Hodei Herreros (Vitoria-Gasteiz / Granada, 1997) is a plastic and visual artist whose production is built around the installation and sculptural language, understanding the plastic as a tool to generate scenes and non-linear narratives from form and image instead of language. She is particularly interested in articulating sculptural shapes through flat surfaces that emerge from the silhouette, the shadow, the contour that delimits things. That which has no apparent volume and yet inhabits space, waiting for the body to appear at some point. A body that appears fragmented, not pretending the unity of a whole but the multiplicity and sympathetic power of its parts.

Cosmetics are also very present in her work, understood as the relationship between ornament and structure, beauty and order, a link that goes back to the etymological origin of the word cosmetic. She uses elements such as arches, moldings, columns,  adornments, patterns, furniture or make-up that present a liminal state between structural function and aesthetics, letting the accessory become essential and claiming the importance of ornament as a feminized objectuality. 


CV

EDUCATION

2023-PRESENTPhD in Contemporary Art Research and Practice, University of the Basque Country (Spain) 
2022-23
MA Research and Art Creation, University of the Basque Country (Spain)
2018-22Fine Arts Degree, 2016-18History Degree (108 ECTS), University of Granada (Spain)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024Kosmetai. Sala Jovellanos, Montehermoso Cultural Center. Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain). (Text by Belén Zahera)2022Las comensales. Una propuesta ornamental para Orgoreyn. Fuentenueva Espacio-Arte. Granada (Spain)
Aparecen nuevas montañas. Espacio Incógnita. Murcia (Spain). (Texts by Mayte Gómez Molina, Cristina del Águila and Carlos Martín)
2021¿Quién hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto? Espacio Lavadero, Granada (Spain). (Text by Daniel Medina Hermosilla)


DUO SHOWS

2024

2022
Perder el origen también puede ser perder el núcleo de las cosas. With Gari Arambarri. Market of Algorta. Getxo, Bizkaia (Spain)

En un mundo de afectos tibios, de suavidades y amarguras. With Alba Capitán. Faculty of Fine Arts Exhibition Hall. Granada (Spain).


GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS

2024 Exhibition Miquel Casablancas Award 2024. Curated by Blanca del Río. Fabra i Coats. Barcelona (Spain)
Tablao. Escenario de formas en el arte contemporáneo andaluz.
Curated by Alicia Ventura Bordes and Jimena Bázquez Abascal. Contemporary Art Andalusian Center CAAC, Sevilla (Spain)
Encuentros de Arte 2024 Genalguacil Pueblo Museo.
Curated by Arturo Comas. Contemporary Art Museum Fernando Centeno. Genalguacil, Málaga (Spain)
Exhibition Ertibil Bizkaia Award 2024.
Torre de Ariz. Basauri, Bizkaia (Spain)
Myths, mutations and mutualisms. Clima Fitness. Curated by Maite Borjabad. Intermediae Matadero. Madrid (Spain)
Apenas gestos. Curated by Jesús Alcaide. Artnueve Gallery, Murcia (Spain)
Showroom Artnueve Gallery. ARCOmadrid International Art Fair. Ifema, Madrid (Spain) 

2023Z Jornadas de Arte. Curated by Rafael Jiménez, Demetrio Salces and Miguel Ángel Moreno Carretero. Montalbán de Córdoba (Spain)
Arte Ederrak. Curated by Ismael Manterola. Casa Sanz Enea. Zarautz (Spain)
SAVIA I. Curated by Jesús Alcaide. Artnueve Gallery. Murcia (Spain)
Ertibil 40. Rekalde Aretoa, Bilbao (Spain)
Percorsi/Routes. Spazio GIACOMQ. Bérgamo (Italy)

2022MálagaCrea 2022. CAC Contemporary Art Center “La Coracha”. Málaga (Spain)
No era lo único que podía imaginarse. Curated by Juan Viedma Vega. Condes de Gabia Palace, José Guerrero Museum. Granada (Spain)
Al hilo de Fortuny. Vestido, identidad y arte contemporáneo. Curated by Belén Mazuecos Sánchez and María Luisa Bellido Gant. Almirante Palace. Granada (Spain)
Expedición Lavadero. Curated by Miguel Ángel Moreno Carretero and Fran Pérez Rus. Rara Residencia. Villanueva del Rosario, Málaga (Spain)
XVI Competition of Plastic Arts Provincial Council of Ourense. Marcos Valcárcel
Cultural Center. Ourense (Spain)
A la calle. Quinta Alegre Palace, Granada (Spain)

2021-22-23Alonso Cano Awards for Artistic Creation. Almirante Palace. Granada (Spain)
2021ArtJaén Art Fair. Provincial Museum of Jaén. Jaén (Spain)
Expostalraso. Faculty of Fine Arts Exhibition Hall. Granada (Spain)
PWR Our Powers. Espacio Cómplices, Madrid (Spain)
Jondos 21. Sala Torreón, Almirante Palace. Granada (Spain)

2020El sueño de Kris Kelvin. Festival FACBA 20. Faculty of Fine Arts Exhibition Hall. Granada (Spain).
Fajalauza 2020. De aquellos barros, estos lodos. Almirante Palace. Granada (Spain)

2019Alonso Cano Awards for Artistic Creation 19. Hospital Real. Granada (Spain)


COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

2024


2023
Finalist in Ertibil Bizkaia Awards 2024. Bilbao (Spain)
Finalist in Miquel Casablancas Award 2024. Sant Andreu Contemporani. Barcelona (Spain)

Acquisition Award at the Alonso Cano Awards for Artistic Creation, University of Granada. Granada (Spain).

2022Ex Aequo Award for Visual Arts at WE:NOW, International Youth Art Festival (1st Edition). Curated by Belén Zahera. Madrid (Spain)
Finalist in MálagaCrea Awards 2022. Malaga City Council. Málaga (Spain)
2021Finalist in XVI Competition of Plastic Arts Provincial Council of Ourense. Ourense (Spain)2019-21-22Finalist in the Alonso Cano Awards for Artistic Creation, University of Granada. Granada (Spain)


GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES

2025Residency Grant with studio space. Bilbaoarte Foundation, Bilbao (Spain) 
2024Residency Encuentros de Arte Genalguacil Pueblo Museo 2024. Genalguacil, Málaga (Spain)
Selection in INICIARTE Program. Andalusian Government (Spain)
Selection in Myths, Mutations and Mutualisms. Climate Fitness. Intermediae Matadero. Madrid (Spain)

2023Participation in Z Jornadas de Arte. Montalbán de Córdoba (Spain)
Participation in A Secas Programme, Andalusian artists of today. CAAC Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art. Seville (Spain)
Selection for solo show in the Artistic Production Aid Programme Alumni UGR 23. Granada (Spain)
Selection for solo show at AE+Montehermoso 23. Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)
Residency JAI Institute of Artistic Practices. Tabakalera, Artium Museum and Jorge Oteiza Museum Foundation. San Sebastian-Donostia, Vitoria-Gasteiz and Alzuza (Spain)

2022-23Residency Workshop Ertibil 40. Rekalde Aretoa. Bilbao (Spain)
2022Grant Blended Mobility. Routes. Visual narratives about the city. Accademia Giacomo Carrara. Bergamo (Italy)
2021-22Grant for Initiation to Research. University of Granada. Granada (Spain)
Grant for Cultural Management in Dinamizadores Programme. University of Granada. Granada (Spain)
Member Office EA! Writing and Art. University of Granada. Granada (Spain)

2021Residency alRaso. El Valle, Granada (Spain)2019Grant Drawing Music at The XVII Spanish Music Festival. Cádiz (Spain)


TEACHING, WORKSHOPS AND TALKS

2024

2023
Talk Arcoescote. Girar la forma para abrir posibilidades. San Telmo Fashion Week. San Telmo Art School, Málaga (Spain)

Talk in A Secas Programme. CAAC Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art. Sevilla (Spain)
Ta202lk in EGB Encounters of Artists Programme, Bulegoa Z/B. Bilbao (Spain)

2022Teaching Workshop/Laboratory Indumenta. Párraga Center. Murcia (Spain)
2021Teaching Workshop/Laboratory Dress, signify. Fashion and gender in artistic practice. CoLab Programme, Faculty of Fine Arts. Granada (Spain)2020Interview at Noise is (not) Data Festival. CO2 Office, La Madraza Contemporary Culture Center. Granada (Spain).


WORK IN ART COLLECTIONS

2024



2023
Work in the Avelino Marín Meroño Collection. Los Alcázares, Murcia (Spain)
Work in the Genalguacil Pueblo Museo Foundation Collection. Genalguacil, Málaga (Spain)
Work in Thierry Gasnier Collection

Work in the University of Granada Collection. Granada (Spain)

2022Work in Arcas Garrido Collection. Granada (Spain)
2021Work in the alRaso Museum Collection. The Valley, Granada (Spain)2020Work in the Music Documentation Center of Andalusia Collection. Granada (Spain)


PUBLICATIONS AND CATALOGUES

Catalogue. Herreros Rodríguez, Hodei & Zahera, Belén. (2024). Kosmetai. Montehermoso Cultural Center.
Catalogue. Herreros Rodríguez, Hodei. (December 2024). Dámela, dame la, dame là. La Madraza Contemporary Culture Center.
Catalogue. Various Authors. (March 2024). Ertibil 40. Bizkaia Provincial Council
Publication. Herreros Rodríguez, Hodei. (2023). A mis múltiples deseos. University of the Basque Country
Catalogue. Collados Alcaide, Antonio (Ed.). (2023, 2022, 2021 and 2019). Premios Alonso Cano a la Creación Artística. University of Granada Editorial.
Catalogue. Viedma Vega, Juan. (2022). No era lo único que podía imaginarse. José Guerrero Museum.
Publication/Catalogue. Collados Alcaide; Antonio, Garzón Martínez, Patricia and Ordóñez Eslava, Pedro (Eds.). (2022). Jondos 6/Jondos 21. University of Granada Editorial
Catalogue. Bellido Gant, María Luisa and Mazuecos Sánchez (Eds.). (2022). Al hilo de Fortuny. Vestido, identidad y arte contemporáneo. University of Granada Editorial.
Catalogue. XVI Certamen de Artes Plásticas Diputación Provincial de Ourense. (2021). Provincial Council of Ourense.
Catalogue. alRaso Residency 2021. (2021). POST-ALRASO. University of Granada Editorial.

MEDIA 

https://www.berria.eus/kultura/gorputz-izateko-formak_2124346_102.html
https://www.noticiasdealava.eus/cultura/2024/04/17/hodei-herreros-presenta-montehermoso-kosmetai-exposicion-centro-cultural-vitoria-gasteiz-alava-araba-8128271.html
https://www.elcorreo.com/alava/araba/artista-vitoriana-crea-cosmos-maquillaje-jabon-cera-20240417131659-nt.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
https://www.arteinformado.com/agenda/f/kosmetai-229859
https://artnueve.com/viewroom/savia-i/

https://wenow.online/videos/detail/58904-las-comensales-hodei-herreros
https://www.gasteizhoy.com/el-vitoriano-hodei-herreros-triunfa-con-las-comensales-en-el-festival-wenow/
https://www.arteinformado.com/agenda/f/las-comensales-una-propuesta-ornamental-para-orgoreyn-216136
https://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/cultura/2023/08/11/arte-comun-oteiza-paisaje-7142515.html
https://www.elcorreo.com/alava/araba/artium-beca-ingrid-blix-hildegard-hansen-hodei-vitoria-20230607124155-nt.html
https://www.bizkaia.eus/es/web/comunicacion/noticias/-/news/detailView/25229
https://canal.ugr.es/evento/exposicion-en-un-mundo-de-afectos-tibios-de-suavidades-y-amargura/
https://www.granadahoy.com/ocio/Facultad-Bellas-Artes-Capitan-Herreros_0_1722128919.html
https://www.ahoragranada.com/noticias/estudiantes-de-la-ultima-promocion-de-bellas-artes-exponen-en-la-sala-alta-de-condes-de-gabia/
https://www.diariosur.es/culturas/exposicion-espacio-lavadero-villanueva-rosario-20220310103038-nt.html