Bio
Albano Hernández
b.1988 Ávila, Spain.
Lives and works in London, UK.
Previous to undertaking the MA Painting at the RCA, Albano Hernández took a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid, UCM. His latest solo exhibitions have taken place at the Salvador Victoria Museum (Spain), Collège d'Espagne (France), Fundación Iturria (Uruguay), and the University of Cambridge (UK).
In 2012 Albano won the BMW Painting Prize and the Obra Abierta Award three years later. His studies at RCA have been sponsored by the Basil H. Alkazzi Scholarship Award and he has been shortlisted for New Contemporaries 2022. His work is part of public and private collections such as the University of Cambridge (UK), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain), College of Spain in Paris (France), José Saramago Foundation (Portugal), António Prates Foundation (Portugal), Iturria Foundation (Uruguay), Ankaria Foundation (Spain), Ars Citerior Collection (Spain), National Library of Spain, BMW Ibérica (Spain-Portugal), Venancio Blanco Foundation (Spain), and UBS Europe SE (Spain).
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Albano receiving the BMW Painting Award 2012 from Her Majesty The Queen Doña Sofía. |