BIOGRAPHY
Olivia Hernaïz is a Belgian-Spanish artist born in 1985. She first studied law in Belgium and Argentina. While practicing as a copyright lawyer, she completed a BFA at La Cambre, ENSAV in Brussels. She then moved to London for five years. In 2016, she obtained an MFA at Goldsmiths University of London. In 2022, she was a laureate from the two-years international postgraduate HISK programme in Gent, Belgium.
In 2017, Hernaïz won the first prize of Art Contest, a leading Belgian competition supported by the Boghossian Foundation. Consequently, she had her first solo show in the Museum of Ixelles in Brussels, entitled As Long As The Sun Follows Its Course. In 2021, she presented the solo exhibition 'La Eterna Juventud' at the Mu.ZEE in Ostend, as part of the 'ENTER' programme. In 2024, she developed further this theme in her solo show “Silencio” at the art center ISELP in Brussel.
Since 2020, she has been collaborating on the game 'L'Art et Ma Carrière' with the association 'Contemporaines' in France and “Engagements Arts” in Belgium to fight against gender discrimination in the art world.
In 2022, she was supported by the grant for emerging talent of the Culture department in Flanders. In 2021, she received a creative grant from the Spanish Embassy in Belgium. In 2019, she joined the residency The Power of Sound at Guest Projects, a space founded by Yinka Shonibare Studio in London. In 2018, she was chosen by Wallonie-Bruxelles International as resident visual artist at the Cité Internationale in Paris.
Her installations have been featured in multiple exhibitions around the world, most recently Hérétiques, CWB, Paris (2023), The Seashore of Endless Worlds, Le Commun, Geneva (2023), (un)common values, NBB, Brussels (2022), Various Positions, HISK, Brussels (2021), Savoir Faire, ISELP, Brussels (2021), Beste Kunstwereld, Lichtekooi art space, Anvers (2021), To Thomas, YGREC, Paris (2020), All About You, The Koppel Project Hive, London (2019), Push You Luck, Island, Brussels (2019), Abracadabra, Moscow International Biennale For Young Art, Moscow (2018); Le Consulat, Collectionair, Lisbon (2018), Les Flâneuses, Art Night London (2018) and The Gathering, Panthera Today, Brussels (2018). In 2021, she had her second solo show at Mu.ZEE in Ostend, entitled La Eterna Juventud.
Her works are part of public and museum collections such as Mu.ZEE in Ostend, M Leuven, the National Bank of Belgium, KANAL Pompidou Library, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, FRAC Bretagne, FRAC Poitou-Charentes and the Petite Collection de l'UQAM (Canada).
Since 2022, she has her studio in a collective project located in a former train station in Brussels.
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Born 1985, lives and works in Brussels.
Education
2022 Postgraduate at HISK, Gand, BE
2016 M.F.A. Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
2009 B.F.A. La Cambre, Brussels, BE
2008 M.A. Law, UCL, Louvain-la Neuve and UBA, Buenos Aires, AG
2005 B.A. Law, FUSL, Brussels, BE
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Tales (The Trilogy), M Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
алфавит (La Eterna Juventud), Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium
Truco o Trato (La Eterna Juventud), Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium
All About You, National Bank of Belgium (NBB), Brussels, Belgium
L’Art et Ma Carrière, original edition, KANAL - Centre Pompidou (Library), Belgium
L’Art et Ma Carrière, limited edition, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, France
L’Art et Ma Carrière, large edition, FRAC Bretagne, France
L’Art et Ma Carrière, large edition, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, France
L’Art et Ma Carrière, La Petite Collection de l’UQAM, Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Silencio, ISELP, Brussels - BE
2022
Please hold the line, Baronian Gallery, Brussels - BE
2021
La Eternal Juventud, Enter #12, MuZee, Ostende - BE
2017
As Long As The Sun Follows Its Course, Museum of Ixelles, Brussels - BE
Make Yourself Comfortable, Art Brussels, Art Contest, Brussels - BE
2014
Hzarad, Ladestructiondesespacesvides (curated by Iris Lafon), Brussels - BE
SeLECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
The Tales, Permanent Collection, M Leuven, Room O.C, Leuven - BE
2023
Hérétiques, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles (curated by Albert Baronian), Paris - FR
The Seashore of Endless Worlds, Le Commun, Genève - SU
Midzomer, M Leuven, Leuven - BE
2022
(un)commun values, National Belgium Bank (curated by Anne Bambynek), Brussels - BE
Entrepreneurship, Kunstraum Riehen (curated by Fabio Luks), Riehen - CH
2021
Various Positions, HISK (curated by Sam Steverlynck) Brussels - BE
50 Jaren Destelheide (curated by Jaël Muls), Dworp - BE
Savoir Faire, ISELP (curated by Laurent Courtens and Pierre Arese), Brussels -BE
Les Mondes Bricolés, Galerie Quinconce, (curated by Doriane Spiteri), Montfort-sur-Meu - FR
The HISK Affair, HISK (curated by Sam Steverlynck and Pieter Vermeulen) Brussels - BE
Art & My Career, Hisk platform, Sonsbeek Quadriennale - NL
Beste Kunstwereld, Lichtekooi art space, Antwerp, BE
The Constant Glitch, M Leuven Museum, Leuven - BE
Bye Bye His-Story, CGII, La Louvière - BE
New songs for old cities, Netwerk Aalst, Aalst, BE
2020
to Thomas, YGREC (curated by Lucas Morin and Sasha Pevak), Paris - FR
Inside Out, Art Cares Covid, (curated by Maëlle Delaplanche), Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Open Studios, HISK, Gand - BE
to Thomas, La Box, ENSA Bourges (curated by Lucas Morin and Sasha Pevak), Bourges - FR
2019
Prix Médiatine 15#1, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles (curated by Sandra Amboldi), Paris - FR
All About You, The Koppel Project (curated by Alex White), London - UK
Push Your Luck, exhibition with Ruth Waters and Soohyun Choi (curated by Olivia Hernaïz), Island, Brussels - BE
2018
Moscow Biennale for Young Art (curated by Lucrezia Calabro Visconti), Moscow - RU
Le Consulat, Collectionair (curated by Alix Janta-Polczynski), Lisbon - PT
The Gathering, Panthera Today, Art Brussels Off Program, Brussels - BE
2017
I had no idea: idea nr. 18, Alteria Art, London - UK
36 nuances de vert, tribute to Bernard Lorge, Project Room, La Cambre, Brussels - BE
Cacotopia, Annka Kultys Gallery, London - UK
2016
Art Contest, ADAM, Brussels - BE
Make yourself comfortable, Goldsmiths, University of London, London - UK
Abstract Rendering, Collectionair (curated by Alix Janta-Polczynski, Alteria Art) - online
Sham, Chalton Gallery (curated by Ruth Waters and Marianna Echeverri), London - UK
No lifeguard on duty, Westwerk (curated by Tony Tremlett and Caroline Elbaor), Hamburg - DE
Médiatine Award Exhibition, La Médiatine, Brussels - BE
2015
Duchamp is innocent, Chalton Gallery (curated by Helena Lugo), London - UK
I had no idea, Goldsmiths, University of London, London - UK
2014
Seven Girls doing it, Hangar Art Center (curated by Charlotte Friling), Brussels - BE
2013
Parallax Scrolling, Galerie 100 Titres (curated by Iris Lafon), Brussels - BE
SELECTED SCREENINGS/PERFORMANCES
2024
Parole donnée, Le Delta, Namur - BE
Art & My Career, Schone Week, Gent - BE
Art & My Career, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz - AT
The Human Flowers, CWB, Paris - BE
2023
L’Art & Ma Carrière, Matrimony Days, Brussels - BE
L’Art & Ma Carrière, ‘Sur le Feu’, group show, Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris - FR
L’Art & Ma Carrière, (curated by ‘Dis Mon Nom’), Recyclart, Brussels - BE
Art & My Career, Flat Time House, London - UK
L’Art & Ma Carrière, CAC Bretigny - FR
Art & My Career, The Merode, Brussels - BE
Does sex matter?, Symposium, Ypres Museum, Ypres - BE
L’Art & Ma Carrière, MAMC, Saint Etienne - FR
Appropriation Art, Roundtable, Belgian Association for Copyrights, Sabam, Brussels- BE
L’Art & Ma Carrière, Voix de Femmes, Barricades, Liège - BE
2022
L’Art & Ma Carrière, AWARE, Paris - FR
Open studios and concert of “La Forêt” at Watermael train station, Brussels - BE
Art & My Career, Art Birthday, M HKA, Anvers - BE
L’Art & Ma Carrière, Equinoxe festival, WIA, Brussels - BE
L’Art & Ma Carrière, La Villette, Paris - FR
L’Art & Ma Carrière, Le Chant des sirènes, Cal Charleroi - BE
2021
L’Art & Ma Carrière, La Fondation du doute, Blois - FR
L’Art & Ma Carrière, FRAC Poitou- Charentes, Angoulême - FR
Art & My Career, Sonsbeek Quadriennale - NL
Art & My Career, Peer forum, Camden Art Center, London - UK
Art & My Career, ISELP, Brussels - BE
2020
Art & My Career, Atelier Corps, Genre et Arts, Association EFIGIES, Paris - FR
Art & My Career, To Thomas, YGREC, Paris - FR
Art & My Career, Art Oost, Amsterdam - NL
Art & My Career, Coast Contemporary, Hovedøya Island, Oslo -NO
Art & My Career, Sur les bords #2, T2G, Paris - FR
Would you like to make my portrait?, FRAC Champagne- Ardenne, Reims - FR
Art & My Career, ISELP, Brussels - BE
Art & My Career, Chambres d’O, Ostende - BE
2019
Art & My Career, Guest Projects, London - UK
Art & My Career, CWB, NovaXX festival, Paris - FR
Art & My Career, FRAC Champagne- Ardenne, Reims - FR
Dialo(o)g(ue) II, Next Generation Please!, round table speaker, BOZAR - BE
Open Mike, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris - FR
Commun Common, Public Pool #6, FRAC Champagne- Ardenne, C-E-A / Association française des commissaires d’exposition (curated by Jean-Christophe Arcos, Madeleine Filippi et Marie Gayet), Reims - FR
2018
LOOP festival, professional meeting, Methodologies of film and video art montage, Barcelona - ES
MEER-kost #1: Provenance (curated by Mirthe Demaerel, Ilse Roosens and Celine Vermeire), DOK Gent - BE
Art Night London 2018, Self-defense for the Flâneuses, London - UK
2017
Live Concert, As Long As The Sun Follows Its Course, Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels - BE
Screening of UK-based artists, Ladron Galeria (curated by Javier Calderon), Mexico City - ME
2016
Love (without capital): Imagining Relations after UBI, The Showroom, London - UK
2015
Dessine-moi ton pays, publication of a children's book with my sister Aude de Prelle
2014
The House, Commission for the Liverpool Park, Brussels - BE
AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2023
Grant ‘Le Lit de Mamita’, Visual arts department of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Brussels - BE
Ventanilla Abierta, Spain Arts and Culture, Spanish Embassy in Belgium - SP/BE
2022
Grant for upcoming talent, Flanders department of culture, BE
2021
Copenhagen Netwerk-Week, Vonk Ateliers ism Nikolaj Kunsthal & Danish Art Foundation, Copenhagen - DK
Ventanilla Abierta, Spain Arts and Culture, Spanish Embassy in Belgium - SP/BE
Grant ‘Tulipomania’, Visual arts department of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Brussels - BE
2020
Grant ‘Art & My Career’, Visual arts department of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Brussels - BE
2019
Guest Projects (founded by Shonibare studio), The Power of Sound with artists Stephanie Gervais, Máté Pacsika and Iris van der Wal, and curator Berber Meindertsma, London - UK
La Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris, full grant residency, Studio Reine Elizabeth, Wallonie Brussels International, Paris - FR
2018
Can Serrat, Full grant and residency, El Bruc, Barcelona - ES
LOOP Discover Award (shortlisted), Barcelona - ES
Grant “Ninos de Espana”, Visual arts department of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Brussels - BE
2016
Art Contest, Boghossian Foundation - First Prize, ADAM, Brussels - BE (Jury Members: Albert Baronian (Gallery), Liliane De Wachter (MUHKA), Dirk Snauwaert (WIELS), Carine Bienfait (JAP), Catherine Mayeur (Art historian)
Moscow Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow/Vishny Volochok - RU (founded by Joseph Bakstein)
ACME Goldsmiths MFA Studio Award (shortlisted), London - UK ( Partnership funded by ACME Studios, Jane Hamlyn and the Artisa Foundation)
Médiatine Award Competition, Cocof - Second Prize, Brussels - BE (Jury President : Carine Fol, Centrale For Contemporary Art)
2015
Joya: arte+ ecología, Cortijada Los Gazques, Andalusia - ES
Prix Jeune Artiste, Parlement de la Communauté Française (shortlisted), Brussels - BE
MONOGRAPHS, SOLO EXHIBITION CATALOGUES & ARTIST BOOKS (PUBLICATIONS)
2023 Hérétiques, catalogue of the exhibition by CWB
2015 Dessine-moi ton pays, publication of a children's illustrated encyclopedia with my sister Aude de Prelle
2014 Would you like to make my portrait? Texts by Olivia Hernaïz, Brussels
2013 Brussels Anti-Demolition Campaign. Texts by Olivia Hernaïz, Brussels
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (ARTICLES & REVIEWS)
2023
Filippi, Madeleine, “Un ré-enchantement du monde?”, L’Art Même, nr92, p. 16-17
Wynants, Jean-Marie, “A Paris, nos Hérétiques ont trouvé une terre d’accueil”, Le Soir, décembre 2023
2022
Bardin, Camille, “Contemporaines #1 : Arts visuels et inégalité de genre, un état des lieux”, Podcast Présent.e (Dec 2022) (online)
Davin, Clémentine, “(un)common values”, Flux News (July 2022) (online)
Various Positions, Catalogue of HISK final show (January 2022)
van Beek, Jozefien, “De Kunstenaars van de toekomst”, De Standaard (January 2022) :38
2021
Bauwens, Malika, “Des jeux de société où l’art fait bonne pioche“, Beaux Arts Magazine (December 2021) (online)
Roelandt, Els, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”, KIOSK’s Linda Nochlin Fanzine, (Mar 2021):41-45, 55
Snoekx, Kurt, “I am not an artist, I am a female artist. That’s not the same thing”, Bruzz, (Jan 2021)
Debrocq, Aliénor “ Les règles de l’art”, MAD, Le Soir, (Jan 2021):26
Gornik, Katarzina “Un jeu pour interroger la place des femmes dans l’art”, Le Temps (mars 2021):17 et en ligne
2020
Snoekx, Kurt, “20 tips to help the Brussels Art scene”, Bruzz, (Dec 2020) : 53
SMAK, “Go travelling with us”, dec 2020
Lesauvage, Magali et Vazzoler, Marine, “Notre sélection pour Noël”, Le Quotidien de l’Art, (Dec 2020) :20
Lorent, Claude, “Commentaires: épingler quelques initiatives”, Art Libres (supplément de La Libre), dec 2020 :11
Interview Marie Griffay, directrice du FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Slash (June 2020) (online)
L’Art et Ma Carrière, le nouveau jeu signé Olivia Hernaïz, Cocon #5, Le Magazine culturel de Wolubilis (April 2020) : 14
Van ‘tveld Yasmin. “Olivia Hernaïz”, Kluger Hans (May 2020) (nr 38)
Davin, Clémentine. “ L’Art et Ma Carrière”, L'Art Même (May 2020) (nr 81) : 59
Goffaux, Pascal. “ Art Cares Covid, une plateforme de vente d’oeuvres d’art qui soutient plasticiens… et seniors !”, Musiq 3 Rtbf, (April 2020) (online)
Lavigne, Aude. France Culture, Les Carnets de la Création “Olivia Hernaïz, L’Art & Ma Carrière” (online - not broadcast because of COVID)
Vazzoler, Marine. “Sur les bords #2 : week-end de jeux et performances à Gennevilliers”, Le Quotidien de l’Art (February 2020) (online)
Blaustein Niddam, Amélie. “Olivia Hernaïz met votre carrière en jeu au T2G” (February 2020) (online)
“L’Art & Ma Carrière”, entretien, documentations.art (February 2020) (online)
2019
Celeux-Lanval, Mailys. “Les plus belles expos gratuites à Paris”, A Nous Paris (juille 2019) (online)
Hocepied, Marie. “Comme un art de famille”, ELLE Belgique (May 2019): 98
"Olivia Hernaïz and Ruth Waters: takedown of the caring corporates", Mia London Blog (April 2019) (online)
"All About You", Art Rabbit (April 2019) (online)
"Events this week, Monday : All About You", Art Licks (April 2019) (online)
Debrocq, Aliénor. “Forcer la chance”, Le Soir MAD (March 2019): 45 and online
Bechet, Gilles. “L’expo de groupe ‘Push Your Luck’ chez Island”, Bruzz (March 2019):28 and online
2017
Goffaux, Pascal. "Expo concert d'Olivia Hernaïz au Musée d'Ixelles", Rtbf.be (September 2017) (radio podcast)
Caltagirone, Sandra. "Make Yourself Comfortable", L'Art Même (nr 73) : 57
Mabille Eric. "Olivia Hernaïz. Make Yourself Comfortable", Boombartstic (July 2017) (online)
Goffaux, Pascal. "Mettez-vous à l'aise avec Olivia Hernaïz", Rtbf.be (June 2017) (radio podcast and article)
Haentjens, Elien. "L'artiste du mois: Olivia Hernaïz", Collect AAA (May 2017):18
Khan, Tabish. "The top five exhibition to see in London this week, Fad Magazine" (January 2017) (online)
"Five artists in five weeks for Cacotopia at Annka Kultys starting Jan 10", Aqnb (January 2017) (online)
2016
Debrocq, Aliénor. “ArtContest soutient l’éclosion des jeunes plasticiens”, Le Soir (December 2016): 33 and online
Lorent, Claude. "Artcontest prime trois femmes", La Libre (December 2016):57 and online
Kalamotusis, Pallas. "Collecting stones with artist Olivia Hernaïz", Inside Collectionair, Journal (June 2016) (online)
Lorent, Claude. “Corne d’abondance de jeunes créateurs plasticiens,” La Libre (March 2016):22
2014
Gangemi, Rosanna.“Seven girls doing it: an art project in Brussels,” Drome magazine (April 2014) (online)
2013
Schug, Sarah. “Opening tonight: Parallax Scrolling group show,” The Word Magazine (May 2013) (online)
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