Rodrigo Hernández (Mexico City, Mexico, 1983) currently lives and works between Lisbon and Mexico City.

Studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe, and at Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. He has been a fellow of the Laurenz-Haus Stiftung in Basel (2015), Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Cité International des Arts in Paris (2016) and Istanbul Modern (2019).

Working mostly with classical medias and techniques of art making, including drawing, sculpture and painting, Rodrigo Hernández is interested in the constitutive movement of art and image making, from Mesoamerican iconography to contemporary art. His projects vary from object making within a devoted studio practice to site specific and research oriented projects. He draws on a number of aesthetic references, which range classical Japanese printmaking to fashion, and European modernism, among others, to develop a very personal formal vocabulary.

His recent solo exhibitions include: CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, US(2024); Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, DE(2023); Museo Jumex, Mexico City, MX(2022); Swiss Institute/Offsite, New York, US(2022); Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellin, CO(2022); Kunsthalle Kohta, Helsinki, FI(2021); CIAJG, Guimaraes, PT(2021); Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL(2020); SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, US(2020); Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City, MX(2019); Pîvo, São Paulo, BR(2018); Kunsthalle Winterthur, CH(2018); Midway Contemporary, Minneapolis, US(2018); SALTS, Birsfelden , CH(2018); kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV(2017); Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, DE(2016); Kurimanzutto, Mexico City, MX(2016); Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, MX(2016); Parallel Oaxaca, Oaxaca, MX(2016); Bonnefanten museum, Maastricht, NL(2014).

His work has been exhibited in venues such as: Kunstmuseum Den Haag; Kunsthalle Münster; Göteborg Konsthall; Istanbul Modern; PinchukArtCenter, Kiev; GaMec, Bergamo; ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe; Kunstverein Nürnberg; Bonnefanten museum, Maastricht; Gladstone Gallery, Brussels; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow; Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich; Kunsthalle Basel, Basel.