Diango Hernández

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

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Biography

Hernandez was born in 1970 in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba. He earned a degree in industrial design at the Havana Superior Institute of Design. After graduation in 1994 he began a collaboration experience with Ernesto Oroza, Juan Bernal, Francis Acea and Manuel Pina 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

• 2007 Artist in Residence, XXIe Ateliers Internationaux du Frac des Pays de la Loire, France
• 2005 Artist in Residence, Mönchengladbach, Germany
• 2001 Artist in Residence, ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas, United States
• 1998 Artist in Residence, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
• 1997 Artist in Residence, "Apocalypso", Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Year	Title	Venue	Location
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 [1]	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

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

• Diango Hernández: revantgarde, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy

• Nuovo 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*

• Cuba-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/The conjunction of nothingness, 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 [2]
• Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy. [3]
• Galleria Civica di Monfalcone, Italy.

References

• "Diango Hernandez". Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer. Retrieved 2007-12-06.

External links

• Pepe Cobo [4]
• Federico Luger Gallery [5]
• Alexander And Bonin [6]
• Paolo Maria Deanesi [7]
• Michael Wiesehöfer [8]