DAN HERNANDEZ

Biography

 

Dan Hernandez received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2000 from Northwest Missouri State (Maryville, MO) and a Masters of Fine Arts in 2002 from American University (Washington, DC). Hernandez’s paintings explore the visual dialog between religion, mythology, and pop culture. He is represented by Kim Foster Gallery in New York City, Galeria Meraki in Ponte de Sor, Portugal and 20 North Gallery in Toledo, OH. His work has been exhibited in recent exhibitions at Mass Art Art Museum in Boston, and at Matadero Madrid, Centro de Creacion Contemporanea, in Madrid, Spain. Dan’s work has been written about and reproduced in a number of publications including ARTnews, HyperAllergic, Artillery Magazine, Arte Fuse, Gizmodo, and Der Spiegel. He was awarded Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellency Awards in 2011 and in 2015. Dan is currently an Associate Professor in the Art Department at the University of Toledo.