Erick Alejandro Hernandez

Thank you everyone who came to the opening of Facing a forward Wind! The show is up through 3/15 @dimin.nyc This show was a long time in the making, with help from lots of sources. Thank you @yaddotoday @trianglenyc @assets4artists and @monirafoundation for the gifts of space, time and conversation. Thank you @elizabethgreenshieldsfdn for the constant support.

(Flagellation), 2026, 84 x 150 inches, Acrylic, Charcoal, and Graphite on Canvas

Erick Alejandro Hernández (@erickhe Brooklyn, NY) developed a series of paintings conceived in direct response to the third-floor studio, constructing compositions that extend and contract across the room. He made several life-size rubbings of the studio windows, using their imprint to define the space for some of the works. Continuing an ongoing investigation into symbolic topographies—an underground, middle ground, and sense of an “above”—the paintings register a sustained tension between presence and erasure, reflecting the convergence of layered histories and the charged calm of a place shaped by what once passed through it. Erick is a painter whose practice examines how traditional techniques—painting, drawing, and collage—can be reconfigured to hold complex individual and collective histories. Working rhythmically across varying scales and modes of application, he builds work through brushing, staining, sealing, and gluing large surfaces. Often referencing psychoanalysis, literature, history, and personal experiences, the figures that populate his paintings allegorically explore forms of grief, memory, exile, and mourning. Born in Matanzas, Cuba he received his BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University. He has been a fellow at Skowhegan, Yaddo, MacDowell, MASS MoCA, the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, and The Bronx Museum, among others. erickalejandrohernandez.com photography @treytreyburns

Opening tomorrow! Friday January 23rd, 6-8pm @bronxmuseum The Seventh AIM Biennial: Forms of Connection at The Bronx Museum. So thankful to show with this group, and to Nell, Patrick, and The Bronx Museum for making this possible. 1: Ventana; Nadie puede asegurarnos que han puesto los nombres ciertos a los lugares donde hemos vivido (detail), 2025, Acrylic, graphite, and charcoal on Canvas, 65 x 85 inches 2: Exhibiting artists Full list of artists: Skip Brea @skipbrea Hedwig Brouckaert @hedwig_brouckaert Katie Chin @katie.chin.and Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow @lynkeeart Noga Cohen @nogie_ Jordan Cruz @jordancorinec Rocio Delaloye @rociodelaloye Ricki Dwyer @ricki.dwyer Nazli Efe @nazliefee Bryan Fernandez @bryanfernandez.studio Diana Guerra @_dianahola_ Erick Alejandro Hernández @erickhe Leekyung Kang @kleeeek kiarita @sacralrise DeepPond Kim @deeppondkim Juyon Lee @juyon_ Sangmin Lee @sangminl Delvin Lugo @delvinlugo Massiel Mafes @massielmafes lauren mcavoy #laurenmcavoy Jill Cohen-Nuñez @jillcohennunez Piero Penizzotto @piero.penizzotto Laurel Richardson @laurelarichardson Asia Stewart @asiastewart Motohiro Takeda @motohirotakeda Jennifer Teresa Villanueva @jennifer__teresa Cyle Warner @cylewarner V Yeh @v.w.yeh Curated by @patrickdrowe @nellsullivan

Barren Pines; Para Olvidar Cuan Cerca Estamos del Cielo, Oil on Canvas, 2025, 60 x 72 inches

Hi, I’m Erick Alejandro Hernandez (@erickhe ), a 2025 AIM Fellow at @bronxmuseum ! My work is driven by an ongoing investigation of grief as it pertains to bodily loss, exile, and migration. I am invested in using painting as a malleable medium to depict complex individual and collective histories, focusing on narratives that are unfixed. Often, I use collage processes to patch pieces of canvas into mural-scale figural works that generate a space where the fugitive and temporal nature of these subjects can be located. I am grateful to be part of the AIM community and to participate in a program that provides practical tools for navigating the complexities of being an artist. The program creates a generous platform for weekly group informational sessions focused on things like grant writing, developing public projects, filing taxes, and strategies for interacting with different kinds of art institutions. I look forward to celebrating my time as a Fellow by showing work at The Seventh AIM Biennial, which opens at @bronxmuseum on January 23, 2026. My Fellowship cohort is also planning the next AIM Convening—a free professional development event for artists at the Museum on February 7, 2026. Click the link in @bronxmuseum ’s for more info about the 2026 AIM Biennial and Convening 🔗 Pictured: 1. ‘Smoke Piece’, 2022, Acrylic, Ball-point, Marker, and PH Neutral Adhesive on Canvas, 420 x 360 inches at Yale University 2 – 3. Installation. ‘Facing a Forward Wind’, 2025 @Dimin.nyc 4. ‘Purple Room’, 2023, Oil, Charcoal, and Acrylic on Canvas, 78 x 108 inches 5. Detail. ‘Her body dissolved and filled the room; the humid air was afraid to die’, 2023, Acrylic, Graphite, Marker, and Ballpoint on Canvas, 51 x 63 inches 6. ‘Flores (for Lia)’, 2023, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 60 x 48 inches 7. 2025 AIM Fellows at @bronxmuseum ’s Gala #BronxMuseum #ErickAlejandroHernandez #AIMfellowship #AIMbiennial #AIMconvening

credulity/void, oil and acrylic on canvas, 72 x 72 inches, 2023 A little late but…thinking about paradigm shifts, porosity, precariousness…contending with the inevitable promise of alienation that presents itself in deep, intimate proximity….wondering: what defines a body’s contours and in which way can these boundaries be diffused?

Last few days of “Facing a Forward Wind” @dimin.nyc which closes this Saturday 3/15. I’ll be in the gallery that day 1:30-3:30 if you want to stop in! Threshold, 84 x 83 inches, Oil, acrylic, charcoal, graphite, and ballpoint on canvas, 2025

Want to share this beautiful, incisive text written by Jennifer Pranolo to accompany my show, Facing a Foward Wind. I am so thankful to Jennifer for this text, for her careful observation, precision in language, and generosity in our conversations leading up to this show. The show will be up @dimin.nyc till 3/15!

Erick Alejandro Hernández Facing a Forward Wind February 7 - March 15, 2025 Opening Reception: Friday, February 7th, 6-8pm   DIMIN 406 Broadway, Fl. 2, New York City   @erickhe #Contemporarypainting #potraits

Happy to be a part of “leftovers” @island83gallery which closes 3/23! Also featuring works by @pacifico_photo @motohirotakeda @annatingmoller @thianguk @tinzinn @sabafarhoudnia @kerri_ammirata @cecilestudio

Oil, acrylic, graphite, and charcoal on canvas, 24 x 30 inches, 2023 @wildingcrangallery till 3/3/24!