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Secundino Hernández

Secundino Hernández

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    View works. Secundino Hernández, The Spectre, 2024
    The Spectre, 2024
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    One of the most dynamic painters of his generation, Secundino Hernández is celebrated for a spirited enquiry into the language, history and enduring potential of abstraction. For Hernández, painting is both a physical and cerebral activity, a conduit for intellectual and philosophical enquiry. Whether employing strong linear elements, by turns painterly or calligraphic, or rich bursts of colour, his work corrals diverse influences within a signature abstract language. Often collapsing traditional distinctions and hierarchies, in Hernández’s hands a monochrome might also be an action painting, while an action painting might, on closer inspection, reveal itself to be an almost archaeological excavation of the picture plane.

    In keeping with the breadth of his influences, Hernández employs a variety of tools and techniques. While works such as the artist’s celebrated ‘palette' paintings are the result of conspicuous addition, his ‘wash’ canvases, by contrast, are produced by layering and removing paint with a heavy-duty pressure washer. Almost archaeological in nature, this method involves digging through pigment to expose the canvas beneath, a process that the artist associates with sculptural carving. His stitched works, meanwhile, add a further dimension to the linear and structural concerns that underpin his work and feed into an ongoing dialogue around processes of construction, deconstruction and reconstruction.

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  • Selected Works

    Secundino Hernández, Celebration, 2025 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Secundino Hernández, Spithere Crab, 2024 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Secundino Hernández, Minimar, 2022 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Secundino Hernández, Untitled, 2020 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Secundino Hernández, Grapado a la piel, 2019 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Secundino Hernández, Untitled, 2020 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Secundino Hernández, Untitled, 2017 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Secundino Hernández, Untitled, 2017 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Secundino Hernández, Untitled, 2016 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Secundino Hernández, Untitled, 2017 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Secundino Hernández, Rojo, 2016 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Secundino Hernández, Untitled, 2014 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).

    Secundino Hernández, Celebration, 2025,

  • Biography
    View works. Secundino Hernández, The Spectre, 2024
    The Spectre, 2024
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    Secundino Hernández was born in 1975 in Madrid, where he currently lives and works.Solo exhibitions of his work have recently been presented at MUSAC, Museum and Contemporary Art Center of Castilla y León, Spain (2025); Friedrichs Foundation, Weidingen, Germany (2025); Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid, Spain (2025); Skarstedt Gallery, New York, USA (2024); Victoria Miro, London, UK (2024); Nino Mier, Los Angeles, USA (2024); Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria (2023); Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain (2023); Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany (2023); Victoria Miro, London, UK (2022); Galeria Nuno Centeno, Porto, Portugal (2022); Miettinen Collection, Berlin, Germany (2022); The Insular Museum, Cabildo of La Palma, Spain (2021-22); Vortic Collect Online (Victoria Miro, 2020); Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas, USA (2019); Victoria Miro, Venice, Italy (2019); CAC Málaga, Spain (2018); Taidehalli Helsinki, Finland (2018); Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2015); Maison Louis Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France (2014); and Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland (2014).

    The artist has also participated in group shows including MINEBANE! Contemporary Art - The Taguchi Art Collection, Akita Museum of Art and Akita Senshu Museum of Art, Akita, Japan (2025); Entre los ojos el deseo, Olivia Arauna Collection, Alcobendas Art Center, Madrid, Spain (2024); Extraordinary Form, Miettinen Collection, 2000s-Present, Salon Dhalmann, Berlin, Germany (2024); The lens within your heart, Takeuchi Collection, What Museum, Tokyo, Japan (2023); Painters Paint Paintings: La Versión, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2022); Foreign Affairs, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria (2022); Spanish and International Artists, Galeria Daniel Cardani, Madrid, Spain (2019); Spain Over the Rainbow, Mirat, Madrid, Spain (2019); Lush Strokes - Phantom Forms, Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India (2018); The Art Show, Art of the New Millennium, Taguchi Art Collection, Japan (2017); Summer Exhibition 2017, Royal Academy, London, UK (2017); Abstract Painting Now, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria (2017); Das Allerletze Prof. Winkler Stipendium at Kunstverein Weiden, Austria (2013); Alone Together at the Rubell Family Collection / Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, USA (2013); Dialogos DKV - Patio Herreriano at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Espanol, Valladolid, Spain (2013); Berlin Status 1 at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (2012) and Berlin Klondyke 2011 at Art Center Los Angeles, USA (2011).

    His work is in numerous institutional and private collections, including Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada; Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand; Montenmedio Contemporánea Foundation, Cádiz, Spain; Friedrichs Collection, Bonn, Germany; Jorge Pérez Collection, Miami, USA; Masaveu Foundation, Madrid, Spain; Foundation 20/21 Collection, La Palma, Spain; Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas, USA; Helga de Alvear Foundation, Cáceres, Spain; Kunstdepot Göschenen, Switzerland; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK; North Carolina Museum, USA; The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA; Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China; Zabludowicz Collection, Sarvisalo, Finland.

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  • News
    • On view at Friedrichs Foundation – a solo exhibition by Secundino Hernández

      On view at Friedrichs Foundation – a solo exhibition by Secundino Hernández

      May 28, 2025
      On view until 15 November 2025, the second in a series of three presentations this year in celebration of the artist's 50th birthday. This follows...
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    • Secundino Hernández at Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid

      Secundino Hernández at Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid

      February 19, 2025
      On view 19 February–20 April 2025, the artist's first institutional exhibition in his hometown draws from his 30-year career. Some 70 works are on view,...
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    • Secundino Hernández talks to Ocula about his new exhibition, Problematic Corners

      Secundino Hernández talks to Ocula about his new exhibition, Problematic Corners

      April 11, 2024
      ‘For me, painting is a tool for understanding the world…’ – Secundino Hernández
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    • Secundino Hernández features in Wallpaper’s guide to Frieze week

      Secundino Hernández features in Wallpaper’s guide to Frieze week

      October 8, 2022
      Spanish artist Secundino Hernández’s textured, scratched and blurred canvases explore painting in its rawest form, drawing on both historic and contemporary modes of application. He...
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    • Secundino Hernández at the Miettinen Collection, Berlin

      Secundino Hernández at the Miettinen Collection, Berlin

      April 29, 2022
      'It's good to be back' is the title of a new solo exhibition (until 31 July 2022) by Secundino Hernández, presenting more than 60 works...
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    • Secundino Hernández talks to My Art Guides about his exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice

      Secundino Hernández talks to My Art Guides about his exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice

      October 1, 2019
      The Fleshy and the Figurative: a Conversation with Secundino Hernández. By Mara Sartore After his 2months residency at Victoria Miro Venice , Spanish artist Secundino...
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    • Secundino Hernández at Taidehalli, Helskini

      Secundino Hernández at Taidehalli, Helskini

      April 14, 2018
      An exhibition (14 April – 13 May 2018) of new paintings in addition to a selection of works from the past five years. Secundino Hernández...
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    • Secundino Hernández: Todo es Mucho at CAC Málaga

      Secundino Hernández: Todo es Mucho at CAC Málaga

      February 16, 2018
      The exhibition (16 February – 6 May 2018) features some 38 works, several of which have been made especially for the show. Read more Image:...
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    • Secundino Hernández: an In the Studio interview with Collectors Agenda

      Secundino Hernández: an In the Studio interview with Collectors Agenda

      November 28, 2017
      Interview: Gabriel Roland Secundino, we are in your Madrid studio right now. How do you divide your work between here and your Berlin studio? My...
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    • Secundino Hernández in The Art Show – Art of the New Millennium in the Taguchi Art Collection at The Museum of Modern Art Gunma, Japan

      Secundino Hernández in The Art Show – Art of the New Millennium in the Taguchi Art Collection at The Museum of Modern Art Gunma, Japan

      September 19, 2017
      The exhibition (16 September – 12 November 2017) includes important works by 53 artists in the Taguchi Art Collection. Read more Image: Secundino Hernández, Untitled...
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    • Art Basel Unlimited: Secundino Hernández

      Art Basel Unlimited: Secundino Hernández

      June 15, 2017
      15 - 18 Jun 2017 Basel, Switzerland Victoria Miro is delighted to co-present with Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, and Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Four Seasons, Between...
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    • Secundino Hernández: Four Seasons, Between Summer and Fall at Art Basel Unlimited

      Secundino Hernández: Four Seasons, Between Summer and Fall at Art Basel Unlimited

      June 12, 2017
      Four Seasons, Between Summer and Fall , 2016-2017, is a major four-part painting by Secundino Hernández. The four large canvases are a new work in...
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    • Secundino Hernández talks to Something Curated about his exhibition Paso at Victoria Miro

      Secundino Hernández talks to Something Curated about his exhibition Paso at Victoria Miro

      April 26, 2017
      Something Curated: Broadly speaking, could you tell us a bit about your practice? Would you say there is a narrative that connects the various paintings...
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    • Studio International interviews Secundino Hernández

      Studio International interviews Secundino Hernández

      April 22, 2017
      The artist talks about his academic origins, the delicate equilibrium he seeks between accident and control, the quintessentially Spanish spirit of his painting, and his current exhibition, Paso, at Victoria Miro, London.
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    • Time Out reviews Secundino Hernández: Paso

      Time Out reviews Secundino Hernández: Paso

      April 7, 2017
      ★★★★ By Eddy Frankel Build and destroy, that’s what Spanish painter Secundino Hernández does. He builds layers of paint on big canvases, then strips them...
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    • Secundino Hernández profiled in Elephant Magazine

      Secundino Hernández profiled in Elephant Magazine

      April 1, 2017
      Charlotte Jansen profiles the artist ahead of his exhibition, Paso , at Victoria Miro and Victoria Miro Mayfair. 'There's an instant feeling of calm when...
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    • Secundino Hernández included in High Anxiety: New Acquisitions at the Rubell Family Collection

      Secundino Hernández included in High Anxiety: New Acquisitions at the Rubell Family Collection

      December 1, 2016
      High Anxiety: New Acquisitions (30 November 2016 - 25 August 2017) presents selections of artworks from 32 artists acquired since 2014, many of whom explore...
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    • Secundino Hernández honoured at the 2016 Hirshhorn Gala

      Secundino Hernández honoured at the 2016 Hirshhorn Gala

      November 4, 2016
      The New York gala for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden took place on Thursday 3 November at One World Trade Center, honouring 40 artists...
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    • Secundino Hernández at Yuz Museum, Shanghai

      Secundino Hernández at Yuz Museum, Shanghai

      September 1, 2015
      1 September - 11 October 2015. Entre Primavera y Verano (until 11 October 2015) at the Yuz Museum, Atrium and Project Room, Shanghai , is...
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    • Secundino Hernández Artsy Editorial interview

      Secundino Hernández Artsy Editorial interview

      July 2, 2014
      Up and Coming: Visionary Dealer Victoria Miro Unveils a Solo Exhibition by a Spanish Painter on the Rise. By Molly Gottschalk. Visionary British art dealer...
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  • Books
    • Secundino Hernández: Problematic Corners

      Secundino Hernández: Problematic Corners

      2024
      Hardcover
      Publisher: Victoria Miro
      ISBN: 978-1-9145061-16
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    • Secundino Hernández: Paso

      Secundino Hernández: Paso

      2017
      Softcover
      Publisher: Victoria Miro
      ISBN: 9780993442056
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  • Gallery Exhibitions
    • Secundino Hernández: Problematic Corners

      Secundino Hernández: Problematic Corners

      10 Apr – 18 May 2024 London Gallery I
      The Spanish artist’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery features a dynamic series of oval works that expand on his unique painting language.
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    • Secundino Hernández: Dreaming of Wild Honey

      Secundino Hernández: Dreaming of Wild Honey

      23 Jun – 25 Jul 2020 Miro Presents
      An extended reality (XR) exhibition of new paintings by the Spanish artist Secundino Hernández, available exclusively online and via the App Store on Vortic Collect.
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    • Secundino Hernández: Grapado a la piel

      Secundino Hernández: Grapado a la piel

      13 Sep – 19 Oct 2019 Venice
      Victoria Miro has established a studio space in Venice for invited artists to spend extended time in the historic city and make new bodies of work. This exhibition of small-scale figurative paintings was created in the Venice studio by the acclaimed Spanish artist Secundino Hernández.
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    • Secundino Hernández: Paso

      Secundino Hernández: Paso

      1 Apr – 6 May 2017 London Gallery I
      At Wharf Road, Hernández is showing abstract paintings that continue his investigation into gesture and form while extending the innovative techniques of accumulation and removal for which he has become widely known.
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    • Secundino Hernández: Paso

      Secundino Hernández: Paso

      1 Apr – 20 May 2017 Victoria Miro Mayfair
      Meaning ‘step’, the exhibition title, Paso, refers to a series of movements through abstraction and figuration. A new series of figurative works is on display at Victoria Miro Mayfair.
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    • Secundino Hernández

      Secundino Hernández

      11 Jun – 2 Aug 2014 London Gallery I
      Victoria Miro is pleased to announce that the gallery now represents Spanish painter Secundino Hernández, and is delighted to present his first solo exhibition at the gallery.
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