HERMES BERRIO
Sorry About Your Wall, 2020
Acrylic, spray paint, gold leaf, fabrics, paper and artificial grass collage on canvas
98.4 x 78.7 in. (250 x 200 cm)
Total Price : £11,875
25 NAACKETS
Sorry About Your Wall, 2020
Acrylic, spray paint, gold leaf, fabrics, paper and artificial grass collage on canvas
98.4 x 78.7 in. (250 x 200 cm)
Total Price : £11,875
25 NAACKETS
Sorry About Your Wall, 2020
Acrylic, spray paint, gold leaf, fabrics, paper and artificial grass collage on canvas
98.4 x 78.7 in. (250 x 200 cm)
Total Price : £11,875
25 NAACKETS
About Hermes
Hermes Berrío (b. 1980, Colombia), currently living and working in Miami. Berrío received his BFA from New York, University (2005). In recent years, he has participated in group and solo exhibitions around the world for galleries and institutions in USA, Latin America, Europe and Australia. He has also completed a number of murals, with the most recent installations throughout the city of Miami. Berrío has been awarded numerous awards including The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2018 and 2022, in 2019 he was awarded The Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant, in 2023 he has been the recipient of a South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant, and the Miami Individual Artist (MIA) Grant. He has been a Fountainhead Studio artist resident since 2019. He continues to evolve his practice, investigating new processes and mediums, while challenging contemporary expectations with his prodigious compositions.
Hermes Berrío, transitioned to a global environment from early on, living between Bogota, Florence and New York, enabling him to expand his boundaries while exposing him to new opportunities. Ever since moving to Miami, he has grown his artistic career, finding inspiration through the city’s rich landscape and cultural diversity.
His practice captures the significance of everyday life, relating the grand scope that emphasizes both the mundane and the extraordinary. His urban style embedded within mixed media utilizes materials ranging from oil and aerosol, to textiles and gold leaf. In addition to carrying out a physical examination, Berrio conducts a conceptual survey, with reality as the foundation of his practice, creating a vibrant narrative and a personal reflection on the world. He continues to find inspiration in these unusual and yet commonplace experiences, by exploring the complexity of such simple moments and rendering them on a monumental scale.
Berrio’s paintings are at once deeply personal snapshots of his people and his city, and a sublimely laid out perspective that feels universal and unpretentious, his pieces are documentary-like in nature, derived from the artist’s photographs. Reaching beyond the simplicity of such fundamental daily happenings, Berrio’s paintings present a monumental vision of urban life. He has re-imagined, re-arranged, and metamorphosed visions of a cultural and personal landscape, seeking new ways to interpret one’s truth visually.
Education
2005 - BFA New York University, NY, USA
Awards
2023 - South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant Recipient, Miami, USA
2023 - Miami Individual Artist (MIA) Grant Recipient, Miami, USA
2022 - Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA
2021 - Jerry Goldstein Foundation Award, North Carolina, USA
2020 - Artist Fellowship Grant, New York, USA
2019 - Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant, New York, USA
2017 - Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA
Selected Solo & Group Exhibitions
2023 - Your Shoes Will Make You Happy Today, Breach Gallery, Miami, USA
2023 - South Florida Cultural Consortium, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Fl, USA
2023 - Y tu, de donde eres?, The City of Miami, Public Art Division, Miami, USA
2023 - Retratos de Barrio, La Cometa Galeria, Madrid, Spain
2022 - Colombian Imaginaries, Cromwell Place by Casa AmaCord, London, England
2022 - Ukraine Relief Fundraiser, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA
2022 - Rushing Down, Coral Spring Museum of Art, Coral Springs, USA
Why we like it
Hermes is one of the most important emerging artists from Colombia and becomes the first South American artist of the collection.
Hermes is known for his impressive technique which regroups many mediums including the use of acrylic paint, spray paint and textiles.
His artworks have been exhibited in major institutions such as the Coral Springs Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in Bogota, and the Mexican Cultural Institute in Miami.
Hermes has been exhibited internationally, with strong shows in South America, North America, Europe and now the UK.
Hermes has been repeatedly recognised by leading art world organisations such as the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the South Florida Cultural Consortium, which are both very influential institutions.
Hermes has exciting upcoming projects including shows with La Cometa Gallery in Madrid, and other galeries and institutions which we cannot publicly name just yet.
What others are saying
Victor Sandoval, “I Cannot Paint Winter In Summer”, Portray Mag, 2022
"Hermes Berrio Displays Work at Coral Springs Museum of Art", Coral Springs Connection, 2022
“Meet our first Co-hort of Emerging Members”, Cromwell Place, 2022
What is included
The value of the artwork (£9,750 incl. VAT)
Collection, crating, shipping & import duties (£800 incl. VAT)
Condition report and photography (£350 incl. VAT)
10% Admin fee to cover insurance and storage (£975 incl. VAT)
