Yonel Hernández

Yonel Hernández, Caracas, Venezuela, 1981. Venezuelan graphic designer and illustrator, graduated from the School of Visual Communication and Design Pro-design, where he teaches Design III and IV -). In 2014 he founded, together with Virginia Riquelme, Isabella Saturno and Eddymir Briceño, the independent Editorial Label Barco de Piedra. Since 2013 he founded and directs, together with the designer Eddymir Briceño, a graphic design and illustration studio Inés & Bernardo. He has worked as a designer at Totuma Communications & Design (2006—2007); at SunChannel, Tourism Television, -); in the design workshop Alternative Vision C.A., VACA, (2010—2011), under the direction of Gabriela Fontanillas and Álvaro Sotillo, and at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas, MAC (2011—2012), under the tutelage of Carlos Rodríguez. He was selected among several Venezuelan illustrators and designers, to participate in the project “Play and learn with Miffy”, organized by the Butterflyworks studio, the Netherlands (2010—12). In the area of ​illustration, he has collaborated with the weekly magazine "Todo en Domingo" of the newspaper El Nacional; with Locatel's bimonthly magazine “+salud”; with the magazine «Climax»; with the magazine "Agujero Negro #7", from the School of Arts of the Central University of Venezuela, UCV; internationally with the magazine Alba Lateinamerika Lesen PUBLISHED BOOKS 2017 ● «El espanto», published by Utopia Portatil. Caracas—Venezuela. 2013 ● «La fábula de los cochinos», published by Camelia ediciones. Caracas—Venezuela. 2011 ● «Arte y punto», published by Editemos estrategias editoriales. Caracas—Venezuela. COLECTIVE SHOWS 2019 ● «Jóvenes con FIA, Nómadas: habitar un mundo que se transforma», curated by Humberto Valdivieso. Caracas—Venezuela. 2015 ● «Artezanos», organized by Cerveza Zulia y Cultura El Hatillo. Caracas—Venezuela. ● «Esqueje», organized by la galería abra Caracas. Caracas—Venezuela. 2009 ● «Teddy Trooppers Invation», organized by Buga Buga. Caracas — Venezuela. INDIVIDUAL SHOWS 2018 – EN LA ACTUALIDAD ● «Gestos mínimos. Yonel Hernández», Fundación Sala Mendoza. Caracas — Venezuela. AWARDS 2020 ● Winner of the contest Artivismo, in poster design category, organized by El Trasnocho cultural, American Enbassy in Venezuela, and El Centro Venezolano americano (CVA) 2020. Caracas—Venezuela. 2019 ● Winner of Latinamerican Design Awards, silver, in Branding category, for the project «Plan B: Caracas ciudad de salida», a Goethe Caracas´s project, the direction of Glocalstudio and incursiones, and art direction and design from Yonel Hernández and Eddymir Briceño (inés&bernardo)2019. Caracas—Venezuela. 2018 ● Mention at the III Premio Latinoamericano al Diseño Editorial, winner in illustrated childre´s book category. For the book «El espanto», published by Utopía Portatil, texts from Adelis Freitez, ilustrations from Yonel Hernández, 2018. Caracas—Venezuela. 2016 ● Finalist at the Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño 2016, Madrid—España. Graphic design category. For «Colección numerada» a collection of three books published by Barco de piedra, «El cuarto del loco» written by Carolina Lozada, Dibujo con niña» written by María Negroni and «Poemas» written by Manuel Vilas. ● Honorific mention at the II Premio Latinoamericano al Diseño Editorial in reference work category, for the book «Mitos y leyendas del estado Portuguesa», published by Fundación Empresas Polar. Buenos Aires—Argentina. ● Honorific mention at the II Premio Latinoamericano al Diseño Editorial in Book Collection category, for «Colección Numerada», published by Barco de Piedra. Buenos Aires—Argentina. 2012 ● Selection for Venezuela at the Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño 2012, in graphic design category. Madrid—España. 2006 ● Gold World Award at Promax/BDA for the animation «Coal x´mas» for Totuma Comunications & Design. Miami—USA.