Mónica Hernández

Born: Santiago, Dominican Republic, 1995

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Education:

2017 BFA, Hunter College

Solo Exhibitions:

2019   Ed. Varie, Your Knotted Hair, Your Tangled Thoughts Too, New York, New York

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Group Exhibitions:

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2024   Abigail Ogilvy Gallery x Cierra Britton Gallery, Deja Vu, Los Angeles, California

2023   Library Street Collective, Found in Translation, Detroit, Michigan 

            Swivel Gallery, Hot Summer pt 2, New York, New York 

            Swivel Gallery x Julien Cadet, Hot Summer pt 1, Paris, France
            Black Brick Project Gallery, Familiar Faces, Brooklyn, New York

2021    The Gallery Walk, We Still Around: HERE, New York, New York

            Jenkins Johnson Projects, De Lo Mio, Brooklyn, New York

2020   The Andrew Freedman Home, The Living Room Kitchen, New York, New York

2019    Ramp Gallery, Island, London, United Kingdom
            Pablo’s Birthday, A Meeting with Erna Schilling, New York, New York

            MoCADA, Give Me Body!: Femme Re-Divined, Brooklyn, New York

            Ed. Varie, Don’t trust me, I’m homeless, New York, New York

2018    BronxArtSpace, For Us, Bronx, New York

2017    Leubsdorf Gallery, BFA Thesis Show, New York, New York

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Awards

2022  Forbes 30 under 30: Art and Style

 

Select Press:

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2023 "Spotlight: Two Rising Artists Offer Unique Visions of the Dominican Diasporic Experience In a New Detroit Exhibition", Artnet News

2019 Ventura, Kiara. “Artist Mónica Hernández Is Exploring Latinx Taboos Through Evocative Art.” Teen Vogue

2018 Karp-Evans, Elizabeth. “30 Under 35 2019: Monica Hernandez Uses Social Media to Expand the Female Gaze.” Cultured Magazine

2017 Churner, Rachel. “‘For Us.’” Artforum