diango Hernández, Monkeys Island, Cologne, Germany
Precarious Form, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
ev + a 2009, Limerick City, Ireland
Cambio de aceite, Pepe Cobo y Cia, Madrid, Spain
2008
Kongress der Futurologen, ICA Dunaujvaros, Hungary
Arise! Ye Starvelings…, Dublin, Ireland
Articulações, Faro, Portugal
Baghdad – Space – Analyst, London, UK
Wessen Geschichte, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
On Air (with Michalis Nicolaidis), Düsseldorf, Germany
2007
Atlante Latinoamericano, Monterrey, Mexico
XXIe Ateliers internationaux, FRAC Pays de la Loire, France
Made in Germany, Kunstverein Hannover, Germany
Bei Freunden zu Gast, Antwerp, Belgium
Love and Cables, Düsseldorf, Germany
Domestic Irony, MUSEION, Bolzano, Italy
Cómo vivir juntos, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Qué pasa con las rosas, Madrid, Spain
Parcours interdit, Düsseldorf, Germany
2006
Dictators, Cologne, Germany
The Factory of Silence (with Andi Toma), Düsseldorf, Germany
Traitors, Madrid, Spain
Spies, New York, USA
Revolution, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
The Square Root of a Drawing, Dublin, Ireland
The Unhomely, Seville Biennial, Spain
Cómo vivir juntos, 27th São Paulo Biennial, Brazil
Zones of Contact, Biennale of Sydney, Australia
Biennale Cuvée, Linz, Austria
Out of the Blue, Milan, Italy
Re: Location, 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-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*
Thinking Aloud, curated by Richard Wentworth, Camden Art Centre, London, UK*
All exhibitions marked (*) means 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
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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
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Publisher: Sternberg Press · Editor: Anke Kempkes, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery · ISBN: 978-1-933128-07-8