Dan Hernandez

Selected Exhibitions

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Solo exhibitions

 

2020

“RESET” Kim Foster Gallery (New York, NY)

2018

“Game Over”- Kim Foster Gallery (New York, NY)

2016  

Diane Kidd Gallery - Tiffin University (Tiffin, OH)
College of Southern Nevada Art Gallery (Las Vegas, NY)

2015  

“Genesis” - Kim Foster Gallery (New York, NY)  Secor Gallery (Toledo, OH)
“Genesis” - University of Kentucky Art Gallery (Lexington, KY)

2014

“Genesis” - RC Art Gallery, University of Michigan (New York, NY

2012

“Genesis” - Kim Foster Gallery (New York, NY)

2011

Kresge Gallery, Frammenti - Lyon College (Batesville, AR)

2009

Madhouse Gallery (Toledo, OH)

2007

Fine Arts Gallery - Mott Community College (Flint, MI)

Group exhibitions

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2020 

“Game Changers” - MassArt Art Museum (Boston, MA)

2018

“Human/Nature” - Elaine Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)
Kim Foster Gallery booth - Art Miami CONTEXT (Miami, FL)

2017  

“Winterfell” - Kim Foster Gallery (New York, NY)

2016  

“Wolves, Magic Mirrors, and Spinning Wheels: The Anatomy of Fairy Tales” - Everhart Museum (Scranton, PA)

2015  

“Heavy/Lite” - Kim Foster Gallery (New York, NY)

2014

“Drones” - Ann Arbor Art Center (Ann Arbor, MI)
Kim Foster Gallery booth - Art Miami CONTEXT (Miami, FL)

2013

“Fast Forward to the Renaissance” - Southern Ohio Museum (Portsmouth, OH)
56th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art -Strohl Art Center (Chautauqua, NY) 
Kim Foster Gallery booth - Art Miami CONTEXT (Miami, FL)
“Snap to Grid” - Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (Los Angeles, CA)
“Practical Physical” - Kim Foster Gallery (New York, NY)
24th Annual Juried Show - Contemporary Arts Center (Las Vegas, NV)

2012

“Bad For You” - Shizaru Gallery (London, UK)
“Portrait Invitational” - Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, OH)
“Under the Influence: The Comics” - Lehman College Art Gallery (New York, NY)
“Let´s Get Digital - Contemporary Arts Center” (Columbus, OH)
“Toy Stories” - Westport Art Center (Westport, CT)
“Quest for Fire” - Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, OH)

2011  

“Post Apocalypse” - Gallery Project (Ann Arbor, MI)
“Monkey Spoon” - Kim Foster Gallery (New York, NY)
“Night” - Kim Foster Gallery (New York, NY)
Artomatic 419 (Toledo, OH)
Center of Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition - University of Toledo (Toledo, OH)

2010  

Hispanic/Latino Culture Exhibition - Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, OH)
“Boy Girl Boy Girl” - Parkwood Gallery (Toledo, OH)
53rd Chautauqua Annual Exhibition - Strohl Art Center (Chautauqua, NY) 
“Toledo Emerges” - Walter E Terhune Gallery (Perrysburg, OH)
“The Mix” - Secor Building Gallery (Toledo, OH)

2009. “Show & Tell” - Desotorow Gallery (Savannah, GA)
“Shrines & Alters” - Gallery Project (Ann Arbor, MI)
“Toledo Area Artists” - Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, OH)
Art-O-Matic 419 (Toledo, OH)

2008

“TAA´DA” - Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, OH)

2005 

Hype Gallery (Milan, Italy)
Faculty Benefit Exhibition - Logan Gallery (Chautauqua, NY)
“Flux” - Sykes Gallery (Millersville, PA)

2004

Faculty Benefit Exhibition - Logan Gallery (Chautauqua, NY)
Part-Time Faculty Exhibition - Mott Community College’s Fine Arts Gallery (Flint, MI)

2003  

Faculty Benefit Exhibition - Logan Gallery (Chautauqua, NY)

2002  

“Balancing Ax” - Buckham Gallery (Flint, MI)
“Michigan Now” - Michigan Institute for the Arts (Detroit, MI)
“Artist Response to 911” - Logan Gallery (Chautauqua, NY)
“9 Painters” - G Fine Art (Washington, DC)
MFA Thesis Exhibition - Watkins Gallery (Washington, DC)
“Two” - I Street Studios Gallery (Washington, DC)

2001

Watkins Gallery - Graduate Drawing Exhibition (Washington, DC)
7th Street Gallery - DCAC, (Washington, DC)

2000

Graduate Drawing Exhibition - Watkins Gallery (Washington, DC)
Art-O-Matic (Washington, DC)
Candidate for BFA Exhibition - Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, MO)
 
Awards

 

2015

Individual Excellency Award - Ohio Arts Council

2013

Bellinger Award - 56th Chautauqua Annual Exhibit of Contemporary Art (Chautauqua, NY)

2011

Individual Excellency Award - Ohio Arts Council

2010

Bellinger Award - 53rd Chautauqua Annual Exhibit of Contemporary Art, (Chautauqua, NY)

2009

Lourdes College Art Department Award - Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, OH)

2008

Athena Society Award - Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, OH)

2000-2002

Graduate Assistantship - American University (Washington, DC)

1998  

Bill Fields Scholarship - Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, MO)
      Hidegrade Dreps Scholarship - Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, MO)

 

Reviews

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Artillery Magazine, “Genesis 2015” by Daniel Gauss 12/17/15
Arte Fuse, “Genesis of Brilliance” by Oscar Laluyan, 12/5/15
ARTnews, “What if Fra Angelico Painted Space Invaders?” by Rebecca Robertson, 4/15/14
Spiegel Online, “Angeklickt: Super Mario in Mittelalter-Kulissen” by Emily Bartels, 4/23/14
Gizmodo, “Space Invaders should have been a Biblical Epic All Along” by Geoff Manaugh, 4/16/14
Kotaku, “Space Invaders and Other Classic Games as Renaissance Paintings” by Yannick LeJacq, 4/17/14
The Creators Project, “Iconic Videogames Become Iconic Renaissance Paintings in “Genesis 2014” by Emerson Rosenthal, 4 /17/14
Arte Fuse, “In this sign you will conquer!” by Daniel Gauss, 4/2/14
Hyperallergic, “Feeling Unhinged in Context” by Jillian Steinhauer, 12/10/13
 

Professional experience

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2012-Present

Assistant Professor - University of Toledo (Toledo, OH)

2010

Art in Public Places Coordinator - Arts Commission of Greater Toledo (Toledo, OH)

2008-2010

Adjunct Faculty - University of Toledo (Toledo, OH)

2008-2009

Managing Director - Firenation Glass Studio & Gallery (Holland, OH)

2002-2007  

Adjunct Faculty - Mott Community College (Flint, MI)

2003-2005

Visiting Lecturer - American University Art in Italy Program (Corciano, IT)
Lecturer - Chautauqua Institution School of Art (Chautauqua, NY)

2002

Graduate Teaching Assistant - American University (Washington, DC)

2001

Graduate Teaching Assistant -American University (Washington, DC) 
 
Collections

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Colección SOLO, (Madrid, ES)
Beth Rudin DeWoody (USA)
Pierre Donnersberg, (Paris, FR)