Andres L. Hernandez is an interdisciplinary artist who explores the potential of spaces and experiences to elicit liberatory ways of being.

Trained as an architect, Hernandez has worked on several residential, institutional, and open space projects. He was a design team member for the Englewood Village Plaza for the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial, and an exhibition design team member for the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center from 2017-2019.

Hernandez’ public commissions include projects for the University of Arizona School of Art; the U.S. Pavilion for the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale; and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. With the performance collective Dark Adaptive, he has co-developed movement and sound works presented at The Drawing Center; MoMA; Sharjah Biennial 14; and Performa 19 Biennial.

Hernandez is the MCA Chicago’s SPACE artist-in-residence at Curie Metropolitan High School, and has held residencies with the University of Arizona School of Art; the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events; and the University of Chicago’s Washington Park Arts Incubator.  In addition, he was awarded the 2021 3Arts Award in Visual Arts, and the 2018 Efroymson Family Fund Contemporary Arts Fellowship.

Hernandez received a B.Arch. degree from Cornell University and an M.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he is an Associate Professor.