HENRY ERIC HERNÁNDEZ
Multidisciplinary artist, Scholar, and Editor in Mexico City - Federal District
I am a multidisciplinary artist, social researcher, and Cuban-Spanish cultural manager based in Mexico City. I currently serve as the Assistant Director of Visual Arts at Galería Metropolitana – Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM). In the spring of 2025, AJ León and I co-founded the Misfit Art Alliance.
I earned my PhD in Communication Studies from the Complutense University of Madrid and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Higher Institute of Art (ISA) in Havana. Over the course of my career, I have been awarded prestigious art grants and fellowships, including those from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Christoph Merian Stiftung, the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, and the Botín Foundation.
I am the author of several books, including Revenge (2006); Another Island for Miguel (2008)—which encompasses the documentary film series "Short Stories"; Mártir, líder y pachanga: El cine de peregrinaje político hacia la Revolución cubana (2017); Sentémonos a conversar sobre la violencia (2021); La immagini infamanti: Arte, burocracia, peregrinaje y violencia en Cuba (2023); and ARS CIVITAS: Prácticas cívicas y políticas de la disidencia (2024). Additionally, I have co-edited three anthologies: El fin del gran relato (CdeCuba Art Books, 2019), Pan fresco: Textos críticos en torno al arte cubano (Almenara Press, 2019), and Cuba totalitaria (Editorial Hypermedia, 2022). The English translation of the latter, Totalitarian Cuba, was published in 2025 by La Maleza in collaboration with the Misfit Art Alliance.