RESUME

Erick Alejandro Hernández 

erickhernandezstudio@gmail.com

www.erickalejandrohernandez.com

@erickhe

Bio:

Erick Alejandro Hernández (b. 1994) is an artist from Matanzas, Cuba, living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He received his BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University. Hernández has been a fellow at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Oxbow, Yaddo, Macdowell, Mass MoCA, The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Lighthouse Works, The Royal Drawing School at Dumfries House, and Fountainhead, among others. He is the recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant and the Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize for Excellence in Painting. Hernandez has had solo exhibitions with Murmurs (Los Angeles) and Yossi Milo (New York), in addition to recent group shows at Perrotin (New York), The Mistake Room (Los Angeles), Wilding Cran (Los Angeles), Island (New York), PTT (Taipei), and Spurs (Beijing). In the coming year, Hernandez will be a resident at the Monira Foundation at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City. 

Education:

2023        Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, MFA in Painting

2017        Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison ME

2017        Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, Painting BFA 

2016        European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy             

2013        New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL

Solo Exhibitions

2025        Facing a Forward Wind, Dimin, New York, NY

2023        night is a narrow edge, Murmurs, Los Angeles, CA

2021        Excerpts from a Shared Horizon, Yossi Milo, New York, NY 

Group Exhibitions

2026        7th AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY (upcoming)

2025        Unfinished Conversations, Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China

2025        The Reality Principle, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ 

2024        Porous Alternatives, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2024        Leftovers, Island Gallery, New York, NY

2024        Ven Sin Nombre, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2024        10 Years, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2023        NADA Miami, Murmurs Gallery, Miami, FL

2023        Low Clearance, PTT Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 

2023        a signal urgent but breaking, Perrotin, New York, NY

2023        A Breath on Glass, Spurs Gallery, Beijing, China 

2023        I Don’t Paint What I See, Berntson Bhattacharjee, London UK

2023        a signal urgent but breaking, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT

2022        Sueñx, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, CA 

2022        Friends in Bricolage, Green Shutter House, New Haven, CT

2022        By Tomorrow, Jackson Institute of Global Affairs, New Haven, CT

2121        40 Paintings, Harper’s Books, East Hampton, NY 

2021        Endless State, Skowhegan, Online Exhibit

2020        Satellite of Love, The Royal, Brooklyn, NY 

2019        Paratext #40, Hangar, Barcelona, Spain

2019        Residency Show, Plop, London, UK

2019        Inherit. Rubber Factory, New York NY 

2019        Time Bomb. Wadstrom Tonnheim Gallery, Marbella, Spain

2018        The Southwest Brooklyn Biennial. Kustera Projects, Brooklyn NY

2018        Emogi Show. Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York NY

2018        Omnipresent Elsewhere. Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2018        Fragmented Realities. Nonfinito Gallery, New York NY

2017        ‘Multiple Sides of the Bed’ as part of ‘Submerge 2017: Break Time’, MINKA brooklyn, Brooklyn NY

2017        Draft. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison ME

2017        Afterimage. Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence RI

2017        Painting (1) Senior Show. Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence RI

2016        RISDEHP: Alongside Roman Artists. Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy

2016        Tiny Biennale. Temple University, Rome, Italy

2016        Sketching. Bibliothe Contemporary Art Gallery, Rome, Italy

Residencies

2025-26    Bronx Museum AIM Program (Current)

2024-25    Monira Foundation, Union City, NJ (Current)

2024        The Studios at Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA

2024        Triangle, Brooklyn, NY

2024        Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY

2023-24   Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, New York, NY  

2022        Royal Drawing School at Dumfries House, Scotland, UK

2021        Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY

2021        Macdowell Colony, Peterborough, NH 

2020        Fountainhead, Miami, FL

2020        Vermont Studio Center, VSC/Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship, Johnson,                     VT

2020        Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY

2019        Hangar, Barcelona, Spain 

2019        PLOP, London, UK

2018-19   Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY

2018        Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck MI

2017        Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison ME

2016        Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Brooks Fellowship, Snowmass Village CO

2012        Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Colorado Springs CO

Acknowledgements/Grants

2024        Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

2023        Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize for Excellence in Painting

2021        Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

2019        Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

2019        Artadia Awards Finalist

2019        Scholastics Arts and Writing Awards 2019 Alumni Micro-grant

2013-17    Presidential Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI

Publications

2023         New American Paintings, No. 165, MFA Annual Issue 

2019         ArtMaze Magazine Winter Edition 16, Editorial Selection

2019         HEADS Magazine #9

Artist Talks/Lectures 

2024         Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY

2023         Guest Speaker, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2021         Visiting Artists & Critics Program: Erick Alejandro Hernandez, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 

2021         Cooper Union Summer Art Intensive: Visiting Artist Lecture, New York, NY
2019         Hangar Paratext #40, Artist Lecture, Barcelona, Spain
2019         Rhode Island School of Design’s European Honors Program: Visiting Artist Lecture, Rome, Italy