Federico Herrero (Costa Rican, born )

Timeline

1978
Born in San José, Costa Rica
1996
Studies Architecture at Universidad Veritas, San José, Costa Rica
1997–1998
Studies painting in Pratt Institute, New York, U.S.A.
1999–2001
Studies Education at the Universidad Hispanoamericana, Heredia, Costa Rica
2001
Best young artist, Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy
Lives and works in San José, Costa Rica

Exhibitions

2015
Desordem Alfabética, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brasil (solo)
2014
Zipacna, the creator of mountains (with Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa), Galerie Sultana, Paris, France (solo)
2014
Letras y Volúmenes, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
2014
Paintings, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
2013
El espacio se construye, Diablo Rosso, Panama (solo)
2013
La terraza de Hanzel y Gretel, La casa encendida, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2012
Paintings, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, USA (solo)
2012
Aloha Amigo, 21st Century Art Museum, Kanazawa, Japam (solo)
2011
Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
2011
Letras y numerous, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil (solo)
2011
Apretados Vibrantes, Casa de America, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2011
Abaco, Des Pacio, San Jose, Costa Rica (solo)
2011
Catarata, Proyectos Ultravioleta; Guatemala City, Guatemala (solo)
2011
Vibrantes, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (solo)
2010
Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
2009
Amalgama, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid (solo)
2009
Bienal de Venecia, Pabellón Italo-Latino Americano - Arsenale, Venecia, Italia
2008
Pasións Privadas, Visións Públicas MARCO, Art Contemporary Museum of Vigo. Vigo. España
2008
Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
2008
Federico Herrero, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokio (solo)
2008
Interrogating Systems: 2008 cifo grants and commisions exhibition, CIFO Art Space, Miami, USA
2008
Out of storage – Peintures choises de la colección. MUDAM Luxemburg
2008
Colorigami, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
2008
Blow de la Barra, London, UK (solo)
2008
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA (solo)
2008
Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg (solo)
2007
Paintings. Blow de la Barra, Athens (solo)
2007
2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2006
BELIEF, Singapore Biennale, Singapore
2006
Off the record, various venues and subway stations, Tokyo, Japan
2006
Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2006
Walls/Muri, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy (solo)
2006
Accion Directa, Prague Biennale 2, Czech Republic
2006
I can’t relieve its painting. _h4tch, México D.F., México
2006
Diverse Ways of Happiness, Aichi World Expo 2005, Nagoya, Japón
2005
In a rush with a brush. Sies + Hoeke Galerie, Dusseldorf, Alemania
2005
Watari Museum for Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japón
2005
New Paintings. Blow de la Barra Gallery, Londres
2005
Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
2005
Watari Museum for Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
2005
Blow de la Barra Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2005
Institutional Topical Critique, White Cubicle, The George and Dragon Public House, London, UK
2005
Wall Painting, TEOR/èTica, San José, Costa Rica
2005
Diverse Ways of Happiness, Aichi World Expo 2005, Nagoya, Japan
2004
Via Farini, Milano, Italy (solo)
2004
The Corridor, Reikjavik, Iceland (solo)
2004
Claudio Poleschi arte contemporanea, Lucca, Italy (solo)
2004
Arts Initiative Tokyo, Residency Program – gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
2004
Empty garden, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
2004
1st Biennale di Sevillia, Spain
2004
Mostra internazionale d’Arte all’aperto, Vira Gambarogno e Ascona, Switzerland
2004
Producing Reality, Fundazione Prometeo Lucca, Italy
2004
PR 04 San Juan, Puerto Rico
2004
Japanopera : vertical thoughts. Gallery Koyanagi viewing room, Tokyo, Japón (solo)
2004
Mental Lanscapes and transit lines. Viafarini, Milano, Italia (solo)
2004
Primera Bienal de Sevilla, La alegría de mis sueños, Sevilla, España
2004
Todo Incluido, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid
2003
Pintacoteca. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica (solo)
2003
Paisajes Mentales. Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid (solo)
2003
Octava Bienal de la Habana El arte con la vida, Cuba
2003
First Prague Biennial Peripheries become the Center, Czech Republic
2003
Juana di Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2003
Museum of Contemporary Art, San José, Costa Rica (solo)
2003
Biennnale de la Habana, Cuba
2003
Selectet Paintings, MW projects, London, UK
2003
Biennale Prague, Prag, Czechia
2002
Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
2002
Urgent Painting, (curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist), Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville Paris, France
2002
Artistmos, Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, China
2002
Urgent Painting, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Francia
2001
49 th Biennale de Venezia Plateau of Humankind, Italy. Special prize to a young artist, 49th Biennale de Venezia
2001
• Políticas de la Diferencia. Itinerant: Pinacoteca, Sao Paulo Brasil; Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2001
Radio Reloj. Galería Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
2001
Arqueotipos. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica
2001
51. Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2000
Puertos y Costas Ricas, TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica
2000
Carlos Quintena and invited artists, Jacobo Karpio Gallery, San José, Costa Rica
2000
The artist through the objects, National Gallery, Costarican Center for Science and Culture, San José, Costa Rica
2000
Mapping, Schafter Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, U.S.A.
2000
Ventana hacia Venus, La Havane, Cuba
2000
Recuadros, Jacop Karpio Gallery, San José, Costa Rica (solo)
2000
De Generación. La Nueva Escuela, San José, Costa Rica
2000
Neo Arte. TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica
2000
El ultimo dibujo del milenio. Teatro Nacional, La Habana, Cuba
2000
Ex3. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica
1998
Bienarte, Galerie Nacional, Centro Costarriciense para la Ciencia y la Cultura, San José, Costa Rica (solo)

Literature

2006
Federico Herrero. Das Büro des Künstlers, Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf, 2006
2006
Ferderico Herrero. Walls/Muri, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa Comune di Venezia, Venice 2006
2004
Jens Hoffmann: The Next Documenta Should Be Curated by an Artist, Mit einem Textbeitrag von Federico Herrero, Frankfurt am Main, 2004
2004
Federico Herrero. In: Monopol. Magazin für Kunst und Leben. # 2, June/ July 2004, p.20
2004
Federico Herrero. In: Ausstellungskatalog Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon. Files
2003
Federico Herrero. In: G 2003. Mostra internazionale d´Arte all´aperto, curated by Harald Szeeman
2003
Sascha Renner: Es muß ein Abenteuer sein, In: Tagesanzeiger, August 18th, (G 2003. Mostra internazionale d´Arte all´aperto)
2003
Virginia Pérez-Ratton: Se esfumó Joaquín, In: La Nación, Costa Rica, July 3rd (at 1st Prager Biennale)
2003
Julia Lange: Federico Herrero, In: Sammlung Melitta, Düsseldorf 2003
2002
Hans Ulrich Obrist: Vitamin P. New perspectives in painting, Phaidon Press, London, New York 2002, p.144—147.
2002
Jazmín Montoya: Arte con instrucciones. In: La Nación, Costa Rica, November 13th, 2002
2002
Urgent Painting, Exhibition catalogue, Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002, p.110—115
2002
Tamara Díaz Bringas: Ciudad (in)visible, Exhibition catalogue, San José 2002, Publikation Teor/éTica, #17
2002
Janine Gebser: Noch ist die Wand weiss…, In: Baslerstab, edition Basel, May 10th, 2002
2001
Ruth Auerbach: Federico Herrero. In: 49. Biennale di Venezia. Plateu of Humankind. curated by Harald Szemann. Venice 2001, p.292—293
2001
Virginia Pérez-Ratton: Bienal de Venecia, el turno de centroamérica, In: Àncora. Suplemento Cultural de La Nación, Costa Rica, August 26th (at 49th Biennale in Venice)