Argentinian artist currently living & working in Seattle.
HERNAN PAGANINI
Born 1982 Zaraté, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Currently lives and works in Seattle, WA, USA.
In 2000 he began his studies focused in Graphic Design at the Buenos Aires University; while still was a student he was summoned to teach a class in Morphology alongside Enrique Longinotti at the Buenos Aires University in 2003, where he developed professionally as a teacher for seven years.
Interested in search other applications of his work he completed the Antiproyecto workshop dictated by Diego Bianchi at Di Tella University in 2009 and the Concept Clinics by Daniel Joglar and Erika Escoda this same year.
One year after he was selected to take part of the Artist Program in the Torcuato Di Tella University coordinate by Pablo Siquier and Leopoldo Estol (2010/11), simultaneously was the assistant of Roberto Jacoby working for the projects he presented at the São Paulo Biennale and Reina Sofia Museum.
2012/17. Inspired in the relation between art, education, culture and the application of this tools in the society he created a Nomadic School Workshop Project called VIAJE EN BARCO; this project has been applied for kids and adults, in several countries of Latin America and Europe.
In 2014 he was selected to make the National Arts Found Scholarship (CONTI Grant) created by the Government of Buenos Aires having clinics with the artists Eduardo Basualdo, Silvia Gurfein and Eduardo Stupía.
He was selected to participate in several residences like El Ranchito, Matadero, Madrid, Spain (2015); Kiosko Gallery, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (2016) and the Artist Residence Program of Facebook (2017).
He moved to the USA at the beginning of 2018 where he currently lives and works; he recently was selected by the 4CULTURE Institution to be the Artist in Residency for one year working inside Kind County Government Department, Seattle WA during 2018/19; simultaneously he won a grant from the WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION to be part of the Public Artist Roster between 2018/21.
FEELINGS
The gestures inside my work put into the light three simple facts; nothing lasts, nothing is finished and nothing is perfect.
The only thing I feel certain of these days is that every morning I wake up in a different way. I see my work as an existential tool for the self-exploration and to release the human emotions that help to build and develop myself. As much as I explore my inner being I fully understand a vast number of fragments of the universe which surround us. Although I can only visualize some parts, they help me to build new possibilities between the individual and collective reality, placing into evidence the fact that nothing is so inscrutable and solid as it appears to be.
Moving into a non-place between nature and culture, awakening a primitive behavior, developing a means of building as a type of particular and savage knowledge. It is possible to convey tools which are also means of knowledge. Presenting the possibility of sharing; transmuting the concept of supposing cultural differences with an artistic creative sense.
The practice of making, as an extension of the body and the soul connecting directly with the environment, nature, and everything that surrounds it, entering a new principle of harmony. Trying to provoke a reflection between the object and its form, through the manipulation of the material and the observation of its specific qualities.
The valuing of the incomplete, not only like a simple condition, but as an aesthetic possibility, of beauty as a timeless state, and that we can not encompass if it is not through our own imperfection.
The relationship between the places, history, politics and the construction of our own subjectivities. I collect and work with found material, which that came with an own narrative and history. In the sculptures, installations, and material collages that I produce the fragments are juxtaposed, staggered, scrape, enrage, approach, deny, affirm, construct, and reconstruct new possible interpretations in a new lexicon of misunderstandings; actions that attempt to generate news questions, unlearn what was learned, and think again about how we relate to the others, to the system and to the objects of daily consumption.
CV
EDUCATION & TEACHING
2000. Hernan Paganini began his studies focused in Graphic Design at the Buenos Aires University 2003/10. Taught Morphology for seven years, alongside Enrique Longinotti, Graphic Design career at the Buenos Aires University
2009. Selected to make the Antiproyecto Workshop by Diego Bianchi at Di Tella University
2010/11. Selected to be part of the Artist Program at the Torcuato Di Tella University dictated by Pablo Siquier and Leopoldo Estol
2011. Participated in the Concept Artist Clinics dictated by Daniel Joglar and Erika Escoda
2012/17. Inspired and interested in the relation between art, education, culture and the application of this tools in the society he created a Nomadic School Workshop Project called VIAJE EN BARCO; this project has been applied for kids and adults, in several countries of Latin America and Europe (more details about this project in the bottom).
2013/14. Selected to be part of the National Arts Found Scholarship (CONTI Grant)
RESIDENCIES
2014. EL RANCHITO Residency, Matadero, Madrid; Spain 2016. KIOSKO Gallery Residency, Santa Cruz de la Sierra; Bolivia
2017. FACEBOOK Artist in Residency; Buenos Aires, Argentina 2018/19. Selected by 4CULTURE Institution to be the Artist in Residency for one year working inside Kind County Government Department, Seattle WA.
2018/21. Selected by the WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION to be part of the Public Artist Roster for three years
2018/2019. King County Stormwater Department Artist in Residence
2019. Recology Seattle
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & COMMISSIONS
Installation in ARTEBA for RED Gallery, curated by Santiago Bengolea
'Pulsando en la intersección de los fragmentos', ALIMENTACION30, curated by Valeria Maculan, Madrid, España
'Miercoles' at B Gallery, Turku, Finland curated by Ilmari Wårri
'NORMAL', open show for the Ranchito Residency, Matadero ‘ Madrid, España
'UN BROTE EN EL DESIERTO', Quimera Gallery
Commissioned mural 'The Marathon Of The Species' for the Government of Argentina at the Usina del Arte, curated by Ines Viturro
'LA SED DEL MAR' at Slyzmud Gallery curated by Daniel Joglar
'Solo por hoy' at Eduardo Minnicelli Museum, Rio Gallegos, Argentina
Commissioned site-specific project for Vitrum Hotel, curated by Melina Berkenwald, URRA
'UN FARO DETRAS DEL MAR' Quimera Gallery
Commissioned site-specific installation project 'The Thirst Of The Sea' for the Embassy of Portugal in Argentina
Commissioned site-specific mural 'The Invisible Rises' for the Bellini Tower
'Prueba de supervivencia', open show KIOSCO Residency, St Cruz Sierra, Bolivia
Commissioned site-specific murals for Facebook Offices, Artist in Residence Program in Buenos Aires, Argentina, curated by Jayelle Hudson
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
'Algún jueves un domingo', invited by Suscripción group at Casa de la Cultura inside Guillermo Kuitca Grant
'Monument for a basement' at National Arts Found with Luciana Lamothe, Diego Bianchi, Jane Brodie, Gaston Persico and Karina Peisajovich
'Circular Project II', Palais de Glace
'Composition#1', SlyZmud Gallery with Andres Sobrino and Hernan Salamanco
'Art and Viability Edition', Praxis Gallery, curated by Rodrigo Alonso
Presentation of the awarded polyptych paintings at the Bienal of Young Art, organized and curated by the Argentinian Government
Mini Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland curated by Julia Van Der Meer
Invited to the South Bienal, Caracas, Venezuela with Proyecto Retrato de Mundo (Portrait of the World Project)
'UNIVERSE' at ABRA Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
'1ROOM', collective show by StudioE Gallery, curated by Dawna Holloway, Seattle, WA, USA
VIAJE EN BARCO - WORKSHOPS
01. VIAJE EN BARCO, Annual School Workshop Project running non stop since 2012 until 2017 in a private space open to the public
02. PROYECTO PIEL, series of four workshops focused on contamination problems of the sea for children aged five applied in the 902 Kinder, Zárate, Bs. As, Argentina
03. SALA PRETA, workshop for children focused on the situation of homelessness in South America implemented inside EL ALMA NUNCA PIENSA SIN IMAGEN installation of Roberto Jacoby, São Paulo Bienal, Brazil
04. SALIR A MIRAR EL SOL, workshop for children focused on environmental awareness
05. MUSEO DEL JUGUETE invited by the curator Santiago Villanueva; Olivos, Argentina
06. LOS OBJETOS PERDIDOS, performative workshop for adults applied during four days in San Miguel de Tucumán providence, Argentina curated by Marta Salinas
07. LOS OBJETOS PERDIDOS, workshop for children focused on the creation of sculptures with founded things on the street applied in two days as part of my Residency at El Ranchito, curated by Marina Acaso, main director of Pedagogías Invisibles; Madrid, Spain
08. MENSAJE AL VIENTO, workshops for children focused on environmental pollution at Eduardo Minnicelli Museum, Rio Gallegos, Argentina
09. LOS OBJETOS PERDIDOS, workshop for adults to unlearn beliefs focused on the creation of installations and objects with founded things at home; invited by the Palermo University; Buenos Aires, Argentina
PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
Capital Magazine interview, Santiago de Chile
Editor of five fascicles column about art, culture and pedagogy in La Voz newspaper, Argentina
Review in Living Magazine; Argentina
Yearbook of Praxis gallery, New York
SUPER MODIFIED, review in BEHANCE Book edited and curated by Gestalten editorial
Review in Atelier de Jeunes editorial, Barcelona, Spain
Interview in AYMAG magazine, Córdoba; Argentina
Interview for District Art editorial, Argentina
Interview for DMAG magazine, Argentina Interview for 22Magazine, USA
Interview in DNI, Clarin newspaper; Argentina
Review in MONTEM Issue, Japan
Review in SANDU publishing; China
Review in BrandD magazine; SendPoint Editorial Guangdong, China
Interview 50+10 magazine; Santiago de Chile
BARZON magazine; Bs. As; Argentina
Cover and review for I LOVE TYPE BOOK edited by VICTIONARY
Review in LATINO GRAFICO edited by Gestalten
Review in ROOMS (Art uncovered); USA
Review in Send Points Books; Amsterdam, Holland
Review in RUBY MAG BOOK edited by Gestalten
COLLABORATIONS
Updates coming soon.
