Manuel Hernández-Ruiz

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Manuel Hernández-Ruiz is a Colombian painter who holds a Bachelor from the School of Fine Arts at the University of Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia. He has shown his artworks in 3 solo exhibitions in Colombia and South Africa and selected group exhibitions in Colombia and France. Since 2019 he resides in Athens, Greece. He has shown his works recently in an impressive solo exhibition in Athens, at Chili Art Gallery, titled «Mantra».

EDUCATION
2010. Bachelor of Fine Arts – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá

SOLO SHOWS
2019. Chili Art Gallery. Mantra. Athens, Greece
2016. SGR Gallery. The Sense of Things. Bogotá, Colombia.
2011. Corporación Cultural Estanislao Zuleta. My mind is my Hell. Medellín, Colombia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2019. 45SNA. 45th National Artist Salon. Bogotá, Colombia.
2018. La Bellevilloise -Festival l’autre Amérique Latine. Paris, France.
2017. Aegis Building. Open Studio Exhibition. Johannesburg, South Africa
2017. SGR Gallery. Agua como Vehículo de la Psicodelia. Bogotá́, Colombia
2016. Odeón. Feria de Arte Contemporáneo. Bogotá, Colombia.
2015. SGR Gallery. Risas Pregrabadas. Bogotá, Colombia.
2014. Odeón. Feria de Arte Contemporáneo. Bogotá, Colombia.
2012. Espacio Moebius. C_ZINE, show of colombian fanzines. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2010. Atrium, IDB Headquarters. 80 years – Javeriana in the Arts. Washington D.C.
2010. The Warehouse. Unidad Once. Bogotá, Colombia.

MENTIONS
2011. Training Grant, Ministry of Culture and Cultural PRANA Business Incubator and Creative
Industries.
2007. National Award “Sin Formato” Honorable Mention, Ministry of Culture, for the work “Iron and Magma”.

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)
2019. BADLANDS. Part of the 45th National Artist Salon.
2016. VADEMÉCUM. Perro Centinela Comics.
2013. Flores para Veneno. Volcán Ediciones.
2010. Araña de Siete Patas. Self-published.