Vicente Hernández
Batabanó, former province of La Habana, November 9, 1971.
Education and Professional Experience
He made his first studies in visual arts in 1983 at the Elementary Art School on his community. In 1994 he obtained a bachelor degree (Best Student: Golden Diploma) in Art Education from the Enrique José Varona Higher Pedagogic Institute in Havana, and for two years worked as a professor at said college. He is a member of the UNEAC. He lives and works in Havana.
Personal Exhibitions
(selection)
2011 En cada pueblo están todos los pueblos (All Towns are Present in Each Town) La Marquetería Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2009 De un extraño pueblo (From a Strange Town). Cernuda Arte, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
2007 De un extraño pueblo (From a Strange Town). Servando Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2006 Colgado de un sueño: Vicente Hernández (Hanging from a Dream: Vicente Hernández). La Marquetería Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2004 Pequeña retrospective (Small Retrospective). Palacio del Conde Lombillo, Havana, Cuba.
Entre Dos Aguas (Between Two Waters). Spativm Gallery Caracas, Venezuela.
2003 Obra Reciente (Recent Works). Yaco García Gallery of Latin American Art, Panama.
Exposición bipersonal (Bi-personal exhibition). Teatro Nacional de Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
Como un sueño (Like a Dream). Gómez Estremera Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2002 The Marvelous World of Bujamey. Cernuda Arte, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Collective Exhibitions and Events
(selection)
2014 Arte fantástico cubano (Cuban Fantastic Art). Charlotte, South Carolina, U.S.A.
2012 Three from Cuba: The Art of Vicente, Sandro y Miguel. From Fantastic to the Sublime. Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida, U.S.A..
2012-2013 Art Dallas. Texas, U.S.A.
2012 RGB. Browser Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2012-2014 Art Wynwood. Florida, U.S.A.
2012-2013 Art MIA. Florida, U.S.A.
2011-2013 Houston Fine Art Fair. Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
2010-2013 Art Chicago. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
2008-2012 Art Miami. Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
Awards and Residencies
2012 Prize of the Visual Arts Salon of the UNEAC. Province of Mayabeque, Cuba.
2009 Honorable prize of the UNEAC. La Habana Salon, Havana, Cuba.
2008 Colonel Juan Delgado. Highest distinction granted by the province of La Habana, Cuba.
2006 Third prize. La Habana Salon, UNEAC, Havana, Cuba.
2006 Rubén Martínez Villena Distinction. Havana, Cuba.
2004 First Prize of the UNEAC Salon. Havana, Cuba.
1997 Eduardo Abela Mention. San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba.
1994-1996 First Prize of the UNEAC. CAJÍO Landscape Meeting. Havana, Cuba.
1996 First Prize. Jornada Cucalambeana de La Décima Ilustrada (Days of Cucalambé of the Illustrated Ten-Line Stanza). Province of Las Tunas, Cuba.
