About

Inti Hernandez
(1976, Santa Clara, Cuba)

Education
School for Visual Arts, Santa Clara, CU, 1988-1991
Professional School for Visual Arts (High School), Trinidad, CU, 1991-1995
Higher Institute of Arts, Havana, CU, 1996-2001

Residencies
RU Residency Unlimited, New York, US, 2019
DordtYart 2018, Dordrecht, NL, 2018
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, 2005-2006
Gasworks Studios, London, GB, 2004
Spanish Cultural Center, Havana, CU, 2002
CCA7 (Caribbean Contemporary Art 7), Port Spain, TT, 2001
La Llama Foundation, Caracas, VE, 2001

Fellowships/stipends
2019    Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, US
2017    ‘Stipendium for Proven Talent’, Mondriaan Fonds, NL
2011    Basis Stipendium, Fonds BK VB, NL
2009    Presentation subsidy of Mondriaan Foundation for X Havana Biennial.
2008    Commissie LIVE, Fonds BK VB, NL
2006    Meneer & Mevrouw de Bruin-Heijn
2006    Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DCO/IC, NL
2005    Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DCO/IC, NL
2002    Cultural Centre of Spain, La Havana, CU

Awards

2016    Cuban Art Dialogues – Symposium at the PAMM (Perez Art Museum Miami). Invited to participate in the second part of a historic interchange between Cuban and Cuban-American artists.

2010    Rolex Mentor and Protégé Art initiative (Short listed).
2010    Art Amsterdam 2010, ‘No Holds Barred’ (Selected).
2000    National Council of Visual Arts, La Havana, CU, ‘Best Curatorial Project in Cuba’, for the exhibition ‘Con un pensar abstraido’.
2000    7th Havana Biennial, Havana, CU, ‘The 2000 UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts’.

Commissions

2019    Commissioned to design and build a small square at the garden of  ‘De Huis van de Tijd’. Project supported by the Protestant Diaconate in Amsterdam, NL.

2018    Four sculptures for the DV&O (Dienst Vervoer & Ondersteuning) Países Bajos. Dutch Justice Ministry.

2018    Coin design to commemorate ‘100 years of Dutch aviation’. Dutch Finance Ministry. (Short-listed).

2017    Draft design for a work of art in the context of Vredenburgplein, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Cultural Affairs Department and the Advisory Committee on Visual Arts and Design of the municipality of Utrecht. (Finalist).

2011    Selected sketch for the realization of a school out door local. SKOR (Foundation for Art in Public Spaces) – Notre Dame des Anges (Ubbergen NL). Project realized on autumn 2013.

2009    Sketch for a sculpture realization at the Municipal Central Square, Amstelveen Municipality. Cultural Affairs Department, Amstelveen municipality, The Netherlands. (Short-listed).

Biennials

2019    Theater ‘El Ciervo Encantado’, Havana, CU. XIII Havana Biennial, collateral exhibition. ‘La Ciudad que Habito’.
2015    Malecón, Havana, CU. XII Havana Biennial. ‘Detrás del Muro (Behind the wall)’.
2012    Malecón, Havana, CU. XI Havana Biennial. ‘Detrás del Muro (Behind the wall)’.
2009    La Cabaña, Havana, CU. ‘X Havana Biennial’.
2000    Castillo del Morro, Havana, CU. 7th Havana Biennale. ‘One, two, three testing’ (DUPP project).

Solo exhibitions

2017    Ron Mandos gallery, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Cotidiana (Dagelijks)’.
2016    La Acacia gallery, Havana, CU. ‘Cotidiana’.
2015    Casado Santapau gallery, Madrid, ES. ‘Aparente’.
2013    NotreDame des Anges, Ubbergen, NL. ‘Openlucht Lokaal (waar kennis bloeit)’.
2013    Villa Manuela, Havana, CU. ‘Aparente’.
2011    38CC, Delft, NL. ‘Apparent’.
2010    Ronmandos Gallery, Amsterdam/ Rotterdam, NL. ‘Bridging Reality’.
2008    Bonelli Arte Contemporanea, Mantova, IT. ‘Encounters’.
2006    Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Part of the whole’.
2006    Cultural Centre ICAIC, Havana City, CU. ‘Walk’.
2002    Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, CU. ‘Participation continues by itself’.
2001    Ludwig Foundation, Havana, CU. ‘Seeking for a conversation’.
2001    Los Chaguaramos, Caracas, VE. ‘TALKS’, four Saturday ‘parties’ at the artist’s apartment during an Art residency with the Llama Foundation.
1999    Gallery 23 y 12, Havana, CU. ‘Foundation of the soul’.

Group exhibitions

2020    El Espacio 23, Miami, US. ‘Time For Change: Art and Social Unrest in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection’.
2019    El Espacio 23, Miami, US. ‘Time For Change: Art and Social Unrest in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection’.
2019    Theater ‘El Ciervo Encantado’, Havana, CU. XIII Havana Biennial, collateral exhibition. ‘La Ciudad que Habito’.
2018    38CC, Delft, NL. ‘First Decade’.
2018    Acacia gallery, Havana, CU. ‘La Noche Boca Arriba’.
2018    PAMM (Perez Art Museum Miami), US. ‘On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art of the Jorge M. Pérez Collection’ (Chapter 2: Abstracting History).
2017    Municipal Art Centre, Santa Clara, CU. ‘Dentro del Juego’.
2017    PAMM (Perez Art Museum Miami), US. ‘On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art of the Jorge M. Pérez Collection’.
2016    CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Unland’.
2016    Villa Manuela gallery, Havana, CU. ‘Tradiciones Desdibujadas’.
2016    CAB, Brussels, BE. ‘Transhumance’
2016    Moti, Breda, NL. ‘Van Gogh Mini’s’.
2016    Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, CU. ‘La madre de todas las artes’.
2016    Centro de la Danza y el Teatro, Santa Clara, CU. ‘Dentro del Juego’.
2016    Acacia gallery, Havana, CU. ‘Line up’.
2015    Huize Frankendael, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Een dwaze zomer op Frankendael’.
2015    Manifesta, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Swim with the Current, Stand like a Rock’.
2015    Malecón, Havana, CU. XII Havana Biennial. ‘Detrás del Muro (Behind the wall)’.
2015    Casado Santapau gallery, Madrid, ES. ‘Perpetuum Mobile’.
2014    Rainhart gallery, Brussels, BE. ‘Juegos & Desafíos’.
2014    Anningahof, Zwolle, NL. ‘Ontmoetingen’.
2014    Plaza Vieja, Havana, CU. ‘30th years of Havana Biennials’.
2014    Kunstencentrum Kadmiun, Delft, NL. ‘N_iets’.
2014    The MFA, Boston, US. ‘Permission To Be Global: Latin American Art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection’.
2013    CIFO Art Space, Miami, US. ‘Permission To Be Global: Latin American Art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection’.
2013    Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, NL. ‘5 X Rijksakademie Alumni’.
2013    The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, New York, US. ‘Detrás del Muro’.
2013    Hispano American Centre, Havana, CU. ‘Utopiart 27’.
2013    Kunstfort bij Viefhuizen, Viefhuizen, NL. ‘Open City’.
2013    De Apple, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Artificial Amsterdam’.
2013    Cultural Center de Werft, Geel, BE. ‘Utopiart 27’.
2013    37PK, Haarlem, NL. ‘My love, which is a building #2’.
2012    Boudewijn building, Brussels, BE. ‘Utopiart 27’.
2012    De Luchtballon, Heusden-Zolder, BE. ‘Utopiart 27’.
2012    Malecon, Havana, CU. XI Havana Biennial. ‘Behind the Wall’.
2012    Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL. ‘Hermetic City’.
2011    Ron Mandos gallery, Ámsterdam, NL. ‘Rijksakademie Alumni’.
2011    Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, CU. ‘Ya se leer’.
2011    Castrum Peregrini Foundation, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Matter of Monument’.
2010    DeisKa/ Hirsch building, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Mate(r)eality’.
2010    Frankendael Huis, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Oh crisis!’
2010    Kunstfort, Vijfhuizen, NL. ‘Dreams are my reality’.
2010    Delegation of Asturias Principado, Madrid, ES. ‘Pieza Única’.
2009    Glaspaleis, Heerlen, NL. ‘Rites of Passage’.
2009    Deiska Studio, Amsterdam, NL. ‘…Expectations’.
2009    La Cabana, Havana, CU. ‘X Havana Biennial’.
2008    Rafael Tavares Gallery, Tunja, COL. ‘Glocalizados’.
2008    Hof & Huyser Gallery, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Summer Show’.
2008    Hof & Huyser Gallery, Amsterdam, NL. ‘(DE)Construct’.
2006    AYN Art Center, Madrid, ES. ‘Vigilancia’.
2006    Parts, Xiamen City, CN. ‘Rijksakademie at Parts’.
2005    Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Open Ateliers’.
2004    Gasworks Studios, London, GB. ‘Una Sola Casa’.
2004    Bimhuis, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Q-ba Musica 2004’ (‘Walk’ video installation inside concert with Keyla Orozco and Ramon Valle).
2003    Galeria Habana, Havana, CU. ‘Common Sense’.
2003    Sala Amadis, Madrid, ES. ‘Doble Seduccion’.
2003    CCA7 (Caribbean Contemporary Art 7), Port Spain, TT. ‘Resident. Works on paper’.
2002    Fundacâo Memorial da America Latino, Sâo Paulo, BR. ‘Arte contemporanea de Cuba’. Collateral exhibition, Biennale de Sâo Paulo.
2002    Spanish Cultural Centre, Havana, CU. ‘Tres + Dos, Artistas en residencia’.
2002    Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, CU. ‘La Huella Multiple’ (3rd edition).
2002    Cultural Centre of Spain, Havana, CU. ‘Copyright’.
2001    Center for Development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cu. ‘III SALON OF     CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ART’.
2001    The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Tallahassee, US. ‘Hello Cuba / Breaking barriers’.
2001    Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, CU. ‘3rd Salon of Cuban Contemporary Art’.
2001    Santos Suarez, Havana, CU. ‘La Visita’. Meeting in Gerardo Mosquera House.
2001    Museum de Arte Contemporanea, Goias, BR. ‘Cuba Contemporanea’.
2001    Gran Riviere, TT. ‘Big River II’ (workshop).
2000    Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, CU. ‘CD-room’.
2000    Andres Bello, Bogotá, CO. ‘SOON’.
2000    Casa de America, Madrid, ES. ‘Maraton Americana’.
2000    Galeria Habana, Havana, CU. ‘Con un pensar abstraido’.
1999    Galeria Habana/Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi, Emirates AU. ‘Cuban Art Exhibition’.
1999    La Rampa, La Havana, CU. ‘Con un mirar abstraido’.
1999    La Epoca Malls, Havana, CU. ‘La Epoca’.
1999    Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi, AE. ‘Cuban Art Exhibition, Habana gallery’.
1999    Pabellon Cuba, Havana, CU. ‘2nd Performance festival Ana Mendieta’.
1998    UNEAC, Havana, Cu. ‘II Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art’.
1998    Center for the Development of Visual Art, Havana, CU. ‘Pizza pizza posimposibilidad’.
1997    Higher Institute for the Arts, Havana, CU. ‘Antes de la Lluvia’.

Art fairs

2020    Arco, Madrid, ES
2018    Untitled, Miami, US
2016    Untitled, Miami, US
2016    Arco, Madrid, ES
2015    Untitled, Miami, US

Amsterdam Art Fair, NL
Arco, Madrid, ES
2014    Pinta London, UK
PARC, Lima, PE

2013    Art Bogota, CO
Art Rotterdam, NL

2012    Pinta, NY, USA
Art Brussels, BE

2011    Art Amsterdam, NL
2010    Art Amsterdam, NL
Arco, Madrid, ES

2009    Art Amsterdam, NL
Art Brussels, BE
Art Rotterdam, NL

2008    Art Amsterdam, NL
MiArt, Milan, IT
2001    FIAV (International Art Fair) Valencia, VE

Collections

  • Voorlinden Museum, Wassenaar, NL
    PAMM (Perez Art Museum Miami)
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
  • Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, CU
  • Fab. Beth Rudin DeWoody, US
  • Ella Fontanals – Cisneros Collection, US
  • Jorge M. Pérez Collection, US
  • Susana de la Puente, PE
  • Pedro Brescia, PE
  • Meneer Defares, NL
  • COBRA to Contemporary (Hugo & Carla Brown collection), NL
  • Pieter & Marieke Sanders, NL
  • Nederlandse Bank, NL
  • Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, NL
  • Meneer & Mevrouw de Bruin-Heijn, NL
  • Caldic Collection, NL
  • Burger Collection,
  • Monica Hoyos, CO
  • Juanita Santos, CO
  • Javier Mora, CO
  • Patricia & Juan Carlos Paris, CO
  • Sadie Cohen, VE
  • Déiska & de Verzameling, NL

 

Publications/ Reviews

 

Catalogues

2013    Catalog Permission to be Global/ Practicas Globales: Latin American Art from Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection, US
2013    Catalog Detrás del Muro (Behind de Wall), US
2012    Catalog XI Havana Biennial, CU
2010    Catalog Ya se leer, CU
2009    Catalog X Havana Biennial, CU
2000    Catalog VII Havana Biennial, CU

Book Publications

2017    De Grote Nederlandse Kunstkalender 2018 – Artists directory, NL
2017    Pasos Peligroso: Performance y Política en Cuba, Author: Coco Fusco, Editorial:  Turner, ES, page: 47. ISBN 978-84-16714-42-1
2016    Cotidiana. Book accompanying the solo exhibition presented in Acacia gallery, 2016.
2015    Dangerous Moves: Performance and Politics in Cuba, Author: Coco Fusco, Editorial:  TATE Publishing, London UK, page: 47. ISBN 978-184976-326-4
2014    De Grote Amsterdamse Kunstkalender 2014 – Artists directory, NL
2009    Younger than Jesus- Artists directory, US
2001    Cuban Art (the new generation) Holly Block, US

 

Magazine Publications

2016    ArtNexus, No.103 Dic. 2016 – Feb. 2017, pages: 109-110 – Elvia Rosa Castro, CO
2014    Elephant Magazine, Issue 19 – Summer 2014, pages: 176 & 177 – Grace Banks, UK
2013    Arte Cubano, No. 2-3/ 2013, page: 88 – Virginia Alberdi Benítez, CU
2013    Arte Cubano, No. 1/ 2013, page: 70 – Juan Carlos Betancourt, CU
2013    Miami Herald – Dennys Matos, US
2012    ArtNexus No. 86 Volumen 11, 2012, Rachel Weiss, CO
2012    Kunstbeeld No. 5 – Sandra Spijkerman, NL
2011    Art in America – David Ultrichs – review 4/8/11, US
2009    Frame- Issue 69 summer – D. Lang, NL
2008    Financiele Dagblad- E. Dijksterhuis review, NL
2008    La Voce di Mantova – P.Artoni review, IT