statement

My work deals with the connections between geography, environmental forces and man. Each painting is a link between ourselves as people and the world which surrounds us. No paintings, however, depict the individual in a representational way as a subject within the work. Instead, the work shows the influence of people on geography, on their surroundings, and in various occurrences. This leaves the viewer free to question why the people are not there, what events are taking place and thus imagine themselves within the work as the missing human subjects.

bio

born: 1974, San Antonio, Texas

education

Southwest Texas State University, BFA, Studio Art, 1997

selected publications

New American Paintings; 15 Years. Boston MA: Open Studios Press p. 108, 2009
New American Paintings; Western United States, no 60. Boston MA: Open Studios Press p. 62-65, 2005

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Chris Hernandez: Go Nuclear!, Galeria Wystawa, Warsaw, Poland, 2011
Chris Hernandez: Current Works, Shelters Canvas Series, New Drawings and Digital Works, Strumillo Gallery, Suwalki, Poland, 2010
Sheri Mays & Chris Hernandez: Here to Haunt You, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas, 2006