New York, NY
Born 1959 in Caracas, Venezuela.
I believe the tension within constructed images reflects an essential tension inherent in life, where reconciling the familiar and the unknown is a continual, though generally unconscious, process. For this reason animated films and illustrations have been a rich source for my work. Their stylized, graphic qualities communicate the familiar in an effortless and immediate way that can also be pushed quickly into abstraction through fragmentation and dislocation. Likewise, my temporary painting and sculptural interventions in preexisting architecture have utilized the tension between scale and the painted image to physically address the viewer in public spaces.
1992 MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL.
1982 BFA, University of Tulsa, OK.
2005 Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Arturo Herrera, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, April 7- June 19 Galleria Franco Noero, Torino, Italy, May 30- July 30 DAAD Gallery, Berlin, Germany Galerie Max Hetzler, Zusammen Aber Getrennt, Holzmarktstrasse, Germany
2002 Brent Sikkema, New York, NY. Art Gallery of Ontario, Fragments and Figments: Works on Paper, Toronto, Canada. (exhibition brochure)
2001 ICA Philadelphia, You Go First, Philadelphia, PA. (Wall Painting) Whitney Museum of Art, Before We Leave, New York, NY. (exhibition brochure) UCLA Hammer Museum, Hammer Project: Arturo Herrera, Los Angeles, CA. (exhibition brochure)
2000 PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Party for Tom, New York, NY (Wall Painting) Centre de Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland. ArtPace, San Antonio, TX. (exhibition brochure) Brent Sikkema, New York, NY.
1999 Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
1998 Dia Center for the Arts, Almost Home, New York, NY. (internet site) The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA. The Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. (exhibition brochure & catalogue) Brent Sikkema/Wooster Gardens, New York, NY.
1996 Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL. (exhibition brochure) University Club, Chicago, IL. Revolution Gallery, Ferndale, MI.
1995 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI. Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. (exhibition brochure)
1994 MWMWM, Chicago, IL.
1993 The Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM. (exhibition brochure) MWMWM, Chicago, IL.
2005 Extreme Abstraction, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, July 15-October 2 Back from Nature: The Sportsman Redux, The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine, March 9- April 24 Exceedint Paint/Expanding Painting, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY, May 20- July 16, 2005 Works on Paper, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany, May 6- June 25, 2005
2004-2005 Funny Cuts, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany, December 12, 2004- April 17- 2005
2004 MoMA at El Museo, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, March 5- July 25 Contemporary Art and Latin America: Selections from the Diane and Bruce Halle Collection, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ, Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN Initial Encounters, organized by The Drawing Center, New York, NY, at The Arts Center of The Capital Region, Troy, NY March 12-June 6
2003 Galleria Franco Noero, Torino, Italy, September 18- October 31 The Moderns, Castello di Rivoli, Museo de Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, Torino, Italy, April 15-August 3 Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, January 18- March 21; New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans LA, April 11-June 15; University of North Texas, Denton TX, August 25- October 18; Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA: January 12- March 13, 2004, Armory Center for the Arts, Old Pasadena, CA June 27-August 15, 2004 Dreamspaces/Entresuenos, Deutsche Bank Lobby Gallery, New York, NY, February 20- April 20 Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil Splat Boom Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX, April 11-June 29 Twisting & Turning: Abstract Painting Now, Blue Star Contemporary Art, San Antonio TX, May 15-June 22. Sculpture, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, New York, NY May 3-June 23. Perforations, McKenzie Fine Art Inc., New York, NY June 12- August 1
2002-2003 Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain: Selected Works from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (Catalogue)
2002 AOP 2002: The 37th Art on Paper Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC Urgency, Objectif, Antwerp, Belgium ForwArt, Mont des Arts/Kunstberg, BBL, Brussels, Belgium. (Catalogue) Inheriting Matisse: The Decorative Contour in Contemporary Art, Rocket, London, U.K. Officina America ReteEmiliaRomagna, Galleria de Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, Chiostri di San Domenico, Imola, Galleria Comunale ex Pescheria, Via Pescheria, Cesena, Palazzo dello Arengo, Rimini, Italy. (Catalogue) Keep in Touch, Brent Sikkema, New York, NY. Multiformity: Multiples from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL The Photogenic: Photography through its Metaphors in Contemporary Art, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, PA. (exhibition brochure) Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. (catalogue) Urgent Painting, Musee de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris France. (catalogue) Into the Woods, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
2001 The Americans, Barbican Art Galleries, Barbican Centre, London, UK. (catalogue) Max2001. All About Paint, Art Museum of The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. (catalogue) Negative Spaces, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY. NeverNeverLand, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL. Locating Drawing, Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX. Painting at the Edge of the World, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. (catalogue) Porticas de la diferencia. Arte Iberoamericano de fin de siglo, Pavillao Pinacoteca do Estado, Sao Paulo, Brazil, MALBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Museo Sofia Imber, Caracas, Venezuela (2002), Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (2002) (catalogue)
2000 Redrawing the Line, Art in General, New York, NY. (catalogue) Blurry Lines, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sherboyan, WI. A Collaborative Art: The Artist and the Printmaking Studio, The Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX. Deja-Vu, Art Miami, curated by Amada Cruz, Miami, FL. Greater New York, P.S.1, New York, NY. (catalogue) Drawing on the Figure: Works on Paper of the 1990s from the Manilow Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. (catalogue) 00, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY. (catalogue) Color Me Blind!, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland. (catalogue) Group Show, Brent Sikkema, New York, NY. From a Distance: Approaching Landscape, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA.
1999 Life Cycles, Galerie for Zeitgenessische Kunst, curated by Lynne Cooke, Leipzig, Germany. (catalogue) Color Me Blind!, Worttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany. (catalogue) Istanbul Biennial, curated by Paolo Colombo, Istanbul, Turkey. (catalogue) TroubleSpot, Painting, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium. (catalogue) Collectors Collect Contemporary: 1990-99, ICA, curated by Jessica Morgan, Boston, MA. Group Show, Brent Sikkema, New York, NY.
1998 Arturo Herrera and Kara Walker, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London UK.
1997 Twister, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT. Prep, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA.
1996 Untitled, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL. Arturo Herrera and Carla Preiss, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY. all girls, ACUD, Berlin, Germany. Moving In, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. Clarity, NIU Gallery, Chicago, IL. Plane Speak, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.
1995 Crystal Blue Persuasion, Feature, New York, NY. Fine, TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago, IL. Radius, 213 Institute Place, Chicago, IL. Some Late 20th Century Abstraction, LACE, Los Angeles, CA.
1994 The Uncomfortable Show, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL. Arturo Herrera and Steven Rotter, PS 122, New York, NY. Sparkalepsy, Feature, New York, NY. Amenities, Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI. Selections Spring '94: The Sick Rose, The Drawing Center, New York, NY. More Famous Artists, Sothebys Inc., Chicago, IL. Chicago Billboards Project, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
1993 Abstract Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL. Beck, Herrera, Killam, Pranger, Roberts, MWMWM Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1992 Not Working in L.A., Nomadic Site, Los Angeles, CA. Flamesart, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL.
2003 DAAD Fellowship, Berlin, Germany.
2002 YADDO Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY.
1999 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY.
1998 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY. ArtPace Fellowship, San Antonio, TX.
1997 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, NY. The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, NY.
1996 Visual Arts Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL.
1995 Art Matters, Inc., New York, NY. CAAP Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL. SA Grant, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL.
2005 Keep In Touch, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Xunta de Galicia, (Artist book) Collages by Arturo Herrera, Stories by Diane Williams, Edited by Miguel Fernandez-Cid (11th Volume of "Words of Art" series) ISBN: 84-453-4007-7 Works on Paper, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany, c. 2005 (Exhibition Catalog, text by Kirsty Hume)
Arturo Herrera, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, (Exhibition Catalog)
Santiago de Compostela, Spain, April 7- June 19, Curated by Maria do Ceu Baptista and Miguel Fernandez-Cid.
2004 Latin American & Carribean Art: MoMA at El Museo, El Museo del Barrio, (Exhibition Catalog) Edited by Miriam Basilio, Fatima Bercht, Deborah Cullen, Gary Garrels, Luis Enrique Perez-Oramas, c. El Museo del Barrio, and The Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY 2004 Contemporary Art and Latin America: Selections from the Diane and Bruce Halle Collection, (exhibition catalog) Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ, ISBN: 0-911611-28-2 Nakas, Kassandra, Pfarr, Ulrich, and Schalhorn, Andreas, Funny Cuts, Staatsgalerie, (exhibition catalog). Stuttgart, Germany, c. Kerber Verlag c. 2004
2003 Johnson, Ken. "Market-Driven Survey Through the 20th Century," The New York Times, p. 42, Friday February 21. Bloemink, Barbara and Clark, Vicky A. Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, DAP, New York, ISBN: 1-891024-60-4 p. 167 Wei, Lilly. "Twisting and Turning: Abstract Painting Now at Blue Star," Voices of Art Magazine, Volume 11, issue 2, pp. 29-30
2002 Molon, Dominic, "Arturo Herrera" Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting, London, Phaiden Press, 2002, pp. 142-143 Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain: Selected Works from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. (Exhibition Catalog) Edited by Kari Dahlgren, Trisha Beck. ISBN: 0-933856-74-1, c. 2002, p.302 Montreuil, Gregory. "Arturo Herrera/Brent Sikkema," Flash Art, pp. 117-118, July-September Smith, Roberta, "Art In Review: Arturo Herrera" The New York Times, p. E 35, Friday May 17. Urgent Painting, Musee de Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, by Sandra Antelo-Suarez, et al. Paris France 2002, ISBN: 2-87900-603-1 Bradley, Jessica. Fragments and Figments: Works on Paper, Exhibition brochure, Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto, Canada. Barilli, Renato. Officina America ReteEmiliaRomagna Catalogue, Galleria de Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy. Rinder, Lawrence; Iles, Chrissie; Paul, Christianne; Singer, Debra, 2002 Biennial Exhibition Catalogue, The Whitney Museum of American Art. ForwArt, Mont des Arts/Kunstberg, BBL, Brussels, Belgium, Exhibition Catalogue Lambrecht, Luc. "ForwArt," Flash Art, p. 41 and p. 50, November- December Firstenberg, Lauri; Fogle, Douglas; Pakesh, Peter, "Curating Painting," Flash Art, pp. 59-61, November- December "Again, a "Paint with Water" project," by Arturo Herrera, TRANS> 9/10, pp. 231-246 Gobin, Gilbert. "Promenade de art contemporain au Coeur du Mont des Arts," La Echo, October 10, 2002 McFadden, Sarah. "ForwArt," The Bulletin, October 11, 2002 Henry, Claude. "Quatorze artistes contemporains Bruxelles, grace a la BBL," Banque Active, September 16, 2002
2001 Block, Holly. Max2001. All About Paint, Catalogue, Art Museum of the University of Memphis, TN. ICA Philadelphia, You Go First, Philadelphia, PA. (Wall Painting Exhibition Brochure) Briggs, Patricia. "Painting at the Edge of the World," Artforum, Summer p. 185-186. Caniglia, Julie. "Arturo Herrera," Brent Sikkema, Artforum, January, p. 138 Fogle, Douglas, Painting At The Edge Of The World Catalogue, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Gioni, Massimiliano. "Painting at the Edge of The World," Flashart, May-June, p. 147 Grabner, Michelle. "Painting at the Edge of the World," Frieze, Summer, p.116-117 Helgera, Pablo. "Imaginary Landscape," Tema Celeste #83, p46-51 Jacobson, Marjory. "On Arturo Herrera at the ARCO '01 Fair," Review ARCO '01, Madrid, Spain. Lefkowitz, David. "Edgy. Painting at the Edge of the World at Walker Art Center." New Art Examiner, September October, p 66 - p 71, p. 103 Sladen, Mark. The Americans. New Art. Catalogue, Barbicon Gallery, Barbicon Centre. Additional exts by Bruce Hainley, Katy Siegel, Bennett Simpson, John Slyce. Booth-Clibborn Editions, London. Taylor, Victor Zamudio. PolÃ-ticas de la diferencia. Arte Iberoamericano fin de siglo Catalogue. Additional text by Kevin Power, Fernando Castro and others. Generalitat Valenciana.
2000 Boris, Staci. Drawing on the Figure: Works on Paper of the 1990s from the Manilow Collection Catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. "Herrera, Arturo: That Very Day," Art on Paper, July-August, p. 52-53 Cruz, Amada. "Arturo Herrera," Fresh Cream, Phaidon Press, p.328 Newhall, Edith. "On View: New York's New Art," New York Magazine, February 28, p.76. "New York Hatches New Publishers," Art on Paper, July-August, p. 12-14. Phillips, Christopher. "Report from Istanbul: Band of Outsiders," Art in America, April, p. 70-75.
1999 Christofori, Ralf. "Goofy's Hermeneutic Crisis, Color Me Blind!, Catalogue, Worttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany. Helguera, Pablo. "Arturo Herrera, The Edges of the Invisible", Art Nexus, August- October, #33, pp. 48-52. TroubleSpot, Painting, Catalogue, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium.
1998 Morgan, Jessica. "Arturo Herrrera", Grand Street, # 66, p. 229. Camper, Fred. "Arturo Herrera at the Renaissance Society," Chicago Reader, February 13, pp. 28-29. Estep, Jan. "Arturo Herrera," New Art Examiner, March, pp. 50-51. Glatt, Cara. "Intriguing, Again," Hyde Park Herald, January 28, p.6. Grabner, Michelle. "Arturo Herrera, Renaissance Society & Wooster Gardens," Art Press, April, pp. 80-81. McKenna, Max. "U.S. Artist Q & A, Arturo Herrera," The Art Newspaper, April, p.48. Patner, Andrew. "Arturo Herrera," Chicago Sun-Times, January 29. Wakefield, Neville & Tatar, Maria. "Arturo Herrera," Catalogue, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL. Walker, Hamza. "Arturo Herrera/A Gentle Trauma," Newsletter, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL.
1996 Alexander, Randy. "Hero," New Art Examiner, May, p.54. Hixon, Kathryn. "Clarity," New Art Examiner, May, pp. 42-43. Birbragher, Francine. "Body of Works," Art Nexus, April, pp. 105-107.
1995 Hixon, Kathryn. "Arturo Herrera at Randolph Street Gallery", Flash Art, October, p. 111.
1994 Bulka, Michael. "Arturo Herrera at MWMWM," New Art Examiner, Summer, pp. 50-51. Schleifer, Kristen Brooke. "Trial by Fire," New Art Examiner, May, pp. 23-27. Cotter, Holland. "The Joys of Childhood Re-examined," The New York Times, March 25, p.30. McCraken, David. "Blank Check," Chicago Tribune, March 4, p. 66.
1993 Beecher, Carla. "Reaching the City of Chicago," Illinois Quarterly, January, pp. 24-27
Get it Right (red), 2005
Night Before Last--Brussells, 2002