His appetite for the arcane is the pulmonary of his larger-than-life scale paintings; he's been inspired by anything from ghost hunters and vampires to people who build aguariums in their basements.
- Charlotte Jansen
Hernan Bas studied at the New World School of the Arts in Miami. Hernan Bas has been presented in numerous exhibitions around the world. A monographic publication was published on the occassion of his solo show at the CAC, Centre de Arte Contemporaneo in Malaga (2018). The SCAD Museum, Savannah, Georgia held an impressive exhibition "Hernan Bas. Florida Living" curated by Storm Janse van Rensburg in 2017. A further important solo exhibition "The other side" was curated by René Zechlin (2012) at the Kunstverein Hannover. In 2016 Hernan Bas participated in the group exhibition "A sum of it's Parts" at the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, Florida. In 2015 he was part of the exhibition "Tracing Shadows" at the Samsung Museum, Seoul, South Korea. In 2014 a comprehensive anthology on Hernan Bas, with texts by Christian Rattermeyer and Jonathan Griffin, and an interview between Hernan Bas and Nancy Spector from the Guggenheim Museum, New York, was published by Rizzoli International Publications, New York. For the occasion of the exhibition "Hernan Bas - Bloomsbury revisited" (2017), Galerie Peter Kilchmann published a catalogue with illustrations and a cover designed by Hernan Bas.
Hernan Bas’ work is part of the following collections (selection): Brooklyn Museum; Carré d'Art - Musée d'Art Contemporain, Nîmes, France; Detroit, Institute of Arts; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Rubell Family Collection, Miami; Saatchi Collection, London, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and Samuso: Space for Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea.
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Conceptual artist #30 (sound-based, his Water Music is composed with the aid of modified dowsing rods), 2023
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A pigeon portraitist, his subjects are trained to deliver the work themselves, 2022
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The haunted corn maze, 2021
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The Monster Hunter (or, desperately seeking Nessie), 2020
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The ghost hunter (with trigger objects), 2020
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The ghost hunters (with spirit orbs), 2020
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The rebel (with tan lines), 2020
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A Shaker with a sweet tooth, 2020
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The 23rd annual botanical garden October fundraiser (#2), 2020
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Bloomsbury revisited (fireplace, Little Havana), 2017
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Bloomsbury revisited (paper flowers), 2017
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Bloomsbury revisited (red coat), 2017
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Bloomsbury revisited (the sea fan collector), 2017
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Plein Air, Bloomsbury, 2017
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Pulling Lashes, 2016
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Who the hell is Robert, 2016
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Foxfire (if only he'd known he was the source), 2013
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His father was from Texas, 2013
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Strange company, 2013
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The Boy with the Pearl Earring, 2013
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By noon it was clear, all tomorrows parties would be yesteryear, 2011
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The dead line, 2011
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The hillsides must not know it, 2011
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Hernan Bas
The Conceptualists, The Bass Museum, Miami 4 Dec 2023 - 5 May 2024HERNAN BAS THE CONCEPTUALISTS The Bass Museum of Art 2100 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 Dec 4, 2023 - May 5, 2024 Hernan Bas: The Conceptualists will...Read more -
30 Years Anniversary Exhibition
Galerie Peter Kilchmann
Rämistrasse, Zurich
3 Sep - 14 Oct 202230 Years Anniversary Exhibition Rita Ackermann (*1968 Budapest), Francis Alÿs (*1959 Antwerpen), Maja Bajevic (*1967 Sarajevo), Hernan Bas (*1978 Miami), Armin Boehm (*1972 Aachen), Marc Bauer (*1975 Genf), Monica Bonvicini...Read more -
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Choose Your Own AdventureYuz Museum, West Bund, Shanghai, China
25 Feb - 27 May 2021Hernan Bas is renowned for his complex and intricate narrative paintings. He frequently immerses himself in a staged process of deep and detailed research centered around a specific theme, followed...Read more -
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InteriorsGalerie Peter Kilchmann, Zahnradstrasse, Zurich
13 Jun - 14 Aug 2020Bas’ wide cultural-historical literacy has always been a fertile source of inspiration for the artist. In search of subject matter, he delves into narrative threads in literary works of mythology,...Read more -
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A Brief IntermissionCAC Malaga, Malaga, Spain
21 Sep - 9 Dec 2018“I am drawn to stories and tales but I hope my interest in them translates further, as images that go beyond pure representation of things that I find cool”, explains...Read more -
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Bloomsbury revisitedGalerie Peter Kilchmann, Zahnradstrasse, Zurich
11 Jun - 28 Jul 2017Bas often displays protagonists that seem lost, as if in a game of their own making. Within the framework of the exhibition, Hernan Bas presents a newly created group of...Read more -
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Florida LivingSCAD Museum, Savannah, US
14 Feb - 20 Aug 2017Inspired by images of Monet’s painting studio, Bas conceptually approaches the museum’s gallery as a decadent boudoir filled with freestanding folding screens, typically used as room dividers. He responds to...Read more -
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Perinnial affairsGalerie Peter Kilchmann, Zahnradstrasse, Zurich
11 Jun - 30 Jul 2011Paintings and drawings of different dimensions (from 244 cm x 275 cm to 30.5 cm x 23 cm) will be on view. For the first time, Hernan Bas will be...Read more -
Works from the Collection
Rubell Museum, Miami, US 2 Apr - 23 Nov 2007The concept of time enables us to live with a sense of order and regularity; to conceive of duration; past, present and future; and to maintain a sense of our...Read more
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Choose your own adventure, 2021 Published by Space K, Seoul, Korea, 2021 Read more -
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A Brief Intermission, 2018 Texts by Fernando Frances, Chad Alligood, Hernan BasCAC Malaga
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Bloomsbury Revisted, 2017 Author: Storm Janse van Rensburg Read more -
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Rizzoli, 2014 Texts by Christian Rattemeyer, Jonathan Griffin and Nancy Spector Read more -
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The Other Side, 2012 Texts by Michele Robecchi and René ZechlinKunstverein Hannover
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Works from the Rubell Family Collection, 2007 Mark Coetzee, Rubell Family Collection Read more