Born in 1994 in Matanzas, Cuba
Lives and works in New Haven, USA
Erick Alejandro Hernández is an artist from Cuba living and working in New Haven, CT. He received his BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design (2017). His paintings are orchestrations of memories that have been fractured or reimagined in processes surrounding lived trauma, revolving around overarching narratives such as a car crash or the death of a loved one. His subjects are frequently depicted in a state of bodily transit that parallels his early experiences with immigration while addressing broader histories of grief and displacement. Hernàndez has been a fellow at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Oxbow, Yaddo, Macdowell, and the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, among others.
