• Nov 2025

    “Hernandez transforms paper-mache into an emotional language where identity, nostalgia, and the desire to belong merge into figures that exude humor, vulnerability, and naiveté”

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Selected Forthcoming Exhibitions

June 2026 | Solo Exhibition

Institution: Moth Belly Gallery, San Francisco, CA

January 2027 | Museum Group Exhibition

Institution: Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA

Biography

Joel Hernandez

1984 | Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

Joel Hernandez is a multidisciplinary artist based in San Francisco whose practice investigates the intersections of queer identity, ancestral heritage and the collective solitude of urban life. Through paper-mache, Hernandez reclaims ancestral pageantry to navigate the modern complexities of the human experience; interrogating the dualities of happiness and sadness within the dense rhythms of the city.

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Featured Collections

Quit Playing Games with Our Hearts (Signed)

Featured Art Print

Signed 8'' x 10'' or 18” x 24’’ print

Media: Archival paper with pure Baryta layer

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