ADAM HERNANDEZ
P: 614.800.4246
E: adam@ahernandezart.com
W: www.ahernandezart.com
Profile
Adam Hernandez is a professional artist, muralist, and designer with 12+ years of experience creating public art, working through commercial partnerships, and exhibiting in the gallery setting. Adam has been featured in mural festivals worldwide and published in multiple works. Adam is a passionate advocate for the Latine artist voice.
Board Appointments
2022-2024 Board Member, Dublin Arts Council, Dublin, Ohio
2023 Co-Chair, Columbus City Council’s Latino Heritage Month Art Committee, Columbus, Ohio
2022 Committee Member, Greater Columbus Arts Council’s Public Art Master Plan Selection Committee, Columbus, Ohio
2020 Committee Member, University District Organization Public Art Committee, Columbus, Ohio
Grants and Awards
2024 Recipient of Greater Columbus Arts Council Project Grant
2017-2024 Recipient of Greater Columbus Arts Council Funds for Artists Grant
2023 Named Best Artist in Columbus by Columbus Underground
2023Recipient of Greater Columbus Arts Council Mural Assistance Grant
2019 Named Best Artist in Columbus by Columbus Alive Magazine
2018 Recipient of Greater Columbus Arts Council Professional Artist Development Grant
Exhibitions
2023 Group Exhibition, El Futuro, Wildgoose Collective, Columbus, Ohio
2023 Group Exhibition, Monongalia Arts Center, Morgantown, West Virginia
2023 Solo Exhibition, Paintings From a New Mythology, The Ohio State University Faculty Club, Columbus, Ohio
2023 Group Exhibition, 83 Gallery, Brother’s Drake, Columbus, Ohio
2022 Group Exhibition, Cartas De Cuba - Letters From Ohio, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
2022 Group Exhibition, Raices/ Roots, Wildgoose Creative, Columbus, Ohio
2022 Group Exhibition, Wonderball, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
2020 Solo Exhibition,Only Bangers, Lindsay Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2019 Group Exhibition,Futures for the Rest of Us, Los Angeles, California
2019 Two Artist Exhibition,Rival Lands, Blockfort Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2018 Solo Exhibition,S.Dot Gallery, National
2018 Juried Exhibition,Art for Life, The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
2018 Group Exhibition, Tales from la Vida, The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, National
2018 Group Exhibition, Futures for the Rest of Us, Blockfort Gallery,Columbus, Ohio
2017 Featured Artist,Urban Scrawl, Columbus, Ohio
2017 Two Artist Exhibition, Zona Alterna, Columbus, Ohio
2017 Featured Artist, Art Makes Columbus, Columbus, Ohio
2017 Featured Artist, Columbus Open Studios and Stage, Columbus, Ohio
2017 Solo Exhibition, Ghetto Jungle at Pan Dulce Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2017 Group Exhibition, #WildArtColumbus, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio
2017 Two Artist Exhibition, Belleza, Columbus, Ohio
2017 Featured Artist, Latinographix, The Ohio State University Press
2016 Group Exhibition, Characters Welcome, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2016 Group Exhibition, Día De Los Muertos Exhibition, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2016 Group Exhibition, Taking Flights: An Exploration of Art and Fashion, 934 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2016 Solo Exhibition, The Land of Thunderbirds | Solo Exhibition, 934 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2016 Solo Exhibition, Resident Artist, Denmark Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2016 Featured Artist, Vapid Vinyl, Columbus, Ohio
2016 Resident Artist, Brothers Drake Meadery, Columbus, Ohio
2016 Holiday Group Show, 934 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2015 Solo Exhibition, The Return of Thunderbird, P3 Magic Theater, Columbus, Ohio
2015 Solo Exhibition, Then & Now, The Clay Space,, Columbus, Ohio
2015 Group Exhibition, PBR x 934, 934 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2015 Featured Artist, Hubbard Grill, Columbus, Ohio
2015 Featured Live Artist, The Frequinox at Via Vecchia,, Columbus, Ohio
2014 Featured Artist, Kooma, Columbus, Ohio
2014 Resident Artist, Brothers Drake Meadery, Columbus, Ohio
2011 Resident Artist & Featured Artist, 83 Gallery, 2011-2013, Columbus, Ohio
2011 Featured Artist, Yeah Me Too, Columbus, Ohio
Collections
2022 CoverMyMeds Corporate Headquarters Collection, Columbus, Ohio
2020 Greater Columbus Arts Council Collection, Columbus, Ohio
2018 The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Columbus, Ohio
Public Art
2024 Commissioned Muralist, Westerville Rotary, Westerville, Ohio
2024 Commissioned Muralist, Rickenbacker International Airport, Columbus, Ohio
2023 Commissioned Muralist,The Ohio State University Spanish and Portuguese Department, Columbus, Ohio
2023 Commissioned Muralist, University District Organization, Columbus, Ohio
2022 Featured Muralist, Upfest Mural Festival, Bristol, England
2022 Commissioned Muralist, Vejigante Godmask at the The Peninsula, Columbus, Ohio
2022 Commissioned Muralist, Poppy Mural for City of Westerville Veterans Memorial, Westerville, Ohio
2020 Commissioned Muralist, Be The Light Mural for Short North Arts Alliance, Columbus, Ohio
2020 Featured Muralist, Paint Memphis Mural Festival, Memphis, Tennessee
2019 Commissioned Muralist, Wallpaper City North Avenue Mural Corridor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2019 Commissioned Muralist, BLine Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2018 Featured Artist, Black Cat Alley, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2018 Featured Artist, Seale Street, Cape Town, South Africa
2018 Commissioned Artist, The University District Organization's 13th & High Mural, Columbus, Ohio
2018 Featured Muralist,, Pittsburgh Spirit Walls Mural Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Commercial Commissions
2023 Commissioned Artist, Mid Ohio Food Collective, Columbus, Ohio
2023 Commissioned Artist, Old North Arcade, Columbus, Ohio
2023 Commissioned Artist, P3 Magic Theater, Columbus, Ohio
2023 Commissioned Artist, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, National
2020-2023 Commissioned Artist, Jackie O's Brewery, National
2019-2023 Commissioned Muralist, Condado Tacos, National
2021-2022 Commissioned Artist, Maker's Mark, National
2019 Commissioned Muralist, Moxy Hotel, Columbus, Ohio
2019 Commissioned Muralist, Otherworld, Columbus, Ohio
2018 Commissioned Artist, Matt Thiessen & The Earthquakes Album Artwork, National
2018 Commissioned Muralist, Kaufman Development's Gravity Project, Columbus, Ohio
2018 Commissioned Artist, Blockfort Augmented Reality Mural, Columbus, Ohio
2018 Commissioned Artist, Jack Daniels, National
2018 Commissioned Artist, SoHi Sound Mural, Columbus, Ohio
2018 Commissioned Artist, PromoWest Productions' The Basement Mural, Columbus, Ohio
2016 Commissioned Artist, Kroger Store Murals, Columbus, Ohio
2016 Commissioned Artist, PBR Art Hole Gallery, Pabst Brewing Company, National Exhibition
2016 Live Mural Painting, Short North Pint House, Columbus, Ohio
Bibliography
2024 Rickenbacker International Airport mural honors Tuskegee Airmen, Spectrum News, June 2024
2024 Mural honoring Tuskegee Airmen finished at Rickenbacker Airport, My Fox Columbus, June 2024
2024 Tuskegee Airmen's legacy honored with new mural at Rickenbacker Airport, nbc4i.com, June 2024
2024 Tuskegee Airmen mural arrives at Rickenbacker, Columbus Airports, June 2024
2023 “Resilient Mother”: Adam Hernández reveals mural in Columbus, La Mega Media, September 2023
2023 Mural Reflects Neighborhood Spirit, ABC 6, September 2023
2023 On the Verge of Leveling Up, Adam Hernandez Takes a Look Back, Matter News, May 2023
2023 Columbus-based Condado Tacos Sets Opening Date for First Louisville Location, Columbus Business First, April 2023
2022 Art | Activism | Action, Greater Columbus Arts Council, December 2022
2022 934 Gallery Controversy Opens Conversations On Race, Censorship, Matter News, November 2022
2022 Local Artist Adds Pop of Color to New Veterans Memorial, Westerville City Guide, October 2022
2022 3 New Public Arts Unveiled During Columbus Arts Festival, WBNS Channel 10 News, June 2022
2022 Murals of Bristol’s 2022 Upfest Street Art Festival, Inspiring City, May 2022
2022 Artist Uses Blend of Modern Hieroglyphics and Graffiti To Add Color To Columbus, The Lantern, January 2022
2021 Columbus Artists Continued To Drive Cultural Conversations In 2020, Columbus Alive, January 2021
2020 Bronx Born Muralist Adam Hernandez Turns Passion Into Successful Business, Latin Business Today, January 2020
2020 Painter Adam Hernandez unmasks with ‘Only Bangers’, Columbus Alive, March 2020
2019 Why Milwaukee Businesses are Investing in Public Art, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 2019
2019 On the Road: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, SOLD Magazine, April 2019
2019 Best Artist: Adam Hernandez, Columbus Alive, March 2019
2019 The Confluence Cast: Muralist Adam Hernandez, Columbus Underground, January 2019
2018 Creative Capital, Delta Sky, August 2018
2018 More Than 25 Artists to Install Murals for Gravity Project in Franklinton, Columbus Underground, August 2018
2018 Cómix Latinx Interview: Eisner Award Winner Professor Frederick Luis Aldama, Comicosity, July 2018
2018 An Artist's Perspective: Raising the Question of Why We Create, PBS.org, April 2018
2018 Artists Announced for Black Cat Alley, Wisconsin Gazette, April 2018
2018 New Murals for Black Cat Alley, OnMilwaukee, April 2018
2018 Black Cat Alley Will Put Up New Art, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 2018
2018 Artists Announced for Black Cat Alley, Urban Milwaukee, April 2018
2018 New Art For Black Cat Alley, Patch.com, April 2018
2018 Two new murals are coming to Black Cat Alley this spring, Milwaukee Record, April 2018
2017 The Columbus Book Project, Columbus Ohio, 2017
2017 New Clintonville Cafe Offers Breakfast and Lunch, Columbus Underground, November 2017
2017 BLunch Now Open in Clintonville, Columbus Business First, November 2017
2017 Arts leaders ponder future of the arts scene in Columbus The Columbus Dispatch, October 2017
2017 Artist Spotlight ¡Dímelo, Columbus! of the Ohio State University, September 2017
2017 Broad & High WOSU, October 2017
2017 ExhibitionPreview: Zona Alterna Columbus Alive, August 2017
2017 Exhibition Preview: Belleza Columbus Alive, March 2017
2017 Year-In-Review PureStreetArt.com, January 2017
2016 Year-in-Review: Exhibitions Columbus Alive, December 2016
2016 Guest Cultivates Artistic Voices ThisWeek, November 2016
2016 City's Skyline, Diversity Inspire ThisWeek, October 2016
2016 934 journeys to Hernandez's 'Land of Thunderbirds’ Columbus Alive, July 2016
2016 Thunderbirds Rise Upon Emblazoned Wings at the 934 Gallery Now It's Dark, July 2016
2016 Taking Flight: An Exploration of Art and Fashion, Reviews937, July 2016
2015 Return Of Thunderbird Columbus Alive, August 2015
2014 Young Artist Adam Hernandez Is Ready, Columbus Alive, February 2014
Publications as Author
2020 What Do All the Symbols Mean?, Ohio History Connection Blog, Columbus, Ohio
2018 An Artist's Perspective: Raising the Question of Why We Create, PBS.org, April 2018
2018 Tales From La Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology, Mad Creek Books, 2018
Professional Experience
2018-2023 Muralist Lead, Condado Taco, Multiple Locations Nationwide
2021-2022 Guest Facilitator, Hilliard Public Schools, Hilliard, Ohio
2021 Guest Facilitator, All People Arts, Columbus, Ohio
2020 Guest Facilitator, We Amplify Voices, Columbus, Ohio
2019 Featured Speaker, Ohio HOBY Youth Leadership, Columbus, Ohio
2019 Featured Speaker,Creative Control Fest, Columbus, Ohio
2018 Guest Facilitator, Slate Hill Elementary, Worthington, Ohio
2017 Guest Facilitator, The Ohio State University'sHumanities & Cognitive Sciences Summer Institute, Columbus Ohio