Biography
born in 1978 in San José, Costa Rica
lives and works in San José, Costa Rica
Education
1988 Pratt Institute, New York
Awards
2001 Special Prize for a Young Artist, 49thBiennale di Venezia, Venice
Public collections
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco
Ella Fontanels-Cisneros Collection, Miami
Hara Museum ofContemporary Art, Tokyo
ME Collectors Room, Berlin
MUDAM, Luxembourg
MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon
Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria, Santander
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid
MUAC,Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Saatchi Gallery, London
Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection, New York
Tate Collection, London
Towada Art Center,Aomori Prefecture
UBS Art Collection, Zurich
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Solo Exhibitions
2022
- Federico Herrero, James Cohan, New York
- Tactiles, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon
2021
- Butterflies Frolicking on the Mud: Engendering Sensible Capital, Thailand Biennale 2021, Korat
- The sun and the moon, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels
- Night Blue, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
2020
- Barreras Blandas, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose
- lulu, Mexico City
- Volume, James Cohan, New York
2019
- Tempo aberto, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói, Niterói
- UBS Art Collection and Federico Herrero, UBS VIP Lounge, Art Basel, Basel
2018
- Open Alphabet, James Cohan, New York
- Atrium Project: Federico Herrero, MCA - Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
- Solo presentation, Booth Sies + Höke, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Pinacoteca Carnívora, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo
2017
2015
- Desordem Alfabética, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo
2014
- Paintings, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
- Letras y Volúmenes, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City
- Zipacna, the creator of mountains (with Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa), Galerie Sultana, Paris
2013
- La terraza de Hanzel y Gretel, La casa encendida, Madrid
- El espacio se construye, Diablo Rosso, Panama
2012
- Aloha Amigo, 21st Century Art Museum, Kanazawa
- Paintings, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia
2011
- Vibrantes, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
- Catarata, Proyectos Ultravioleta; Guatemala City
- Abaco, Des Pacio, San Jose
- Apretados Vibrantes, Casa de America, Madrid
- Letras y numerous, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo
- Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
2010
- Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
2009
- La Central, Bogota
- Amalgama, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
2008
- Amansalba, Teoretica, San Jose
- Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg
- CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
- Blow de la Barra, London
- Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
- Colorigami, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
2007
- Paintings, Blow de la Barra, Athens
2006
- Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
- Walls/Muri, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
2005
- Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
- Watari Museum for Contemporary Art, Tokyo
- New Paintings, Blow de la Barra Gallery, London
2004
- Japanopera: vertical thoughts, Gallery Koyanagi viewing room, Tokyo
- Mental Landscapes and transit lines, Viafarini, Milan
- The Corridor, Reikjavik
2003
- Pintacoteca, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José
- Paisajes Mentales, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
2002
- Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
2000
- Recuadros (together with Carlos Garaicoa), Jacop Karpio Gallery, San José
Group Exhibitions
2022
- Concretos, TEA - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife
- We didn’t ask permission, we just did it…, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis
2021
- QUINCEAÑERE: 15 años de DiabloRosso, Diablo Rosso, Panama City
- Cerámica Suro: A Story of Collaboration, Production, and Collecting in the Contemporary Arts, Museo de Arte Zapopan, Zapopan
2020
- Landscapes of the South, Mendes Wood DM, New York
2019
- Twenty Years, James Cohan, New York
- Portadores de sentido. Contemporary Art from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Museo Amparo, Puebla
- Borders, James Cohan, New York
2018
- Temporalidades. Arte Latinoamericano. Colección FEMSA., Museo de Arte e Historia de Guanajuato, Guanajuato
- Der Duft der Bilder. Werke der colección olorVISUAL, Barcelona, Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim
- Grids, James Cohan, New York
- Untitled, Witte de With, Rotterdam
- UNSETTLED, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage
2017
- UNSETTLED, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
- Stages - Drawing the Curtain, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg
- First Day of Good Weather, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
2016
- My Abstract World, me Collectors Room, Berlin
- Under the same sun: Art from Latin America today, South London Gallery, London
2015
- 10th Mercosul Biennial - Messages From a New America, Bienal de Mercosul, Porto Alegre Brazil
- United States of Latin America, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
- "Landscape with Circles" at Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel
- Pangea II: New Art From Africa and Latin America, Saatchi Gallery, London
2014
2013
- Practicas pictórias actuales, Centro de Arte Tomas y Valiente (CEART) Madrid
- Inside Joke, Diablo Rosso Gallery, Panama City
- Una possibilidad de escape, EACC de Castellon
- Conception41, Antigua, Guatemala
- On painting, CAAM Modern Art Atlantic Centre, Canary Islands
- Panorama 33: Formas únicas da continuidade no espaço, mam Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo
2012
- Play with me, MOLAA Long Beach, CA
- Recollections – of Willumsen, Galleri Bo Bjerggard, Copenhagen
2011
- 2011, Para/site, Hong Kong
- Icarus Spacecraft 13, BAK, Utrecht
2010
- Panamericana, Kurimanzutto Gallery, Mexico
- Utropicos, XXXI Bienal de Pontebedra, Spain
- Modelos para armar – Pensar latinoamerica desde la colección MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Castilla y León
2009
- Fare Mundi/Nuevos Mundos, Latin American Pavillion 53rd Venice Bienale
- Segunda Trienal Poligrafica del Caribe, Puerto Rico
- Pintura, el proyecto incompleto, Centro Cultural espana; Ciudad de Guatemala
2008
- Out of storage – Peintures choises de la colección. MUDAM Luxemburg
- Interrogating Systems: 2008 cifo grants and commisions exhibition, CIFO Art Space, Miami
2007
- Existencias, MUSAC Museo de arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León
- Espacios de Hospitalidad, MDE07 Encuentro internacional de arte contemporáneo Medellín, Medellín
- Continuous Project Altered Monthly, ACC Wattis Institute, San Francisco
- 2nd Moscow Biennale, Moscow
2006
- Information Center, Estreche Dudoso, San José
- BELIEF, Singapore Biennale
2005
- Abstraccion, Museos del Banco Central, San José
- Accion Directa, Prague Biennale 2, Czech Republic.
- I can’t relieve its painting, _h4tch, Mexico D.F.
- Diverse Ways of Happiness, Aichi World Expo 2005, Nagoya
2004
- Primera Bienal de Sevilla, La alegría de mis sueños, Sevilla
- Producing Reality, Fundazione Prometeo, Lucca
- Empty Garden, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
- PR 04, San Juan and Rincón, Puerto Rico
2003
- Octava Bienal de la Habana, El arte con la vida, La Habana
- First Prague Biennial, Peripheries become the Center, Prague
2002
- Artistmos, Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei
- Urgent Painting, Musee d’ Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
2001
- Plateau of Humankind, 49th Biennale de Venezia, Venice (Award: Special prize to a young artist)
- Políticas de la Diferencia, Itinerant: Pinacoteca, São Paulo; Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
- Radio Reloj, Galería Nacional, San José
- Arqueotipos, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José
2000
- De Generación, La Nueva Escuela, San José
- Neo Arte, TEOR/éTica, San José
- Puertos y Costas Ricas, TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica and M&M Proyectos, San Juan
- El ultimo dibujo del milenio, Teatro Nacional, La Habana
- Ex3, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José
1999
- El artista a través de los objetos, Galería Nacional, San José
Bibliography
2022
2020
2019
- Harriet Lloyd Smith: Living colour. From his studio in San José, artist Federico Herrero shares his vibrant vision for the UBS lounge at Art Basel, In: Wallpaper*, June 23
- Mark Westall: UBS collaborates with artist Federico Herrero to celebrate its 26th year as Global Lead Partner of Art Basel in Basel, In: FAD Magazine, May 30
2015
2014
- Chris Sharp: Federico Herrero at Proyectos Monclova, In: Artfroum, September 5
- Kim Levin: ‘Under the Same Sun’ at Guggenheim Museum, In: ARTNEWS, September 3
- Rosangel Murillo: Federico Herrero: The color as estelar, In: The Latin American Art Journal, April 22
2012
- Tomohiro Osaki: Aloha Amigo! Federico Herrero × Kazuyuki Sekiguchi at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, In: The Japan Times, May 10
- Edith Newhall: Federico Herrero, In: ARTnews, May 2012
- Pablo Leon de la Barra: Federico Herrero, House and Garden and Studio Visit in San Jose, Costa Rica, Centre for aesthetic revolution, May 10
- Federico Rosa: Federico Herrero: The Colour and The Shape, In: The Culture Trip
2011
- Federico Herrero, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard (Essay by Martin Zerlang), Copenhagen, 2011
- Pablo Leon de la Barra: Federico Herrero: New Mesoamerican Concretism at Proyectos Ultravioleta in Guatemala, Centre for aesthetic revolution, November 20
2010
- Gabriel Perez-Barreiro: Seeing Stars, In: Modern Painters, Summer 2010
2009
- Estefanía Sokoloff: Federico Herrero: Cu4rto Nivel, In: ArtNexus, No. 75, Vol. 8, 2009, pp. 105-106
- Jens Hinrichsen: Federico Herrero aus Costa Rica lässt in seiner Malerei die Farbfelder wuchern, In: Monopol 6/2009, pp. 54-56
- Clara Astiasaran: The contemporary caveman, In: ArtNexus, No. 73, 2009, p. 46 ff.
2008
- Federico Herrero, Kunstverein Freiburg, Exhib. cat. (Essays by Felicity Lunn, Paulo Herkenhoff), Druck Verlag Kettler, Bönen
2006
- Federico Herrero. Das Büro des Künstlers, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, 2006
- Ferderico Herrero: Walls/Muri, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa Comune di Venezia, Venice 2006
- Tamara Díaz Bringas: Federico Herrero - Pinacoteca, with texts by Rolando Barahona Sotela, Tamara Díaz Bringas and Pablo Leòn de la Barra, Museu de Arte y Diseño, San José
2005
- Jens Hoffmann, Joan Jonas: Perform, Thames & Hudson, London, p 116
2004
- Federico Herrero, In: Monopol. Magazin für Kunst und Leben. # 2, June/ July 2004, p.20
- Federico Herrero, In: Exhib. cat. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon.
2003
- Federico Herrero, In: G 2003, Mostra internazionale d´Arte all´aperto, curated by Harald Szeeman
- Sascha Renner: Es muß ein Abenteuer sein, In: Tagesanzeiger, August 18th
- Virginia Pérez-Ratton: Se esfumó Joaquín, In: La Nación, Costa Rica, July 3rd (at 1st Prager Biennale)
- Julia Lange: Federico Herrero, In: Sammlung Melitta, Düsseldorf 2003
- Hans Ulrich Obrist: Vitamin P. New perspectives in painting, Phaidon Press, London, New York 2002, p.144—147.
- Jazmín Montoya: Arte con instrucciones, In: La Nación, Costa Rica, November 13th, 2002
- Urgent Painting, Exhibition catalogue, Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002, p.110—115
- 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
- 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)
