He is a member of the Union of Writers and Artists (UNEAC) and at present he lives and works as a professional plastic artist in Cuba.

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1 VICENTE HERNANDEZ DATES Born 1971, Batabanó, Cuba. Lives and work in La Habana, Cuba. Vicente started his first studies of Fine Arts in 1983 in the Elementary Art School of his province. In 1994 he graduated as a Licentiate in Arts Education in the Pedagogical Higher Institute Enrique José Varona (ISPEJV. He was awarded with the Golden Diploma and he continued his work as a professor in the institution for two years after graduation. Vicente has participated in personal and collective shows in several countries including Cuba, the United States of America, Venezuela, Germany, Netherland, Panama, Puerto Rico and Spain. Most of his works are part of collections in different cities of the continents of America, Europe and Asia. He has been a member of the jury in various halls of Plastic Arts in Cuba. Along his productive career he has received very relevant prizes and mentions and he has collaborated and supported important projects as well. He is a member of the Union of Writers and Artists (UNEAC) and at present he lives and works as a professional plastic artist in Cuba. SELECTED ONE-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS 2015 Of the Real and Magnificient. Charlotte, LaCa Projects, NC, U.S.A Por si fuera la huella... Villa Manuela Gallery, UNEAC, Havana, Cuba 2011 En Cada Pueblo Están Todos los Pueblos. La Marquetería Gallery, Dominican Republic From A Strange Town, Cernuda Arte Gallery, Miami, FLA. U.S.A From a Strange Town. Servando Gallery, Havana, Cuba Hanging from a dream: Vicente Hernández. La Marquetería Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

2 2004 Small Retrospective. Palace of Count Lombillo, Havana, Cuba. Between Two Waters. Spativm Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela Yaco García Gallery of Latin American Art, Panamá. National Theater of Cuba, Havana, Cuba.. Gomez Estremera Fine Art. San Juan, Puerto Rico The Marvelous World of Bujamey. Cernuda Arte Gallery, Miami, FLA, USA Los Agustinos Hotel Gallery, La Rioja, Spain. La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba Carmen Montilla Gallery, Havana, Cuba Luis Soto Gallery, Havana University, Cuba. Horizontes Gallery, Panamericano Hotel, Havana, Cuba Morro-Cabaña Historic and Cultural Resort Mariano Rodríguez Gallery, Havana, Cuba Fayad Jamís Gallery, Havana, Cuba UNEAC Hall, Havana, Cuba. D GROUP EXHIBITIONS Juventino Rosas Gallery, Surgidero de Batabanó, Mayabeque Province, Cuba Batabanó Gallery, Mayabeque Province, Cuba Art Dallas, Texas, USA Art Wynwood, Batabanó Gallery, Florida, Mayabeque USA. Province, Cuba Contexto Batabanó Fair, Gallery, New York, Mayabeque USA Province, Cuba. Los Imaginarios Urbanos, Enlace Galery, Lima, Perú. 014 Foreiing an Identity, Museum of Art De Land, Florida. USA 013 Art Dallas, Texas,USA. Art Wynwood, FLA., USA. Art MIA, FLA., USA. 014 Huston Fine Art Fair, Huston Texas, USA. 013 Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 013 Art Miami 2009, Miami Beach, FLA, USA. Three From Cuba: The Art of Vicente, Sandro and Florido. From The Fantastic to the Sublime, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FLA., USA. RGB. Browser Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany. En la Proa del Pinero, San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque, Cuba. On The Pinero s Bow, San José de Las Lajas, Mayabeque, Province, Cuba. 012 Hamptons International Fair, New York, USA. Art Naples, FLA., USA. 010 Palm Beach Fairs, Miami Beach, FLA, USA. Feria Internacional Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, Palm Beach International Fair, FLA, USA 009 Arteaméricas, Coconut Grove, FLA, USA. Art Miami 2008, Miami Beach, FLA, USA. LaCa Projects Hamptom s 1429 International Bryant Street Art Charlotte, Fair, USA. North Carolina International Caribbean Art Fair, New York, USA. Cuba Nostalgia, Miami, FLA, USA.

3 Art Miami, Miami Beach, FLA, USA ArtDC 2007, District of Columbia, USA. CIRCA 2007, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Art Miami 2007, Miami Beach, FLA, USA. Important Cuban Artworks, Volume V, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FLA, USA Art Off the Main 2006, New York, USA. CIRCA 2006, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Cuban Art: Academic, Modern and Contemporary, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, USA. Palm Beach3, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Art Miami 2006, Miami Beach, Florida, USA Important Cuban Artworks, Volume IV, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, USA Art Off the Main, New York, USA. Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA Cuban Artists from Here and There, Yesterday and Today, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, USA A date with angels José Martí Memorial, Havana, Cuba.. Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, California, USA A Selection of Cuban Artists, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, USA. Art Chicago, Chicago, USA. More than forty years of Lithography, VIII Biennial of La Habana, Cuba Fairs Arteaméricas, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Important Cuban Art Works, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, USA 2002 Jovenes Talentos (Young Talents), Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, USA Eduardo Abela Gallery, San Antonio de los Baños, Mayabeque Province, Cuba. Fragments of a puzzle, Luis de Soto Gallery, Havana University, Cuba Elegy to Death, Rubén Martínez Villena Hall of UNEAC, Havana, Cuba Sones for 16 Artists, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba. Arte BA Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina Casa Cantabria, Madrid, Spain. Nicolás Guillén Foundation, East Pacific Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Landscapes, La Salud, Mayabeque Province, Cuba. National Museum of Fine Arts, Río de Janeiro, Brazil. La Rama Dorada Gallery, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá. UNEAC Expo, México D.F., Mexico. Show of La Acacia Gallery, in Ciudad Panamá, Panamá Eduardo Abela Hall, San Antonio de los Baños, Mayabeque Province, Cuba Expo Anniversary of the birth of Juventino Rosas, Batabanó, Mayabeque Province, Cuba Participation in the events of Cajío Landscape Contest of UNEAC, Havana, Cuba 1993 Show of landscape painters, Santander University, Bucaramanga, Colombia.

4 D GROUP EXHIBITIONS Art Dallas, Texas, USA. Art Wynwood, Florida, USA. Contexto Fair, New York, USA Los Imaginarios Urbanos, Enlace Galery, Lima, Perú. 014 Foreiing an Identity, Museum of Art De Land, Florida. USA 013 Art Dallas, Texas,USA. Art Wynwood, FLA., USA. Art MIA, FLA., USA. 014 Huston Fine Art Fair, Huston Texas, USA. 013 Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 013 Art Miami 2009, Miami Beach, FLA, USA. Three From Cuba: The Art of Vicente, Sandro and Florido. From The Fantastic to the Sublime, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FLA., USA. RGB. Browser Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany. En la Proa del Pinero, San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque, Cuba. On The Pinero s Bow, San José de Las Lajas, Mayabeque, Province, Cuba. 012 Hamptons International Fair, New York, USA. Art Naples, FLA., USA. 010 Palm Beach Fairs, Miami Beach, FLA, USA. Feria Internacional Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, Palm Beach International Fair, FLA, USA 009 Arteaméricas, Coconut Grove, FLA, USA. Art Miami 2008, Miami Beach, FLA, USA. Hamptom s International Art Fair, USA. 008 International Caribbean Art Fair, New York, USA. Cuba Nostalgia, Miami, FLA, USA.

5 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 2012 Prize of the UNEAC Plastic Arts Hall of Mayabeque, Cuba Honorary Prize of the UNEAC, Hall Habana of UNEAC. Cuba Colonel Juan Delgado, Highest Award given by La Habana province. Cuba Third Prize, Hall Habana UNEAC. Cuba. Award Rubén Martínez Villena. La Habana, Cuba First Prize, Hall Habana, UNEAC. Cuba First Prize in the Provincial Event of Landscaping, Surgidero de Batabanó. Mayabeque, Cuba First Prize of UNEAC in the Contest marking the 25th Anniversary of the Latin American Convention of Aviation (CLAC), Havana, Cuba Mention Eduardo Abela. San Antonio de los Baños, Mayabeque, Cuba First Prize of UNEAC, in the Meeting of Landscape Cajío, La Habana, Cuba. First Prize, Cucalambeanan Symposium La Décima Ilustrada. Cuba First UNEAC Prize in the Meeting Landscape Cajío. La Habana, Cuba Golden Award of the Pedagogical Higher Institute Enrique José Varona (ISPEJV). Havana, Cuba First UNEAC Prize in the Meeting Landscape Cajío. La Habana, Cuba. AUCTIONS 2013 Philips New York Latin American Sale November 21. Work: Opus Habana, ¾ x 59 inches. Philips New York Latin-American Sale May 21. Work: El Deporte Nacional, ¾ x 59 inches 2004 Christie's New York Latin American Sale November 18 Work: Noventa millas de viaje submarine, Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 78.7 in. / 77.5 x 200 cms Sotheby's New York Latin American Sale November 20. Work: El último vuelo de Matías y sus amigos, Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cms). BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES

6 Abreu, Y. (2007) Vicente Hernández, A Fantastic painter on Local Customs In Havana. Cubanow.net, December 27. Arango, A. (2005) Dejar de ser sólo paisaje. La Gaceta de Cuba, (5), Benitez, Virginia (2010) The Moving Islands of Vicente Hernández. Florida International University. Lectures presented in the Institute for Caribbean Studies, published in the autumn of 2011 in the newspaper Mandorla. Calcines, A. (2006) Vuelo memorable con Vicente Hernández Opus Habana, 10(1), Evora, Jose A. (2002) The wonderful world of Bujamey, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, FL July 14, p.6e Hernández, Jesús. (2002) Cuando la realidad es absoluta,, Diario las Américas, Miami, FL July 5, p. Leal Spengler, E. (2002) Para Vicente Hernández, In catalogue. The Marvelous World of Bujamey, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, p.3. Leach, Mark.(2015) Hernández s work is fantastical, meticulous, powerful, in The Charlotte Observer, NC, EUA. November 24. Santiago, F. (2008) The Art of the Deal at Arteaméricas, The Miami Herald, Miami, FL March 29. Guevara, Alfredo (2007) De un extraño pueblo. Words for the catalogue in the Show at Servando Gallery.