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Diango Hernández was born in 1970 in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba. He earned a degree in Industrial Design at the Havana Superior Institute of Design (ISDI). After graduation in 1994 he began a collaboration experience under the name “Ordo Amoris Cabinet”, after the Latin words for “order” and “love”. Exhibiting widely Hernández’s works has been included at the 51st Venice Art Biennale (Arsenale, 2005), São Paulo Art Biennial (2006), Biennale of Sydney (2006), Kunsthalle Basel (2006), Munich’s Haus der Kunst (2010), London’s Hayward Gallery (2010) and in (2011) with a survey at the MART (2011) in Rovereto, Italy. Hernández lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Hernández’s conceptually-based art practice revolves around found objects, and suggestive or symbolic materials that are (re-)appropriated, while the political rhetoric is always handled subtlety, and discretion avoiding all kinds of the sloganism and propaganda that form part of the Cuban collective consciousness. Hernández’s work can be understood as both social critique but also as a desire for social transformation.

Awards and Residencies
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. 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*

Solo exhibitions
2014
‘Stripes on walls’ (curated by Simone Neuenschwander) Kunstverein Nürnberg, Germany
‘Socialist Nature’ (curated by Gerhard Obermüller) Landes Gallerie, Linz, Austria
‘First Declaration’ (curated by Alfredo Cramerotti) Mostyn, Wales, UK
2013
‘Komplette Zimmer’ Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany
‘9 O’clock’ Marlborough Contemporary, London, UK
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) Marl Skulpturenmuseum, 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
‘The importance of a line’ (curated by Nuno Faria), Porta33, Madeira, Portugal
‘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 / Abteiberg Museum, 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*

Group exhibitions
2013
‘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 Schurmann) Museum Abteiberg, Mochengladbach, 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 nterdit’ (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 Fabbrica 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

Studio
Volmerswerther Straße 21
D-40221, Düsseldorf, Germany
inspire.me.again1@gmail.com
Currently represented by
Alexander and Bonin, NY
Capitain Petzel, Berlin
Marlborough Contemporary, London