Fernando

HIERRO

Fernando Francisco Hierro Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina 1981 Lives and works in Lund, Sweden Visual Artist and independent curator. Since 2016 he is a member of the Free Chair of Art, History and Society, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, University of Buenos Aires. Education: National Art Institute (IUNA), Buenos Aires, Argentina 2001/02 Bachellor degree in law at University of Buenos Aires (UBA), 2000/2004 Guillermo Roux Fondation, Buenos Aires 2004/05 Visual Arts at Önnestad Folkhögskola, Sweden, 2006/2008 Glokala Medier, Glokala Folkhögskola, Sweden, 2008/2009 Social Entrepreneur, at Malmö University, Sweden, 2009 Art History and pedagogy at Faculty of Philosophy (UBA), 2012-2018 Residencies & awards 2022: October. IASPIS. International exchange and travel grant, NOmade Biennial Ecuador. 2018: November. NOmade Biennial, Gigantes y Derivas II, Cuenca, Ecuador 2016: November. Residencia. La 40 y La B, Laboratorio de Arte Contemporáneo, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Upcoming projects: 2024: September. Guest curator at VIDEOAKT -International Biennial of New Media Art-, Lima Museum of Contemporary Art, Republic of Perú. September-November.Umbrales de disensión, group exhibition curated by Angie Bonino at LUM Museum -Place of Memory, Tolerance and Social Inclusion-, Lima. Curatorship 2024: May. curator at "The irreversible photo of Georgia O´keeffe", paintings by Ricardo Fuentealba-Fabio, SALADENTRO Gallery, Cuenca, Ecuador. 2023: October-November. Subversive parallels, curated by Fernando Hierro in collaboration with NOmade Biennale (Victor Hugo Bravo & Hernán Pacurucú), Faculty of Arts, Pristina University, Kosovo. https://www.koha.net/en/culture/396612/nomad-biennale-with-art-brings-Latin-tragedy-to-Pristina/ Solo Exhibitions (Selection) 2024: - December-January. SILENT MATTERS, Martin Bryder Gallery, Lund, Sweden. https://martinbrydergallery.se/fernando-hierro-utstallningen-slut-7-1-2024/ 2019: - July-August. FRIO POR LOS OJOS, curated by Mara Sofía López at Arcimboldo Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2014: - September-October. CUTS/CORTES, Installation at Secretaría de Arte y Cultura, University of El Salvador (UES), San Salvador, Republic of El Salvador. 2011: - Februari-March.”CUTS”, Installation, Project Room, Gallery Ocampo, Malmö (Sweden). - January-Februari. "CUTS", Gallery Ariman, Lund (Sweden). Group Exhibitions (Selection) 2023: November-December. 6th International Drawing Biennial, curated by Ismet Jonuzi, Ferizaj Culture Center, Republic of Kosovo. October-November. Subversive parallels, curated by Fernando Hierro in collaboration with NOmade Biennale (Victor Hugo Bravo & Hernán Pacurucú), Faculty of Arts, Pristina University, Kosovo. September. Beast in flames, Biennial Nomade, Art Center Gallery EL, Elblag, Poland. 2022: - November. C4+1, Museum of Modern Art curated by Victor Hugo Bravo and Hernan Pacurucú at Cuenca, Ecuador. - October-November. SELECTA curated by Victor Hugo Bravo and Hernan Pacurucú at Museum of Anthropology and Contemporary Art, Guayaquil, Ecuador https://artishockrevista.com/2023/02/04/nomade-bienal-llega-a-ecuador/ - August-September: Circle, CICA Art Museum, South Corea https://cicamuseum.com/circle-2022/ - July. Postales de Ayotzinapa curated by Eden Bastida Kullick, Hugo Vidal and Raquel Masci at Espacio Belgrado, Buenos Aires, Argentina - May. Postales de Ayotzinapa, Secuencia de Inútiles, Madrid, Spain - April-May. In self defense curated by Victor Hugo Bravo and Hernan Pacurucú at Gallery Casa D'Alva, Fortaleza, Brasil - Februari-March. RGV Art for change 2022 curated by Keatan McKeever at Center for Latin American Arts and College of Fine Arts, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, USA. 2021 - Juni/August. Proyecto (a) 42° Guayaquil curated by Victor Hugo Bravo and Hernan Pacurucú at Museum of Anthropology and Contemporary Art, Guayaquil, Ecuador https://issuu.com/home/published/bienal_nomade_19-30-32-098 - Juni. Atlas de Afectos curated by Rodrigo Gómez Mura, Ivan Flores Arancibia and Jesús Román Carreño at Galería Réplica, Austral University of Valdivia, Valdivia, Chile. - March/April. TRASTIENDA VIP, Arcimboldo Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina - March. Zonas de Turbulencia/Turbulent zones curated by Victor Hugo Bravo and Hernan Pacurucú at Museo Nahím Isaías, Guayaquil, Ecuador. https://issuu.com/home/published/zonas_de_turbulencia_2021 2020 - July 2020. Política y Pandemia (online group exhibition), Galería KIOSKO, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 2019: - September-October. Artists Books, Gallery Arcimboldo, Buenos Aires Argentina. 2018: - November-Februari 2019. Anatomías posibles, Bienal NÓmade- Diagnóstico Terminal (Segunda Parte): GIGANTES Y DERIVAS, curated by Victor Hugo Bravo and Hernan Pacurucú, Antiguo Hospital del IESS/University of Cuenca, Cuenca - Ecuador. https://esperbravo77.wixsite.com/nomadebienal/diagnostico-terminal - July-October. Meditaciones sobre una receta navideña, Bienal NÓmade - GROSS CAPITAL curated by Victor Hugo Bravo and Hernan Pacurucú, at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo -MAC Quinta Normal- University of Chile, Santiago de Chile. - April-Juny. MAC Sur Lanús, Salón de artes visuales, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2017: - November. Ejercicios de memoria sobre historias recientes. Installation at Fundación ACE, Buenos Aires, Argentina (november 2017) - Primer Salón de Gráfica Contemporánea “IMAGEN VIBRATORIA” curated by Hernán Pacurucu Cárdenas and Víctor Hugo Bravo, at Museo Nahím Isaías, Guayaquil, Ecuador (november 2017-march 2018). https://issuu.com/hernanpacurucucardenas/docs/sal_n_de_gr_fica_contempor_nea_copia - March. International Self-Portrait Exhibition of Chitre, Panama - Editorial Project B612, "Draw Me a Little Prince", Alianza Francesa, El Salvador - Januari-februari. Solidarity for Peace, Sala de Exposiciones Salarrué. The Savior. 2016 Collaboration in the BESO performance, cycle "Juventear" Paco Urondo Cultural Center (FFyL UBA), and the "Exhaust Performance" cycle, UNA, Esp. Belgrado; 200 SACRED CRY, Artist's book on the Declaration of Independence of Arg., Borde-Tucumán Gallery and Borges Cultural Center, Bs As. 2013: - August. Tribute to Leon Ferrari, Centro Cultural Paco Urondo, Congreso Internacional de Artes en Cruce (CIAC), Faculty of Philosophy, UBA. 2009: - July. "Dislocations", Translocal Project, Möllevångsfestivalen, Malmö. - April-May. "Show me your room" Gallery Panora, Malmö. 2008: - September. Colour Separation, Translocal Project (European Social Forum), Gallery Addo, Malmö. - May. Sculpture Project, Parkliv Festival -Individ i Fokus-, Kristianstad, (Sweden). - Januari. "Overture" Installation, Gallery Avvika, Kristianstad. 2005: - October. Asociación de Artistas Plásticos de Vicente López, Museo Rómulo Raggio, P.B.A, (Argentina). 2004-2005: Guillermo Roux Fondation, Buenos Aires (Argentina) 2000-2005: Casa de la Juventud de Vicente Lopez, P.B.A., (Argentina). Lectures 2022. December. The challenges and new horizons of Art Criticism in Latin America, Chair of Art Criticism, Faculty of Arts, University of El Salvador (UES), Republic of El Salvador. November. FRIO POR LOS OJOS, Faculty of Arts, University of Cuenca, Ecuador. 2020. November. Asentamientos Nómades. Biennale Nomade, Museum of Anthropology and Contemporary Art, Guayaquil, Ecuador. 2018. November. Possible Anatomies, Faculty of Arts, University of Cuenca. Lectures in collaboration with the Free Chair of Art, History and Society, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, University of Buenos Aires. 2019. August. "Curatorship as ephemeral revitalisation of abandoned spaces: experiences of Arte in Situ in Havana”, with Cuban curator Anamely Ramos and artist collective ANIMA, at Paco Urondo Cultural Centre, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, University of Buenos Aires. 2018. November. “REFLECTING FROM THE FISSURES: Contemporary Art from Ecuador”, with the Ecuadorian curator Hernan Pacurucú at Paco Urondo Cultural Centre, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, University of Buenos Aires. 2014. September. CORTES, Faculty of Arts, University of El Salvador, El Salvador Publications (Selection): Memorias, narrativas de género y ciudadanía, un análisis comparado de las obras de Regina José Galindo y Sandra Monterroso” https://fh.mdp.edu.ar/encuentros/index.php/historiadelasmujeres/index/pages/view/mesa82 “Silencios, puntos y contrapuntos. Lecturas sobre Guevara Muerto de Claudio Tozzi y Manifiesto de Pedro Lemebel” (co-authored: Hierro, Lopez, Procopio) https://malba.s3.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jornadas-estudiantes-2017-10.pdf