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Irene Pérez Hernández frequently explore the territory between sculpture and performance and seek to challenge historically-coded associations between material and context.
Rooted in an interest in the interaction of line, motion and space, she produces sculptures and installations that interrogate the quotidian rituals of domestic life inscribed in the fragile social and political landscape of late capitalism.
EXHIBITIONS WITH CHAUFFEUR
THE PRACTICE OF EVERYDAY LIFE, AFTER DE CERTEAU
JOHN BARBOUR, ET AL, BEN GAVIN, IRENE PEREZ HERNANDEZ, NICOLAS LAMAS, ROBERT MACPHERSON, JEREMY HUTCHISON, JUAN PABLO PLAZAS
NOVEMBER 8 - DECEMBER 1 2018
in collaboration with YUILL/CROWLEY
TERMS OF SERIVCE
11-22 DECEMBER 2012
GENERAL STORE SYDNEY
Loop III
painted steel
33 + 35 cm diameter
2010
Irene Pérez Hernández is a sculptor working across a wide range of media which frequently explores the territory between sculpture and performance and seek to challenge historically-coded associations between materials and contexts.
Rooted in an interest in the interaction of line, motion and space, Hernández interrogates the quotidian rituals of domestic life inscribed in the fragile social and political landscape of late capitalism. Her performative works often involve repetitive acts or rhythmic presentations, while Installations respond to, or encoding meanings in, specific spaces are key component of her expansive pracitice.
Graduated with Masters of Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London 2008. Instituional presentartions include Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Ars Electronica, Linz, Total Museum of Art, Seoul, YeoJu Art Museum and Gangwon Triennale,, Korea, Simultanhalle, Cologne (commission) Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santo Domingo, Wells Museum Somerset UK and DECAD Berlin. Hernandez was the recipient for the 2022 Black Forest Baar Art Prize Germany.
Formwork for a Half Arch
Wood, concrete, steel
230 x 230 x 28 cm
2019
Commission SIMULTANHALLE, Cologne
Wheel series II
glazed ceramic
30 x 30 x 8 cm each
2023
Wheel Series III, 2023, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
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