About

Enrique Hernandez is a Spanish artist based in London. His work revolves around people, objects and the emotional states they can carry when observed or pushed beyond their usual boundaries. He looks closely at how bodies, gestures, drapery and everyday forms shift under tension or distortion, and how these shifts reveal coexistence, contradiction and the presence of forces that are not immediately visible. His practice examines weight, pressure and balance in a direct, grounded way, treating ordinary subjects as sites where instability, conflict or deeper meaning can surface.Enrique selects each medium carefully, allowing surface, texture and physical handling to shape how forms develop, shift or fragment: lifting charcoal back, covering and reworking the surface, letting the form emerge through repeated removal and abrasion, mixing gouache or oil with thick resins and powders, or using water-based media in waterproof surfaces. By working with materials that can be built up, dragged, erased or scratched, he blurs the line between depicting a texture and constructing one. This approach allows familiar scenes to bend toward the psychological, the symbolic or the quietly surreal, using form and surface to open a space where the viewer can sense tension, uncertainty or the suggestion of something larger behind the visible image.

Selected Exhibitions

· 2025: Under the Same Sky, Nua Collective, London, UK
· 2025: One Off, Candid Arts Trust, London, UK
· 2023: Love Art After Dark, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
· 2022: Defaced, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

Education

Enrique is largely self-taught, developing his practice through sustained independent study, life-drawing environments and collaborative studio settings. His training has been shaped by time at the Art Academy London, where he completed Drawing (Stage 3) in 2023 and is undertaking the Foundation Programme in Fine Art (2025-2026), alongside periods of study and creative exchange within international institutions and artist communities through collaborations.

Collaborations

· 2024–present: Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
· 2023–present: Kunstfuck Art Residency, Budapest, Hungary
· 2022–2024: East London Strippers Collective, London, UK