Noé Hernández Lara

455  East  116 St.
Apt. 13
New York, NY
ZP. 10029,  USA
Ayuntamiento 132 Apt. #3
Col. Centro.
México DF,  
CP. 03400 MÉXICO

 

e-mail:

xochipilitl@hotmail.com

 

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Commissioned to design a painting.

Cape Town, South Africa

May-Jun 2001

The POLICY Project (South Africa) office –a United States Agency for International Development contractor- Commissioned Noe Hernandez to design a painting depicting the role that global faith communities should be playing in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Cultural Identity Workshop

Washington DC. March-April 2001

Taught different drawing and painting techniques teach, to a diverse group of Latino/a teenagers, to use art as a tool to reinforce their cultural identity.

Pedro Slim's Photography Workshop:

"The Body as an Obsession" Center of the Image, Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico 2000

Learned different photography  techniques including the combination of body painting and photographic staging.

Mario Santander's Stained Glass and Glass-Mosaic Workshop

Mexico City, Mexico 1999

Participated with the Association of Glass Artists in a one year workshop and learned the techniques of stained glass and glass-mosaic collage.

Hispanic Creative Artists’ Group, Rutgers University,

New Brunswick, NJ 1996-1999

Developed and participated in artists’ collective working group sponsored by the Dodge Foundation at the Latino Center for the Arts and Culture that combined mural painting, visual arts, theater and dance. Contributed to the final collective piece by creating an in-house stage for the collective’s final project.

“Nuestras Voces" Magazine,

New Brunswick, NJ 1996- 1998

Founded, directed and edited a local magazine project that collected the work of Latino/a artists including both graphic arts and written material.  The magazine was distributed in NY and NJ.

Migration Experience

United States 1989-1999

Migrated to the United States in 1989 and experienced first hand the challenges of being a Latino immigrant in the U.S.  Through community involvement became acquainted with the immigrant community and the Chicano artistic movement in Los  Angeles and San Francisco, CA. Moved to New York City in 1991, where influenced his creative work by the diverse artistic trends found in that city.

Jaime Amado's Art Studio,

Mexico City, Mexico 1978- 1988

Under the tutelage of Jaime Amado, a well known Mexican Artist, developed initial abilities in the plastic arts, including the techniques of drawing, oil painting, and pastel.

 

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS

February 2 - 14, 2001

“De lo Erótico y del Dolor,” (“From the Erotic and From the Pain”)

Centro Cultural Carlos Pellicer, Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

March 3 al 31 del 2000

“Identidad” (“Identity”)

Foro Cultural Quetzalcóatl, Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

June 27 - August 14, 1998

“México Exporta” (“Mexico Exports”)

Mason Gross School of the Arts Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. USA.

November 11 -15,1997

Association of Latin American Law Students Art Exhibit

Rutgers Newark - School of Law, Newark NJ

September 24, 1997

Audre Lorde Project - Art Exhibit

People of Color Gay and Lesbian Community Center- Audre Lorde Project, Brooklyn, NY

September 20, 1997

HERE Union Local-54 - Art Exhibit

Atlantic City, NJ.

November 21 - December 18 de 1996,

“Fe de Ilegal” (“The Illegal Immigrant’s Faith”)

Rutgers University Center for Latino Arts and Culture, New Brunswick, NJ. USA.

August 1996

Mural  “La Adoración” (“Creation of the Mural: “The Adoration”)

Elementary School Roosevelt, New Brunswick, NJ

 

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS

September 24 – October 9, 2001

“The Visual Imaginary of Latina/os in New Jersy”

Mason Gross School fo the Arts Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ

February 7 - March 6, 2001

“Miradas Fracturadas” (“Fractured Looks”)

El Punto Art Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico

September 23 - October 7, 2000

“El Cuerpo Como Obsesión” (“The Body as an Obsession”)

El Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico

September 2 - 30, 1998

"Inspired Fear"

Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT

August 15 – 16, 1997

"Refugee Art"

Hilton Geteway, Newark, NJ

* References Available Upon Request

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