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 work as Assistant Director of Visual and Performing Arts at Galería Metropolitana - Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana..
I earned my PhD in Communication Studies from the Complutense University of Madrid and my Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the Higher Institute of Art in Havana. I have received important art awards and scholarships such as: The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, The Christoph Merian Stiftung, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Foundation, and The Botín Foundation.
I have published several books: Revenge; Another Island for Miguel—which includes the documentary film series Short Stories; Mártir, líder y pachanga. El cine de peregrinaje político hacia la Revolución cubana; Sentémonos a conversar sobre la violencia; La immagini infamanti. Arte, burocracia, peregrinaje y violencia en Cuba; and ARS CIVITAS. Prácticas cívicas y políticas de la disidencia.
And I have also 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). In this sense, I am pleased to announce the upcoming publication of Totalitarian Cuba—the English edition of this anthology—which will be published by La Maleza in collaboration with Misfit Art Alliance.
This year, AJ León and I founded Misfit Art Alliance.