Diango Hernández 1970, Born in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Lives and works between Düsseldorf and Havana, Cuba.
Resumé
Diango Hernández in the early 1990s amid the economic crisis triggered by the fall of the Soviet Union participated in various collective initiatives as part of the Cuban cultural scene. Hernández co-founded together with Francis Acea Ordo Amoris Cabinet. Also known as OAC, the artistic duo rapidly gained recognition exhibiting throughout Europe and North America. In the early 2000s he moved to Europe, where he continued to produce artworks that have made him one of the leading heirs of the American conceptual legacy.
In 2009 Hernández was awarded with The Rubens Award for his outstanding contribution to the field of art. His works have been exhibited around the world and explore themes such as cultural identity and the impact of politics on everyday life. The Rubens Award is considered one of the highest honors in the art world and recognizes artists who have made a significant impact on the industry through their artistry and creativity.
His work was the subject of solo exhibitions at the Kunsthalle, Basel (2006) and the Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (2007). His work was exhibited in the Arsenale as part of the 51st Venice Biennale and the Biennale of Sydney and the São Paulo Biennial, both in 2006. His work was the subject of a critically acclaimed exhibition of new work, “Losing You Tonight,” at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen (2009) and in 2010 two installations were included in “The New Décor” at the Hayward Gallery, London. A survey exhibition of his work took place at Museo D’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (MART) in Rovereto in 2011-12. In 2013, Marlborough Contemporary, London presented a solo exhibition of his work “The New Man and the New Woman.” His work was the subject of a solo exhibition “Socialist Nature” in 2014 at Landesgalerie, Linz. Hernández has had solo exhibitions at Marlborough Contemporary, London and the Kunsthalle Munster in 2015. In 2016, a solo exhibition of Hernández’s work, titled “Theoretical Beach,” took place at the Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen.
Awards and Residencies
2016 Diango Hernández and Anne Pöhlmann (as lonelyfingers), Artist-in-residence at MHKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Belgium
2014 Artist-in-residence at Salzamt, Linz, Austria
2013 Germany’s ‘Best special exhibition of the year’ for ‘lonelyfingers-Konversationsstücke’ at Museum Abteiberg. 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, US*
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, New York, USA | Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany | Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany | PAMM, Miami, USA | Artpace, San Antonio, USA | Museum of Fine Art Houston, Houston, USA | Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany | Kunstsammlung des Landes 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, Düesseldorf, Germany | Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Germany | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Leon, (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.
Messaggio inviato, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Trento.
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.
Casacadas, 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 Paolo, 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 at 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, ArtBasel with Marlborough Contemporary, London / Alexander and Bonin, NY / 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) Solo, Art Brussels with Marlborough Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium.
Circling in loop, (curated by Delfim Sardo) Solo, Est Art Fair with 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.
Diango Hernández. 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, NY, US.
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, in collaboration 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, NY, US.
El manual del tractorista arrepentido, (curated by Adriano Pedrosa) Alexander and Bonin, NY – Zona Maco, Mexico City, Mexico.
It is also my history, Pepe Cobo y Cia, ArtCologne, Cologne, Germany.
Building beyond success, in collaboration 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 / Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany.
2007 Objects of ridicule, Alexander and Bonin, NY, US.
Victoria, -together 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, ArtBasel Miami Beach, Miami, US.
Mother the future was a political lie…, Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer – ArtCologne, Cologne, Germany.
Power pencil, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy.
2006 Dictators, Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany.
The factory of silence, -together with Andi Toma- National Bank of, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Traitors, Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid, Spain.
Spies, Alexander and Bonin, NY, US.
Revolution, (curated by Adam Szymczyk and Simone Neuenschwander) Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
2005 The museum of capitalism, (curated by Susanne Titz) Altes Museum / Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany.
Waiting, Galerie Frehrking Wiesehöfer – ArtForum, Berlin, Germany.
Palabras, Galería Pepe Cobo – Arco Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
Revantgarde, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy.
2004 Democracy, -together with Boris Michailov- (curated by Dagmar Behr) Kunstverein Arnsberg, 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 Cuauhtemoc Medina) ArtPace, San Antonio, US*
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 y 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 quien soy, Centro de Desarrollo de Las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
1995 Bésame Habana, Centro de Arte y Diseño, Havana, Cuba*.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Allegory of Public Happiness (Allegoria della felicità pubblica), Mart, Rovereto, Italy | Phenomena: Perspective for an Introduction to the MUSAC Collection, Salamanca, Spain
2023 40 years, Kunsthalle Lingen, Lingen, Germany
2022 14 Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba | Cómo la caña, Factoria Diseño, Havana, Cuba | Dreams, Wizard Gallery, Milan, Italy
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, Germany
2017 Made in Germany III -together with Anne Pöhlmann as lonelyfingers (curated by Christina Végh) Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover, Germany | Who Pays?, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz | 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, NY, US | Kaleidoscope And Puzzles, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno CAAM (curated by Wendy Navarro) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands | Transhumance, CAB (curated by Sara Alonso Gómez) Brussels, Belgium | This Is Your Replacement, Sies + Höke (curated by Adam Carr) Düsseldorf, Germany | Tropical Punch, Nathalie Halgand Gallery (curated by Keenon Magazine) Vienna, Austria | Gruppenbild, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
2015 La Correzione del futuro, Galleria Allegra Ravizza Llandudno, Lugano, Italy | War II, MOSTYN (curated by Adam Carr) Llandudno, Wales, UK | 1St Trio Biennial, (curated by Marcus de Lontra Costa) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | El péndulo de Foucault, (curated by Alejandro Machado) 12 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 de Burgos, Spain | Summerstage, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany | New paintings, Alexander and Bonin, NYC, US | 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 and Hikari Odaka) Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan | Beyond the supersquare, (curated by Holly Block) Bronx Museum, NY, US | 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, Leon, 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 in Fellbach, (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) Poznan, Poland
2011 Sammlung im Prozess, (curated by Georg Elben) Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, 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, NY, US | Fronteras en mutación, en tránsito of Bridges and Borders, (fase III) CCEBA, Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires, Argentina | Local host, (International artists in – from NRW) Ausstellungshalle Zeitgenössische Kunst, Münster | Tracks, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, 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 NY, US | 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, Stuttgart, 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) NY, US | Danielle Kawaaitaal and Diango Hernández, Monkeys Island, Cologne, Germany | Precarious Form, Galerie Meyer Kainer (curated by Veit Loers) 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 Arevalo) Centro de las Artes CONOARTE, 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, Hannover, 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 | Como vivir juntos, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago de Chile, Chile | Que 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 | Como 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, Milano, Italy | Re: Location, Alexander and Bonin, NY, US
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, Milano, 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, 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, México* | La Huella Múltiple, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba*
2001 Short stories, (curated by Roberto Pinto, Eugenio Valdés) La Fabrica del Vapore, Milano, 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 Valdes) 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 Salon de Arte Cubano Contemporáno, 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 Serígrafia Rene Portocarrero, 6ta Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba*
1996 Ultimas 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. Diango Hernández was founder and member of the collaboration experience Ordo Amoris Cabinet (1994-2003).
Selected Bibliography (Catalogues from Solo Exhibition and Artist’s Books)
Diango Hernández Theoretical Beach Publisher: Distanz Verlag Editors: 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 ISBN 978-1-909693-04-3 | Lonely Fingers Publisher: Distanz Verlag Editor: Georg Elbe ISBN 978-3-942405-73-7 | H (home) Publisher and Distributor: Alexander and Bonin Publishing, Inc. New York | Diango Hernández. Living Rooms, a Survey Publisher: Silvana Editoriale Spa. Editor: Edited by MaRT, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto and Yilmaz Dziewior ISBN-13: 978-8836622115 | A kiss, a hat, a stamp Pubisher: Distanz Verlag Editor: Blood Mountain Foundation (Jade Niklai) ISBN 978-3-942405-28-7 | out-of-place artifacts (OOPArt) Diango Hernández 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, 2007 Edited by Melanie Bono ASIN: B00JW3WO28 | The Museum of Capitalism Publisher: Revolver Editor: Städtisches Museum Abteiberg / altes Museum, BIS-Zentrum, Mönchengladbach ISBN 978-3-86588-183-0 | Revangarde Publisher: Sternberg Press Editor: Anke Kempkes, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery ISBN 978-1-933128-07-8