Diango Hernández was born in 1970 in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba.
Now lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.

"Hernández grew up on Cuba and studied Industrial Design in Havana at the beginning of the nineties. A short time later, however, he realised that what really interested him was artistic work – solitary work that no one had asked him to do. In those years, as we all know, the world’s political blocks crumbled and Cuba’s trade relations with the Soviet Union collapsed. “Special Period” was the term coined for this new epoch, in the hope that the economic crisis would prove exceptional rather than lasting. Times of radical change tend to sharpen our observation; the ability to interpret inconspicuous details becomes necessary, so that we can comprehend changes and new circumstances. Everyday objects – and functional, technical and decorative furnishings and fittings – unfold magical powers in times of transition. For those who can read them, they represent the material from which stories can be woven – personal stories that may reveal more of the truth than official pronouncements."

Eva Schmidt



SOLO SHOWS
2009
"Sun State #3: Define Gravity", (collaboration between Andi Toma, Jan St. Werner and Diango Hernández), Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany.
"Living Room for Paris", FIAC (solo booth with Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer), Paris, France.
"Giardino Tropicale", ARTISSIMA (solo booth with Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery), Torino, Italy.
"Losing You Tonight", Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Germany.
"La Historia, Mi Juguete Preferido", Pepe Cobo y Cia, Madrid, Spain.
“TH-INK”, Alexander and Bonin, NY, US.
“El Manual del Tractorista Arrepentido”, Zona Maco, (solo booth with Alexander and Bonin NY), Mexico City, Mexico.
"It's also my history", Open space, Art Cologne, (solo booth with Pepe Cobo y Cia), 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.
"ON AIR", (with Michaelis Nicolaides), Malkasten Kunstlerverein, Duesseldorf, Germany.

2007
"Objects of Ridicule", Alexander and Bonin, NY, US.
"Victoria", National Museum, Warsaw, Poland.
"Swans without a lake", Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Germany.
“The fruit of evil", ArtBasel Miami beach, Miami, US.
“Mother the Future was a Political lie…”, Open Space, ArtCologne, Cologne, Germany.
“Power Pencils”, Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy.

2006
"Revolution", Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland.
"Spies", Alexander & Bonin, New York, US.
"Traitors", Galeria Pepe Cobo, Madrid, "Dictators", Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany.
"The Factory of Silence", National Bank of, Düsseldorf, Germany.

2005
"The Museum of Capitalism", Altes Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany.
"Waiting", Statement Art Forum Berlin, Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Berlin, Germany.
"Palabras", Project Room, Arco Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
"Revantgarde", Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto, Italy.

2004
"Democracy", Kunstverein Arnsberg (with Boris Michailov), Germany.
"Amateur", De Vleeshal, Middelburg, Netherlands.

2003
"Amateur", Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany.

2002
"Sweet Home", Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba*.

2001
"Mousepads and Screensavers", ArtPace Foundation fo Contemporary Art, San Antonio, Texas, US*.
"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*.
"Hormigón armado/Reinforced Concrete", Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba*.

1996
"Agua con azúcar y La muestra provisional/Sugar Water and The Provisional Show", Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba*. / Museo de Arte Contemporáneo y Diseño (MACD), San José, Costa Rica*.
“Para saber quien soy/To know who I am”, Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.

1995
"Bésame Habana", Centro de Arte y Diseño, Havana, Cuba*.

(* as "Ordo Amoris Cabinet")


GROUP SHOWS
2010
"Goldene Zeiten" (curated by Patrizia Dander and julienne lorz), Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany. (in prep.)

2009
"Pandora's Sound Box", part of the program of Performa, (curated by Lara Pan), Withe Box, NY, US.
"Ordinary Revolutions" (curated by Stefanie Kreuzer), Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany.
"Das Gespinst" (curated by Wilhelm Schürmann), Museum Abteiberg, Mochengladbach, Germany.
"Danielle Kawaaitaal and Diango Hernandez", Monkeys Island, Cologne, Germany.
"Precarious Form" (curated by Veit Loers), Galerie Meyer Kainer, Viena, Austria.
"ev + a 2009, Reading the City" (curated by YIlmaz Dziewior and Angelika Nollert) , Limerick, Ireland.
"Cambio de Aceite", Pepe Cobo and Cia, Madrid, Spain.

2008
"Kongress der Futurologen" (curated by Thomas Neumann), ICA Dunaujvaros, Hungary.
"Arise! ye starvelings..." (curated by Mary Cremin), Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin, Ireland.
"Articulações" (curated by Nuno Faria), Fábrica da Cerveja, Faro, Portugal.
"BAGHDAD/SPACE COG/ANALYST" (curated by Andrew Renton), Frith Street Gallery London/UK.
"Wessen Geschichte" (curated by YIlmaz Dziewior), Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany.

2007
"Atlante Latinoamericano", Centro de las Artes CONOARTE, Monterrey, Mexico.
"XXIe Ateliers internationaux", Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France.
"Made in Germany", Kunstverein 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", MUSEIDON (Museum of Modern and Contemporary art of Bolzano), Bolzano, Italy.
“Como Vivir Juntos“, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago de Chile, Chile.
“Que pasa con las rosas”, Pepe Cobo, Madrid.
“Parcours Interdit“, Malkasten Park, Düsseldorf, Germany.
"Como vivir juntos", Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

2006
“The square root of a drawing”, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
“Lo desacojedor”, Bienal de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
“Como vivr juntos”, Sao Paolo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil. "Zones of Contact", Biennial of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
"Biennale Cuvée", O.K. Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria.
"Out of the Blue", Federico Luger Gallery, Milano, Italy.
"Re: Location", Alexander & Bonin, New York.

2005
"Always a little Further", Arsenale, 51. Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy.
"Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht", ZKM/Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany.
"Roboter", Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, Germany.
"Biwak", Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany.
"Opening", 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, 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, Köln, Germany.
"Mideo/Fear", Pepe Cobo Gallery, Sevilla, Spain.
"With Eyes of Stone and Water", Gallery 3,14, Bergen, Norway*.

2003
“8va. Bienal de la Habana”, Havana, Cuba.
"Stretch", Power Plant Gallery, Toronto, Canada*.

2002
"Prophets of Boom. The Schürmann Collection", Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany*.
"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. Habana, Cuba*.

2001
"Short Stories" La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, Italy*.
"Un dia como otro cualquiera/A day like any other day", 7ma. Bienal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba*. "I am Cuba -Double play”, Tirana Biennale. Tirana, Albania*.

2000
"La conjunción de la nada/The conjunction of nothingness" Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba*.

1999
"CUBA, Present!”, 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 contemporáno", Center for the Development of the Visual Arts/Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam/CENCREM/Fototeca de Cuba. Havana, Cuba*.
"Thinking Aloud", Hayward Gallery, London; Kettle's Yard, Cambridge;Cornerhouse,Manchester*. "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, Habana, Cuba*.

(* as "Ordo Amoris Cabinet")



AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2008 Rubens-Förderpreis der Stadt Siegen, Germany
2007 Premio ICONA, Verona, Italy
2007 Artist in residency at Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
2005 Artist in Residence, Mönchengladbach, Germany
2001 ArtPace, Artist in Residence, San Antonio, Texas, US*
1998 Artist in Residence, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany*
1997 Artist in Residence, "Apocalypso", Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada*

(* as "Ordo Amoris Cabinet")

SELECTION OF PUBLICATIONS
2005 "Always a Little Further", 51. International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venedig.
2005 "revantgarde", Paolo Maria Deanesi Gallery, New York (Monograph).
2004 "doku/fiction: Mouse on Mars: Reviewed & Remixed", Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Berlin, Germany.
2002 "Cuba - with Eyes of Stone and Water", Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki.
2002 Winzen, Matthias (Hrsg.), "Prophets of Boom: Collection Schürmann", Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Köln, Germany.
2001 "Short Stories", La Fabrica del Vapore, Milano, Italy.
2001 "Dreaming Red - Creating ArtPace", ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
2001 Block, Holly, “Art Cuba: The Next Generation”, New York, USA.
2001 "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, Cuba.
1999 Hernández, Orlando, "Trabajando Pa'l Inglé", Barbican Centre, London, UK.
1998 "Provisorische Utopien", Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.
1998 Yedgar, Ariella, "The Campaign against living Miserably", Royal College of Art, London, UK.
1997 Hernández, Helmo, "Hormigón Armado" (Reinforced Concrete), Edition: Ordo Amoris Cabinet.
1997 "Utopian Territories: New Art from Cuba", Vancouver, Canada.

ARTICLES/REVIEWS
2006 Simone Neuenschwander, Diango Hernández, "Conversation", Kunsthalle Basel 04, Jan. 2006, Basel, Switzerlland.
2005 Revuelta, Laura, "Diango Hernández", ARCO 05, Madrid. Tomasini, Marco, "Hernández in Biennale", l'Adige, May 31, Trento, Italy.
Anke Kempkes, "Palabras", Always a Little Further. 51st International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy.
2004 León, Dermis Pérez, "Diango Hernández: Amateur", Art Nexus No. 52, Volume 3/2004 USA.
2001 Eligio, Antonio (Tonel), “Culture and Society in the Work of Cuban Artists.” In "Art Cuba: The New Generation", New York.
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.
2000 Rodriguez, Hilda, “Espacios para una comunicaciòn deseada”, Arte Cubano 3.
1999 Grant, Simon, "Imagination at full stretch", Evening Standard, May 12, London.
1999 Fuentes, Elvis, “Tan lejos tan ‘cerca”, La Gaceta de Cuba, No. 8.
1999 Eligio, Antonio, "Esta cerca es provisional / Evite ser Requerido", Revista La Gaceta de Cuba.
1999 Eligio, Antonio (Tonel), “Por la Habana en Limosina” La Gaceta de Cuba, No. 6, S.22.