Chris Hernandez

I am an American painter living abroad in Warsaw, Poland.

My work primarily deals with a neutral examination of the concept of change as it pertains to the cycles of construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction. An objective distancing from the process allows one to see that our attitudes toward specific transitions differ according to whether we are outside the situation or within it, and which direction the change is headed. Nature and geography are used to illustrate this, with recurring subjects being, stones, rocks, natural debris, landscapes, and the cosmos. People seek stability in a dynamic universe that is in persistent motion. And while the paintings do not depict a human individual within the work, they do show evidence of human interaction. Many images show man's influence within an environment as an attempt to create sense from nature, chaos, entropy, and even death. As the life cycle of one material ends, new purposes for it may arise and consequently new rebirths. This leaves the viewer free to question what events are taking place and imagine themself within the work as both spectator and participant in the changing forces. Deeper connections are also observed by man's interaction with a continually morphing ...

Southwest Texas State University, Painting/Metalsmithing, magna cum laude

I have exhibited within my home state of Texas, as well as internationally, in Poland and Italy. 1999 to Present.

2020
Artists of 81, group exhibition
Select Paintings, 81 Stopni Gallery & Studios, Warsaw, Poland

2019
Guardando le Stesse Stelle, group exhibition
Select Paintings, Montedoro, Sicilia

Sketchbook, group exhibition
Select Drawings, 81 Stopni Gallery & Studios, Warsaw, Poland

2018
Revive Festival, group exhibition
Select Paintings, Warsaw, Poland

4Heads Governor’s Island Art Fair, GIAF
Select Paintings, New York City, USA

In Depth/W Głębi, group collective exhibition
Painting series, Galeria im. Slendzinskich, Bialystok, Poland

2017
Art Bio Brasil, online global exhibition
Paintings, www.artbiobrasil.org

In Depth/W Głębi, group collective exhibition
Painting series, Galeria przy Bramie, Lublin, Poland

In Depth/W Głębi, solo exhibition
Paintings, drawings and digital works, Artwalk at Warsaw Spire Building, Plac Europejskie 1, Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw by Art, citywide event
Paintings and Drawings, Stopni 81 Gallery & Studios, Warsaw, Poland

2016
In Depth/W Głębi, group collective exhibition
Paintings and Drawings, Mito Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

2015
In Depth/W Głębi, group...