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Biography |
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1978 |
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Born in San José, Costa Rica |
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1996 |
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Studies Architecture at Universidad Veritas, San José, Costa Rica |
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1997 - 1998 |
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Studies painting in Pratt Institute, New York, U.S.A. |
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1999 - 2001 |
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Studies Education at the Universidad Hispanoamericana, Heredia, Costa Rica |
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2001 |
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Best young artist, Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy |
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Lives and works in San José, Costa Rica |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Amalgama, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid (solo) |
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2009 |
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Bienal de Venecia, Pabellón Italo-Latino Americano - Arsenale, Venecia, Italia |
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2008 |
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Pasións Privadas, Visións Públicas MARCO, Art Contemporary Museum of Vigo. Vigo. España |
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2008 |
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Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo) |
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2008 |
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Federico Herrero, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokio (solo) |
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2008 |
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Interrogating Systems: 2008 cifo grants and commisions exhibition, CIFO Art Space, Miami, USA |
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2008 |
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Out of storage – Peintures choises de la colección. MUDAM Luxemburg |
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2008 |
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Colorigami, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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2008 |
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Blow de la Barra, London, UK (solo) |
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2008 |
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CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA (solo) |
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2008 |
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Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg (solo) |
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2007 |
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Paintings. Blow de la Barra, Athens (solo) |
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2007 |
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2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia |
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2006 |
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BELIEF, Singapore Biennale, Singapore |
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2006 |
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Off the record, various venues and subway stations, Tokyo, Japan |
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2006 |
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Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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2006 |
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Walls/Muri, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy (solo) |
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2006 |
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Accion Directa, Prague Biennale 2, Czech Republic |
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2006 |
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I can’t relieve its painting. _h4tch, México D.F., México |
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2006 |
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Diverse Ways of Happiness, Aichi World Expo 2005, Nagoya, Japón |
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2005 |
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In a rush with a brush. Sies + Hoeke Galerie, Dusseldorf, Alemania |
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2005 |
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Watari Museum for Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japón |
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2005 |
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New Paintings. Blow de la Barra Gallery, Londres |
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2005 |
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Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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2005 |
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Watari Museum for Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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2005 |
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Blow de la Barra Gallery, London, UK (solo) |
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2005 |
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Institutional Topical Critique, White Cubicle, The George and Dragon Public House, London, UK |
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2005 |
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Wall Painting, TEOR/èTica, San José, Costa Rica |
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2005 |
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Diverse Ways of Happiness, Aichi World Expo 2005, Nagoya, Japan |
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2004 |
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Via Farini, Milano, Italy (solo) |
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2004 |
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The Corridor, Reikjavik, Iceland (solo) |
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2004 |
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Claudio Poleschi arte contemporanea, Lucca, Italy (solo) |
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2004 |
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Arts Initiative Tokyo, Residency Program – gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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2004 |
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Empty garden, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan |
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2004 |
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1st Biennale di Sevillia, Spain |
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2004 |
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Mostra internazionale d’Arte all’aperto, Vira Gambarogno e Ascona, Switzerland |
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2004 |
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Producing Reality, Fundazione Prometeo Lucca, Italy |
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2004 |
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PR 04 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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2004 |
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Japanopera : vertical thoughts. Gallery Koyanagi viewing room, Tokyo, Japón (solo) |
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2004 |
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Mental Lanscapes and transit lines. Viafarini, Milano, Italia (solo) |
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2004 |
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Primera Bienal de Sevilla, La alegría de mis sueños, Sevilla, España |
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2004 |
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Todo Incluido, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid |
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2003 |
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Pintacoteca. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica (solo) |
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2003 |
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Paisajes Mentales. Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid (solo) |
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2003 |
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Octava Bienal de la Habana El arte con la vida, Cuba |
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2003 |
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First Prague Biennial Peripheries become the Center, Czech Republic |
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2003 |
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Juana di Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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2003 |
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Museum of Contemporary Art, San José, Costa Rica (solo) |
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2003 |
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Biennnale de la Habana, Cuba |
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2003 |
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Selectet Paintings, MW projects, London, UK |
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2003 |
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Biennale Prague, Prag, Czechia |
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2002 |
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Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo) |
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2002 |
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Urgent Painting, (curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist), Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville Paris, France |
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2002 |
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Artistmos, Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, China |
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2002 |
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Urgent Painting, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Francia |
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2001 |
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49 th Biennale de Venezia Plateau of Humankind, Italy. Special prize to a young artist, 49th Biennale de Venezia |
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2001 |
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• Políticas de la Diferencia. Itinerant: Pinacoteca, Sao Paulo Brasil; Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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2001 |
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Radio Reloj. Galería Nacional, San José, Costa Rica |
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2001 |
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Arqueotipos. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica |
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2001 |
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51. Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy |
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2000 |
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Puertos y Costas Ricas, TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica |
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2000 |
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Carlos Quintena and invited artists, Jacobo Karpio Gallery, San José, Costa Rica |
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2000 |
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The artist through the objects, National Gallery, Costarican Center for Science and Culture, San José, Costa Rica |
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2000 |
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Mapping, Schafter Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, U.S.A. |
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2000 |
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Ventana hacia Venus, La Havane, Cuba |
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2000 |
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Recuadros, Jacop Karpio Gallery, San José, Costa Rica (solo) |
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2000 |
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De Generación. La Nueva Escuela, San José, Costa Rica |
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2000 |
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Neo Arte. TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica |
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2000 |
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El ultimo dibujo del milenio. Teatro Nacional, La Habana, Cuba |
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2000 |
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Ex3. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica |
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1998 |
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Bienarte, Galerie Nacional, Centro Costarriciense para la Ciencia y la Cultura, San José, Costa Rica |
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Literature |
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2006 |
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Federico Herrero. Das Büro des Künstlers, Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf, 2006 |
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2006 |
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Ferderico Herrero. Walls/Muri, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa Comune di Venezia, Venice 2006 |
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2004 |
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Jens Hoffmann: The Next Documenta Should Be Curated by an Artist, Mit einem Textbeitrag von Federico Herrero, Frankfurt am Main, 2004 |
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2004 |
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Federico Herrero. In: Monopol. Magazin für Kunst und Leben. # 2, June/ July 2004, p.20 |
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2004 |
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Federico Herrero. In: Ausstellungskatalog Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon. Files |
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2003 |
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Federico Herrero. In: G 2003. Mostra internazionale d´Arte all´aperto, curated by Harald Szeeman |
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2003 |
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Sascha Renner: Es muß ein Abenteuer sein, In: Tagesanzeiger, August 18th, (G 2003. Mostra internazionale d´Arte all´aperto) |
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2003 |
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Virginia Pérez-Ratton: Se esfumó Joaquín, In: La Nación, Costa Rica, July 3rd (at 1st Prager Biennale) |
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2003 |
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Julia Lange: Federico Herrero, In: Sammlung Melitta, Düsseldorf 2003 |
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2002 |
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Hans Ulrich Obrist: Vitamin P. New perspectives in painting, Phaidon Press, London, New York 2002, p.144—147. |
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2002 |
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Jazmín Montoya: Arte con instrucciones. In: La Nación, Costa Rica, November 13th, 2002 |
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2002 |
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Urgent Painting, Exhibition catalogue, Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002, p.110—115 |
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2002 |
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Tamara Díaz Bringas: Ciudad (in)visible, Exhibition catalogue, San José 2002, Publikation Teor/éTica, #17 |
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2002 |
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Janine Gebser: Noch ist die Wand weiss…, In: Baslerstab, edition Basel, May 10th, 2002 |
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2001 |
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Ruth Auerbach: Federico Herrero. In: 49. Biennale di Venezia. Plateu of Humankind. curated by Harald Szemann. Venice 2001, p.292—293 |
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2001 |
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Virginia Pérez-Ratton: Bienal de Venecia, el turno de centroamérica, In: Àncora. Suplemento Cultural de La Nación, Costa Rica, August 26th (at 49th Biennale in Venice) |
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