Diango Hernández’s Biography

(b. 1970, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba) lives and works between Düsseldorf and Milan. In the early 2000s, Hernández relocated to Europe, where he developed a practice that positioned him as one of the foremost heirs to the American conceptual legacy. In 2009 he was awarded the prestigious Rubens Prize, recognizing his outstanding contribution to contemporary art. His work, exhibited internationally, explores cultural identity and the political forces that shape everyday life.

About Olaismo

Olaismo is the conceptual and visual language developed by Diango Hernández in which the wave becomes both form and method. Rooted in movement, distortion, and repetition, Olaísmo replaces fixed symbols and slogans with fluid structures that evoke memory, transition, and emotional resonance. Waves operate not as decoration but as carriers of experience—absorbing history, ideology, and personal biography, then returning them transformed. Through painting, sculpture, architecture, and design, Olaísmo proposes a space where rigidity dissolves, where beauty and instability coexist, and where meaning is not imposed but continuously reshaped, much like the sea itself.

Get in touch

Diango Hernández is pleased to answer every email personally. For gallery-related enquiries, including availability and pricing, please consult the contact information listed here.

🗞 Upcoming - Zona Maco at Wizard Gallery Booth F01 February 4-8 2026. Centro Banamex (Av. Conscripto 311, Col. Lomas de Sotelo) in Mexico City

Diango Hernández presents new works at Zona Maco in Mexico City with Wizard Gallery. Hernández’s work has been extensively presented at Zona Maco over the years and is widely collected across Mexico and South America, where it has established a strong and enduring presence

Books & Catalogues

Spanning an artistic career of over two decades, encompassing exhibitions in both institutional and gallery contexts, Diango Hernández has produced a wide and substantial body of catalogues and artist’s books

Exhibitions & Presentations

Over the course of his career, Diango Hernández has realized over 50 solo exhibitions, participated in more than 120 group exhibitions, and taken part in six major international biennials, establishing a sustained and internationally visible practice across museum, institutional, and gallery contexts

Kieron Marchese For AD Magazine

These surreal swimming pools might look ai-generated, but they are 100% hand-painted

Elizabeth Clarke for Domain Magazine

Making waves: Diango Hernández's whimsical approach to interiors

Interviews & Texts

A selection of Diango Hernández’s interviews and texts, reflecting on art as a lived practice where memory, imagination, and form continuously intersect

Instagram

With over 1.4 million followers on Instagram, Diango Hernández (@diango.hernandez) stands among the most followed contemporary artists today. As early as 2015, Hernández began using Instagram not merely as a communication platform but as an essential part of his creative process. Through this early and visionary engagement, he became one of the first pioneers to explore Instagram’s social and transformative power within the field of art.