Mexico
Oaxaca, 1992
His work is self-referential, imbued with political undertones and humor. He holds a degree in Fine and Visual Arts from the Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca (UABJO) and has studied at the art faculties of UAEM and UNAM. His practice centers on complex textile and beading techniques rooted in the craft traditions of his region, which he transforms into immersive installations and scenographies. Through them, he explores concepts such as the body, gender, race, sexuality, and identity.
His deep understanding of diverse textile crafts is both inspired and reinforced by his mother, who was a seamstress. His practice also incorporates welding and metalwork, skills inherited from his father’s trade as a blacksmith. Hernández uses art as a means to rethink his role as a (queer) man in society. His creative process begins with a central idea which, through an intuitive evolution, gradually transforms and refines itself along with the formality of the piece, resulting in sculptural objects with organic shapes drawn from nature. Alan Hernández has been a recipient of the FONCA Young Creators Grant (2020–2021), received the PECDA/Oaxaca stipend in 2024, and was awarded the CurARTE Prize from SECULTA Oaxaca in 2020.
Recent solo exhibitions:
-Siempre viva, Casa del Lago, UNAM, Mexico City, MX
-Sacro y Profano, Atelier Mundial, Basel, CH
-Ultraviolencia, Salón Silicón, Mexico City, MX
-[Untitled], Espacio YoPe Projects, Oaxaca, MX
-Recent group exhibitions:
-Hit You With a Flower, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
-La Casa Erosionada, Museo Anahuacalli, Mexico City, MX
-Las estrellas me iluminan al revés, No Man’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
-Festival Queer 2023, Vancouver, CA
-Queens Substance, No Man’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
-Salón Acme #9 and #11, Mexico City, MX
-Todos Somos de Fuera, M.A.C.O., Oaxaca, MX
