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Hernan Bas    (American, 1978)

 Hernan Bas - Before the Flood, underneath the domes (Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.))
Hernan Bas
Before the Flood, underneath the domes 2005
 
 Hernan Bas - Mephistopheles, at 17 (the view from his den) (Paintings) h: 14 x w: 11 in / h: 35.6 x w: 27.9 cm
Hernan Bas
Mephistopheles, at 17 (the view from his den) 2007
 
 Hernan Bas - The Immaculate Lactation of Saint Bernard (Paintings) h: 50 x w: 40 in / h: 127 x w: 101.6 cm
Hernan Bas
The Immaculate Lactation of Saint Bernard 2007
 
 Hernan Bas - Well Aged (Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.))
Hernan Bas
Well Aged 2005
 
  

Biography
1978 Born in Miami, Florida
New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
Lives and works in Miami
Awards
2002 Rema Hort Foundation Grant, New York, NY
2001 Deans Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY
1999 McCullough Award for Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH Matching
1999 Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

Exhibitions
2008 Busan Biennale, Korea
2007 Like Color in Pictures, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2007 Size Matters (Part 1, XS-recent small-scale paintings), Hudson Valley, Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
2007 Hernan Bas: Works from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami (solo)
2007 Saints and Secret Sects, Galleria II Capricorno, Venice, Italy (solo)
2007 Saints and Secret Sects, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England (solo)
2007 Mephistopheles at 17, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia (solo)
2006 The Great Barrier Wreath, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2006 A Silent Dirge, Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy (solo)
2006 Dandies, Pansies and Prudes, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2006 Paraisos Artificiales, Pilar Parra & Romero Gallería de Arte, Madrid, Spain
2006 Mixed Emotions, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
2006 Think Warm, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006 Breathing Time: Works from the Debra & Dennis Scholl collection, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2006 Girlpower and Boyhood, Talbot Rice Gallery (in conjuction with Kunsthalle Brandts), University of Edinburgh, Scotland
2006 Garden Party, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2006 Panic Room: works from the Dakis Joannou collection, Deste Foundation - Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
2005 Once Upon a Time…, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)
2005 In the Low Light, Victoria Miro Gallery (solo)
2005 New Figuration, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005 Triumph of Painting – Part III, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2005 Little Odysseys, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Ten, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
2005 Ideal Wiorlds – New Romanticism in Contemporary Art Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
2005 Situational Prosthetics, curated by Nate Lowman, New Langston Arts, San Francisco, CA
2004 Soap Operatic, The Moore Space, Miami, FL (solo)
2004 As if a Phantom Carres’d me, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2004 Sometimes with One I Love, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2004 We May Even See the Wind Together, Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (solo)
2004 Galleon and Other Stories, Saatchi Gallery, London
2004 Origins of Harold, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2004 Miami Nice, Galerie Emmanuel Perotin, Paris
2004 Happy Days Are Here Again, David Zwirner, New York, NY
2004 Heavenly Creatures, Galerie Thaddeus Ropec, Salzburg, Austria
2004 Whitney Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2004 The Drawing Show, The Green Barn, Sagaponack, NY
2004 Painting 2004, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
2004 Obituary, Placemaker, Miami, FL
2004 Lock Stock and Barrel, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2003 We May Even See the Wind Together, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)
2003 The 6th Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA, traveling to Arthouse, Austin, TX, Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia, PA, and The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2003 Women Beware Women, curated by David Rimanelli, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2003 Summer Romance, Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA
2003 Today’s Man, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY traveled to Hiromi Yoshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Imagine: Selections from the Permanent Collection, MoCA, North Miami, FL
2003 Made in Miami Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2003 New Art, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL
2003 American Art Today: Faces and Figures, The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL
2002 First Comes the Blood, Then Come the Boys Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)
2002 Love in Vein, Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA (solo)
2002 It’s Super Natural, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL (solo)
2002 Drawing Conclusions, Curated by Nina Arias, Buena Vista Building, Miami, FL
2002 In the Place of Revolution, The Great Hall of The Cooper Union, New York, NY
2002 AOP002: The 37th Art on Paper Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC
2002 Friends and Family Lombard-Fried Fine Arts, New York, NY
2002 Dangerous Beauty The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, New York, NY
2002 Champion Zinc Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 Hernan’s Merit & the Nouveau Sissies, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)
2001 Fast Forward Projects at the Nash Hotel Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL
2001 Humid Curated by Dominic Molon, curator, MOCA, Chicago, Moore Building, Miami
2001 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
2000 Slim Fast, Frances Wolfson Gallery, Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL Curated by Goran Tomcic (solo)
2000 Making Art in Miami: Travels in Hyperreality Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL (curated by Bonnie Clearwater)
2000 Robot Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2000 Ob-la-di-Ob-la-da,Curated by Gean Moreno Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach
2000 Young Miami, Wooster Projects, New York, NY
2000 The Home Show, 890 NE 90th Street, Miami, FL
2000 Departing Perspectives, Curated by Fred Snitzer, Espirito Santo Building, Miami, FL
1999 Wish You Were Here, Box Forum, Miami, FL
1999 TRANScontinENTal Galerie, Montreal, Quebec
1999 Superfantastic 7 The Dirt Room, Kansas City, Ohio
1998 The Fashion Issue: four simple steps towards younger looking skin Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
1997 Frank: an adj ConnotingSuperfantastic Baltimore, Maryland
1997 Group Show, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL

Literature
2008 David Colman, Hernan Bas, Elle Décor, May 2008
2008 Hernan Bas: Where the Boys Aren’t, Wound, Issue 2, 2008
2007 Mark Coetzee & Mark Clintberg, Hernan Bas: A literal reference, Arte al Dia International, Issue 121
2007 Jessica Lack, Hernan Bas, The Guardian Guide, 2 June 2007
2007 Ossian Ward, Ab 2. Juni: Hernan Bas zeigt in London seine dekadenten Heiligenbilder, Monopol, Nr. 6/2007
2006 Sarah Douglas, Hernan Bas: L’Invenzione dell’Amore, Flash Art, June – July 2006
2006 Emma Gravagnuolo, Hernan Bas, Arte, June 2006
2006 Michelle Weinberg, Hernan Bas, Tema Celeste, Issue 114, March/April 2006
2006 Holland Cotter, Hernan Bas: Dandies, Pansies & Prudes, New York Times, March 24 2006
2006 Elisa Turner, The Hardy Boys Meet the Sea Nymphs, ArtNews, January 2006
2005 Ideal Worlds (exhibition catalogue), Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
2005 Enrique Fernandez and Fabiola Santiago, Miami Makes the Scene, The Miami Herald, 30 November
2005 Humberto Guida, In a Class by Themselves, Art Basel Miami Beach
2005 Elisa Turner, Made in Miami, The Miami Herald, 9 October
2005 Carlos Suarez de Jesus, Big Man on Canvas, Miami New Times, 10 – 16 November
2005 Elisa Turner, Global Art Locally: Rubell Collection Showcases Miami Artists, The Miami Herald, 26 June
2005 Alfredo Triff, Cracking Stereotypes, Miami New Times, 2 June
2005 Patricia Ellis, Triumph of Painting – Part III, Saatchi Gallery, London
2005 Bonnie Clearwater, MoCA and Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
2005 Omar Sommeryns, The Miami Art World is Vapid Like a Soap Opera – Hernan Bas is not, www.ignoremagazine.com, July issue
2005 Fisun Güner, Gothic Worlds Collide, The Metro, 29 March 2005
2005 Nick Hackworth, Bas proves power of the brush, Evening Standard, 24 March
2005 Jessica Lack, Hernan Bas, Preview, the Guardian Guide, 19 March
2005 Sarah Douglas, Hernan Bas: Meet Me at the Cemetary Gate, Flash Art, January – February 2005
2005 Robert J. Hughes, Up and Coming: Hernan Bas, Artist, Weekend Journal, The Wall Street Journal, February 25
2005 Joao Ribas, The Other Side of Paradise, Art Review, December 2004 – January 2005
2004 Soap Operatic: Hernan Bas introduction by Silvia KarmanTexts by Nancy Spector, Massimiliano Gioni and Hernan Bas
2004 Karen Rosenberg, Rothko Triumphed Renoir, New York, 20 – 27 December, p.84
2004 Elizabeth Schambelan, Hernan Bas, Daniel Reich Gallery, Artforum, December Best of 2004 Issue
2004 Anna-Maria Diaz-Balart, The Mind of An Artist, Loft, December, pp. 24-26
2004 Talent: Boys Gone Wild, New York, 20 September, p. 89
2004 Roberto Juarez, Artists on Artists: Roberto Juarez on Hernan Bas, The Bomb, Summer, pp. 14-15
2004 Turn up the Bas, 95 East, Spring 2004, p. 72
2004 David Amber, Bas Relief, New Times Broward Palm Beach, 1 – 7 April
2004 Elisa Turner, Critic’s Pick, The Miami Herald, 12 March
2004 Hunting Season Opens, The New York Times, Arts & Leisure, 7 March
2004 Fisun Güner, Young Pros, Evening Standard, MetroLife, London 14 April
2004 Helen Sumpter, Painting 2004: Victoria Miro, Time Out London, April
2004 Pascale Dupuy, Miami S’ExposeI, Elle, February, pp. 102-103
2004 Elisa Turner, Amazing Journey, Tropical Life, The Miami Herald, 19 January. Cover Story
2004 Matthew Kangas, Humor, social commentary leave lasting impression, The Seattle Times, 9 January
2003 Roni Feinstein, Report From Miami, Art in America, December, p. 56
2003 Best Solo Show: Hernan Bas – First Comes the Blood, Then Come the Boys, Sun Post, December 13
2003 Whitney Announces Biennial Artists, Art in America, December p. 128
2003 Candice Russell, South Florida Cultural Consortium Recipients, South Florida Times, October p. 20
2003 Holland Cotter, By and About Men, They’re Running with It, The New York Times, 8 August
2003 Elisa Turner, The Joys of Summer, The Miami Herald, 3 August, 3M
2003 Michael Cohen, The New Gothic: Scary Monsters and Super Creeps, Flash Art, July – September, vol. XXXVI, No. 231, pp. 108 – 110
2003 Galleries – Downtown: Women Beware Women, The New Yorker, December 1 and December 13
2003 Martha Schwendender Women Beware Women, Time Out, New York. 4 – 11 December, Issue no. 427
2003 Reena Jana, Miami, art on paper, January p. 68
2003 Elisa Turner, Consortium Surprises, As Usual, Miami Herald, August 3
2002 Street Miami, March 29 – April 4
2002 Smoke and Mirrors: Art in Magic City, The Miami Herald, The Ticket, 5 July
2002 Art Basel and Beyond, Street Miami, 6 – 12 December
2002 Reena Jana,Gallery Walk: Miami, art on paper, April
2002 Eileen Kinsella, Wise Buys, ARTNews, summer
2002 Damarys Ocaña, Humid, Art Papers Magazine, March / April
2002 Shana Nys Dambrot, Hernan Bas, tema celeste, #96. P. 93
2002 Walter Robinson, More From Miami, artnet.com, December 9
2002 Alfredo Triff, Summer Fashion, Miami New Times: Art, July 25-31
2002 Elisa Turner, Sharp FIU Exhibit Nails Complex Human Condition, The Miami Herald: Visual Arts, January 19
2002 Elisa Turner, Hardy Boys Meet Teen Angst, Miami Herald, December 1
2002 Independent Events: Art Basel Miami Beach, The Miami Herald, 1 December
2002 Ear Candy, Street Miami: Art Listings, 11 – 17 January
2002 Damarys Ocaña, Boy Story: Hernan Bas keeps the narrative about sexuality going at Snitzer show, The Street, 27 December 2002 – 2 January 2003, p. 64
2001 Gean Moreno, Miami, Art Papers Magazine, November / December
2001 Damarys Ocaña, Artist’s Works are SlimFast Pickings, Street Miami, 5 – 11 January
2001 Damarys Ocaña, Gender Benders, Street Miami: Artseen
2001 Miguel A. Sirgado, Los Escenarios Apacibles de Hernan Bas, El Nuevo Herald: Artes Y Letras, July
2001 Alfredo Triff, Hernan’s Merit and the Nouveau Sissies, Miami New Times: Art
2001 Nouveau Sissies on Display, The Miami Herald, The Ticket, July 6
2000 Robot, The Miami Herald, The Ticket, 1 December
2000 An Artistic Ode to Miami, Street Miami, Artseen, December 22 – 26
2000 Loann Halden, Travels in Hernanland, Miami, Only in TWN
2000 Elisa Turner, MoCAs Heart, Art, Right at Home in Miami, Miami Herald: Living and Arts, 29 November
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