HERNAN BAS

Born in Miami, Florida
Lives and works in Miami

EDUCATION
New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
The dance of the machine gun & other forms of unpopular expression, Lehman Maupin Gallery, Chrystie St., NY
Hernan Bas: Works from the Rubell Family Collection, Brooklyn Museum, NY

2008
Ask the Sky, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA
The Unexplained, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL

2007
Hernan Bas works from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Evening Amusements, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
Saints and Secret Sects, Galleria II Capricorno, Venice, Italy
Saints and Secret Sects, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England
Mephistopheles at 17, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2006
The Great Barrier Wreath, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA
A Silent Dirge, Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy
Dandies, Pansies and Prudes, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY

2005
Once Upon A Time..., Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
In the Low Light, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England

2004
Soap Operatic, Moore Space, Miami, FL
As if a Phantom Carres’d me, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA
Sometimes with One I Love, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
We May Even See the Wind Together, Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University,
Boca Raton, FL
We May Even See the Wind Together, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL

2002
First Comes the Blood, Then Come the Boys, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Love in Vein, Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA
It’s Super Natural, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Hernan’s Merit & the Nouveau Sissies, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Slim Fast, Frances Wolfson Gallery, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
SMALL, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Recent Acquisitions, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Dilettantes, Dandies and Divas, Gavlak, West Palm Beach, FL

2008
The Dulcet Clime of the Bedchamber, Goff + Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany
Miami Comes to the Hamptons, Snitzer – Arregui Project, East Hamptons, NY
( i- murj:d), Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
The Boys of Summer, The Fireplace Project, East Hamptons, NY
6th Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea

2007
Titled/Untitled: a collaborative exhibition featuring work from the Devonshire collection & Rubell collection, Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore, Ireland.
Intimacy, Contemporary Art After Nine Eleven, Triennale DI Milano, Milan, Italy
Like Color in Pictures, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Size Matters (Part 1, XS-recent small-scale paintings), Hudson Valley
Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY

2006
Paraisos Artificiales, Pillar Parra & Romero Galeria De Arte, Madrid
Breathing Time: Works from the Debra & Dennis Scholl collection
Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Girlpower and Boyhood, Talbot Rice Gallery (in conjuction with Kunsthallen Brandts),
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Panic Room: works from the Dakis Joannou collection, Deste Foundation
Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Mixed Emotions, Haifa Museum of Art, Isreal
Think Warm, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Garden Party, Deitch Projects, New York, NY

2005
New Figuration, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, Denmark
MoCA and Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Little Odysseys, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
Ten, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
New Worlds: New Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Situational Prosthetics, (curated by Nate Lowman) New Langston Arts, San Francisco, CA

2004
Galleon and Other Stories, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
Origins of Harold, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Miami Nice, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Happy Days Are Here Again, David Zwirner, New York, NY
Heavenly Creatures, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropec, Salzburg, Austria
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Drawing Show, The Green Barn, Sagaponack, NY
Painting 2004, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England
Obituary, Placemaker, Miami, FL
Lock Stock and Barrel, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
The 6th Annual Altoids Curiously Strong collection, Consolidated Works,
Seattle, WA, traveling to Arthouse, Austin, TX, Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia,
PA and The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Women Beware Women, (curated by David Rimanelli) Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Summer Romance, Sandroni Rey, Venice, CA
Today’s Man, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY, traveled to Hiromi Yoshi Gallery,
Tokyo, Japan
Imagine: Selections from the Permanent Collection, MoCA, North Miami, FL
Made in Miami, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
New Art, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL
American Art Today: Faces and Figures, The Art Museuem, Florida International University,
Miami, FL
Drawing Conclusions, (curated by Nina Arias) Buena Vista Building, Miami, FL
In Place of Revolution, The Great Hall, Cooper Union, New York, NYAOP 2002: The 37th Art on Paper Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of
North Carolina at Greensboro, NC
Friends and Family, Lombard-Fried Fine Art, New York, NY
Dangerous Beauty, The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, New York, NY
Champion, Zinc Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Fast Forward, Projects at the Nash Hotel Art Fair, Miami, FL
Humid, (curated by Dominic Molon), Moore Space, Miami, FL
Selections from the Permanent Collection, MoCA, North Miami, FL
Making art in Miami: Travels in Hyperreality (curated by Bonnie Clearwater)
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Robot, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Ob-la-di-Ob-la-da, (curated by Gean Moreno) Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
Young Miami, Wooster Projects, New York, NY
Departing Perspectives, Espirito Santo Building, Miami, FL

1999
Wish You Were Here, The Box, Miami, FL
TRANScontiENTal, Galerie, Montreal, Quebec
Superfantastic 7, The Dirt Room, Kansas City, OH
The Fashion Issue: four simple steps towards younger looking skin, Fredric Snitzer Gallery,
Miami, FL

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008
Martin, Richard. “Act Locally.” MiamiLux [December]
Colamn, David. “Hernan Bas.” ELLE Décor [May]
Malibu Magazine, “Art Basel.” [March]
Sokol, Brett, “The Revolution Will Serve Wine and Chesse” OceanDrive [April]

2007
Berwick, Carly. “The Armory Show Shopping Guide.” New York [February 26]
Lack, Jessica. “Hernan Bas.” The Guardian [June 2]

2006
Turner, Elisa. “The Hardy Boys Meet the Sea Nymphs,” ARTNews, January.

2005
Fernandez, Enrique and Fabiola Santiago. “Miami Makes The Scene,” The Miami Herald,
November 30.
Guida, Humberto. “In a Class by Themselves,” Art Basel Miami Beach.
Turner, Elisa. “Made in Miami,” The Miami Herald, October 9.
Suarez de Jesus, Carlos. “Big Man on Canvas,” Miami New Times, November 10-16.
Turner, Elisa. “Global Art Locally: Rubell Collection Showcases Miami Artists,” The Miami
Herald, June 26.
Triff, Alfredo. “Cracking Strereotypes,” Miami New Times, June 2.
Ellis, Patricia. Triumph of Painting – Part III, Saatchi Gallery, London.
Clearwater, Bonnie. MoCA and Miami. Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL.
Sommeryns, Omar. “The Miami Art World is Vapid Like a Soap Opera – Hernan Bas is not,”
HYPERLINK "http://www.ignoremagazine.com" www.ignoremagazine.com, July issue.
Hughes, Robert J. “Up and Coming: Hernan Bas, Artist,” Weekend Journal, The Wall Street
Journal, February 25, W1.
Tschida, Anne. “Color Does Wild Dance at the Moore Space,” The Miami Herald, February
8.

2004
Soap-Operatic, Hernan Bas, introduction by Silvia Karman Cubina, texts by Nancy Spector,
Massiliano Gioni and Hernan Bas
Rosenberg, Karen. “Rothko Triumphed Renoir,” New York, December 20-27, p 84.
Schambelan, Elizabeth. “Hernan Bas, Daniel Reich Gallery,” ArtForum, December, Best
2004 issue.
Diaz-Balart, Anna-Maria. “The Mind of An Artist,” Loft, December, pp 24-26.
“Talent: Boys Gone Wild,” New York, September 20, p 89.
Juarez, Roberto. “Artists on Artists: Roberto Juarez on Hernan Bas,” The Bomb, Summer, pp
14-15.
“Turn up the Bas,” 95 East, Spring 2004, p 72.
Amber, David. “Bas Relief,” New Times Broward Palm Beach, April 1-7.
Turner, Elisa. “Critic’s Pick,” The Miami Herald, March 12.
"Hunting Season Opens," The New York Times: Arts & Leisure. March 7.
Güner, Fisun. "Young Pros," Evening Standard: MetroLife, London, April 14.
Hackworth, Nick. "Touch of Zen with No Zing," Evening Standard, London, April.
Sumpier, Helen. "Painting 2004: Victoria Miro East End," Time Out London, April.
Dupuy, Pascale. “Miami S’Expose,” Elle, February, pp 102-103.
Turner, Elisa. “Amazing Journey,” Tropical Life, The Miami Herald, January 19. Cover
Story.
Kangas, Matthew. “Humor, social commentary leave lasting impression,” The Seattle Times,
January 9.

2003
Feinstein, Roni. “Report From Miami,” Art in America, December, p 56.
“Best Solo Show: Hernan Bas, First Comes the Blood Then Come the Boys,” Sun Post,
December 13.
“Whitney Announces Biennial Artists,” Art in America, December, p 128.
Russell, Candice. “South Florida Cultural Consortium Recipients,” South Florida Times,
October, p 20.
Cotter, Holland. “By and About Men, and They’re Running With It,” The New York Times,
August 8.
Turner, Elisa. “The Joys of Summer,” The Miami Herald, August 3, 2003, 3M.
Cohen, Michael. “The New Gothic: Scary Monsters and Super Creeps,” Flash Art, July
September, Vol. XXXVI, No. 231, pp 108-110.
“Galleries-Downtown: ‘Women Beware Women,’” The New Yorker, December 1 and
December 13.
Schwendener, Martha. “Women Beware Women,” Time Out New York, December 4-11,
Issue No. 427.
Jana, Reena. “Miami,” art on paper, January, p 68.
Turner, Elisa. "Consortium Surprises, as Usual," Miami Herald, August 3.

2002
Street Miami, March 29-April 4.
"'Smoke & Mirrors': Art in Magic City," Miami Herald: The Ticket, July 5.
"Art Basel and Beyond: Highlights," Street Miami, December 6-12.
Jana, Reena. "Gallery Walk: Miami," Art on Paper, April.
Kinsella, Eileen. "Wise Buys," ARTnews, Summer.
Ocaña, Damarys. "Humid," Art Papers Magazine, March/April.
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Hernan Bas,” tema celeste, #96, p 93.
Robinson, Walter. "More From Miami," artnet.com, December 9.
Triff, Alfredo. "Summer Fashion," Miami New Times: Art, July 25-31.
Turner, Elisa. "Sharp FIU Exhibit Nails Complex Human Condition," Miami Herald: Visual
Arts, January 19.
Turner, Elisa. "Hardy Boys Meet Teen Angst," Miami Herald: Living & Arts, April.
"Independent Events: Art Basel Miami Beach," Miami Herald, December 1.
"Ear Candy," Street Miami: Art Listings, January 11-17.
Ocaña, Damarys. “Boy Story: Hernan Bas Keeps the narrative about sexuality going at
Snitzer show,” The Street, December 27, 2002 – January 2, 2003, p 64.

2001
Moreno, Gean, "Miami," Art Papers Magazine, November/December.
Ocaña, Damarys. "Artist's Works are SlimFast Pickings," Street Miami, January 5-11.
Ocaña, Damarys. "Gender Benders," Street Miami: Artseen.
Sirgado, Miguel A., "Los Escenarios Apacibles de Hernan Bas," El Nuevo Herald: Artes Y
Letras, July.
Triff, Alfredo. "Hernan's Merit andthe Nouveau Sissies," Miami new Times: Art.
"'Nouveau Sissies' on Display," Miami Herald: The Ticket, July 6.

2000
"Robot," Miami Herald: The Ticket, December 1.
"An Artistic Ode to Miami," Street Miami: Artseen, December 22-26.
Halden, Loann. "Travels in Hernanland," Miami: Only in TWN.
Turner, Elisa. "MoCA's Heart, Art, Right at Home in Miami," Miami Herald: Living and Arts,
November 29.