Gonzalo Hernandez

Gonzalo Hernández (b. 1991, Lima, Peru) Gonzalo Hernández is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores the tensions between everyday life and the art system, addressing themes such as labor, success, failure, and contemporary identity. Working across installation, painting, and textiles, his work draws from personal narratives to examine contemporary dilemmas through the lens of his experience as an immigrant, grounding them in a specific perspective while opening them to broader cultural associations. By blurring the boundaries between art and life, he seeks meaning in the overlooked, using everyday encounters with text, language, and materials to construct symbolic interpretations. Born in Lima in 1991, he currently lives and works in Miami, Florida. He received his MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Recent solo exhibitions include “Félix, Richard and Me”, David Castillo Gallery, Miami (2025); “los demás”, Vigil Gonzales, Buenos Aires (2024); “ways of disappearing”, ICPNA, Lima (2024); “We Will Have To Tear Down All These Walls”, Kates-Ferri Projects, New York (2023); “preámbulo”, Holsum Gallery, Kansas City (2022); and “(:()”, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah (2020). He will present “Return” at Galería Enlace, Lima (2026). His work has also been featured in international exhibitions and group shows such as Material, Material World, David Castillo, Miami (2026); This Is America: Selections from PAMM’s Collection, Pérez Art Museum Miami (2026–2027); Bienal de Arte Textil BAT, Santiago (2025); THE END: The First Five Years, Westobou Gallery, Augusta (2025); Tumbled Rhyme, LVL3, Chicago (2025); the XVI Cuenca Biennial, Ecuador (2024–2025); and the AIM Biennial, Miami (2023), among others. His work is included in major public and private collections, including the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), ICPNA, Lima, the Savannah College of Art and Design, and El Espacio 23, Miami. Hernández’s work has been reviewed in publications such as ARTnews, Hyperallergic, Cultured Magazine, Artpapers, Artnet, and Burnaway. Hernández’s practice operates within an expanded field that combines the autobiographical with the conceptual, without adhering to a single aesthetic framework. Through simple gestures and accessible materials, he constructs symbolic readings that question systems of value, belonging, and cultural production, offering a critical reflection on contemporary subjectivity.