Alan Hernández (b.1992, MX) based in Oaxaca, Mexico is known for his self-referential work that contains a certain political charge and humor. He graduated in plastic and visual arts at the Benito Juárez autonomous university of Oaxaca, U.A.B.J.O and studied at the art faculties of the UNAM and the U.A.E.M. His production focuses on intricate textile and bead techniques that trace back to crafts from his region, which are transformed to installations and immersive scenographies. Through this, he explores concepts as the body, gender, race, sexuality and identity. His knowledge of the various textile crafts is inspired and enforced by his mother, who was a seamstress herself.
Hernández uses his artisthood as a means to rethink his role as a (queer) male within society. His processes start from a central idea and unconsciously these ideas are nuanced and transformed along with the formality of the piece to generate sculptural objects with phallic and organic shapes drawn from nature and the human body.
He has been beneficiary of the Fonca 2020/2021 young creators prize, and in August 2020 he received the CURARTE prize from SECULTA Oaxaca. Recent solo shows include: Sacro y Profano as part ofCondo Mexico City at Guadalajara 90210 x No Man’s Art Gallery; a duo show at Salon Silicon, CDMX, MX, Siempreviva, Casa del lago, UNAM, CDMX, MX, Sacro y Provano, Atelier Mundial, Basel, Swiss and Ultraviolencia, Salon Silicon, CDMX,MX. Recent group shows include: I Hit You With a Flower, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, NL, 2024, Las estrellas me iluminan al reves, No Man’s Art Gallery, NL, Queer Festival 2023, Vancouver, CA, Art Week curated by OndaMX, CDMX, MX, Queens Substance, ALAN HERNÁNDEZ, No Man’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL, Salon Acme #9, CDMX, MX, Feria Material, Guadalajara, Jalisco. Hernandez’s works are part of both private and public collections such as the Alain Servais Family Collection, BE, and the Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, NL.
Alan Hernández in his studio, 2022.Education
2020 Ninth Diploma in Contemporary Art Production, Center of the Arts of San Agustín, C.a.S.A., Oaxaca, MX 2018 Bachelor of Plastic and Visual Arts, Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca, U.A.B.J.O. With studies in the art faculties of the U.N.A.M. and the U.A.E.M., MX
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Nocturnas, tender prospects x No Man’s Art Gallery, Lissabon, PT
2026 Sacro y Profano, Condo Mexico City, Guadalajara 90210 x No Man’s Art Gallery, Mexico City, MX
2026 un jardin propio, Salón Silicón, Mexico City, MX
2023 Duo Show, Salón Silicón, Mexico City, MX
2023 Mutar es la norma, Oaxaca, MX
2022 Diempreviva, Casa del lago, UNAM, Mexico City, MX
2021 Sacro y Protano, Atelier Mundial, Basel, CH
2021 Ultraviolencia, Salón Silicón, Mexico City, MX
Group Exhibitions
2026 Contemporary Textile Art Biennial (upcoming), Guimarães, PT
2025 Nocturnals, No Man’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2025 I Hit You With A Flower, MABA, Paris, FR
2025 Salón Acme # 12, Mexico City, MX
2025 Zona Maco 2025, duo presentation with Tobias Thaens, with No Man's Art Gallery, Mexico City, MX
2024 Untitled Miami Beach, duo presentation with Sam Samiee, with No Man's Art Gallery, Miami, US
2024 I Hit You With A Flower, Stedelik Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, NL
2024 Salón Acme #11, Mexico City, MX
2024 Lx Montañx no tiene género, Revuelta Galeria, Mexico City, MX
2023 Art Antwerp, duo presentation with Sam Samiee, with No Man's Art Gallery, Antwepen, BE
2023 La Casa Erosionada, Museo Anahuacalli, Mexico City, MX
2023 Las estrellas me iluminan al revés, No Man's Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2023 Salón Acme # 10, Mexico City, MX
2023 Senos de hombre, SUM Gallery, Vancouver, CA
2023 Queer Festival 2023, Vancouver, CA
2023 Art Week curated by OndaMX, Mexico City, MX
2022 No Man's Art Pop-Up Gallery, Mexico City, MX
2022 Queen's Substance, No Man's Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL 2022 Salón Acme #9, Mexico City, MX
2021 Feria Material, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX
2021 Bacanal, Salón Silicón, Mexico City, MX
2020 Los más oscuro y bello de mi ser, Metamoros404, Oaxaca, MX
2020 Otras Resonacias, Nomada, Oaxaca, MX
2019 Cuerpos y sexualidades, Espacio Artistico, Xicotencatl, MX
Press
2026 La casa de las imágenes: Salón Silicón y las redes afectivas del arte y la belleza en CDMX, Danielle Franco, Vogue México
2026 Alan Hernández at guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Art Viewer
2026 Sacro y profano ~ Alan Hernández, Relieve Contemporaneo
Residencies
2026 Contemporary Textile Art Biennial, Guimarães, PT
2025 Fundación Casa Wabi, Mexico City, MX
2021 Artistic Production Residency, Atelier Mondial, CH/FR
2018 Universidad de las Américas Puebla, U.D.L.A.P
Stipends
2026 Recipient of Kadist
2020-21 Recipient of the Fonca
2020 CURARTE scholarship trom SECULTA Oaxaco, MX
2020 POCO A POCO Prize
Collections
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation
Alain Servais Family Collection