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Erick Alejandro Hernandez
erickhernandezstudio@gmail.com
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 Rhode Island School of Design, European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
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 Rhode Island School of Design, European Honors Program, 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
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 7th AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY (current)
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
2024 Felix Art Fair, presented by Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 NADA Miami, presented by 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
2021 40 Paintings, Harper’s Books, East Hampton, NY
2021 Endless State, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Online Exhibition
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
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 7th AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY (current)
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
2024 Felix Art Fair, presented by Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 NADA Miami, presented by 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
2021 40 Paintings, Harper’s Books, East Hampton, NY
2021 Endless State, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Online Exhibition
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 Emoji 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
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 Emoji 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
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
2026-27 ISCP Ground Floor Residency, Brooklyn, NY (current)
2026 ACRE Residency, Steuben, WI
2026 100 W Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency, Corsicana, TX
2025–26 Bronx Museum AIM Program, Bronx, NY
2024–25 Monira Foundation, Jersey City, NJ
2024 The Studios at Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
2024 Triangle, Brooklyn, NY
2024 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, Peterborough, NH
2020 Fountainhead, Miami, FL
2020 Vermont Studio Center, VSC/Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2016 Sketching, Bibliothe Contemporary Art Gallery, Rome, Italy
Residencies
2026-27 ISCP Ground Floor Residency, Brooklyn, NY (current)
2026 ACRE Residency, Steuben, WI
2026 100 W Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency, Corsicana, TX
2025–26 Bronx Museum AIM Program, Bronx, NY
2024–25 Monira Foundation, Jersey City, NJ
2024 The Studios at Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
2024 Triangle, Brooklyn, NY
2024 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, Peterborough, NH
2020 Fountainhead, Miami, FL
2020 Vermont Studio Center, VSC/Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2020 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
Awards and Grants
2026 DAG Foundation Visual Arts Prize
2026 Cintas Award, Finalist
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, Alumni Micro-grant
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
Awards and Grants
2026 DAG Foundation Visual Arts Prize
2026 Cintas Award, Finalist
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, Alumni Micro-grant
Artist Talks/Lectures
2026 SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Hamon Arts Library, Dallas, TX
2026 100 W Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency, MLK Center, Corsicana, TX
2024 Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, Jack Shainman, New York, NY
2023 Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2021 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2021 Cooper Union Summer Art Intensive, New York, NY
2019 Hangar Paratext #40, Barcelona, Spain
2019 Rhode Island School of Design’s European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
Publications
2026 “Erick Alejandro Hernández, painter who explores grief and allegory, wins $20,000 DAG Prize.” Ocula
2025 Tendrils Magazine
2023 “6 New Yale MFA Grads Share Their Visions of a Changing World.” Artsy
2023 New American Paintings, No. 165, MFA Annual Issue
2019 ArtMaze Magazine Winter Edition 16, Editorial Selection
2019 HEADS Magazine #9