Artists
Monica Hernandez
Bronx-based oil painter Monica Hernandez explores womanhood, identity and sexuality. Hernandez emphasizes an interest in progressing her studies of the female form in relation to domestic interiors by taking the figure out of the confines of a set place and time. Toying with perspective, she deconstructs her compositions and rearranges the elements into geometric dreamscapes that serve as visual metaphors for her active analysis of personal memories and relationships. In doing so, Hernandez depicts a space that is familiar yet constantly in flux, an environment that encapsulates and allows her to reflect on the abundance of experiences that have made her who she is today. As a result, her canvases become channels for assimilating the complexities of the past and present.
B. 1995 in Santiago, Dominican Republic; lives and works in New York, NY.
