José Herrera graduated in Fine Arts from La Laguna University, where he majored in Painting. His work also extends to other fields such as sculpture and installations. He started lecturing at the Education Faculty at La Laguna in 1984.
Using memory, space, solitude, fragility and silence, much of Herrera’s oeuvre seeks to construct interior landscapes by working in different materials – paper pulp, wood, gold leaf and pigments – and everyday items (pillows, seats and tables), to appeal directly to emotion, poetry and intuition. Along with his bulky, spatial sculptures, Herrera’s oeuvre is noted for its large watercolours and small works on paper where he addresses themes linked to his feelings and whatever concerns or preoccupies him.
His first solo show was at the San Miguel de La Laguna Chapel exhibition centre in 1984. His works have subsequently been shown in many Spanish and foreign venues and institutions, such as the Galerie für Gegenwartskunst (Bonstetten, Switzerland, 1988); the Atlantic Modern Art Centre (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1990); the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid, 1994); the Senate Building (Madrid, 2002); La Granja Art Centre (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 2003); La Regenta Art Centre (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2003); the Galerie Manzoni Schäper (Berlin, 2011); the Torres Hernández Farré House (Güímar, Tenerife, 2013); and the Bibli exhibition room (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 2017).
José Herrera graduated in Fine Arts from La Laguna University, where he majored in Painting. His work also extends to other fields such as sculpture and installations. He started lecturing at the Education Faculty at La Laguna in 1984.
Using memory, space, solitude, fragility and silence, much of Herrera’s oeuvre seeks to construct interior landscapes by working in different materials – paper pulp, wood, gold leaf and pigments – and everyday items (pillows, seats and tables), to appeal directly to emotion, poetry and intuition. Along with his bulky, spatial sculptures, Herrera’s oeuvre is noted for its large watercolours and small works on paper where he addresses themes linked to his feelings and whatever concerns or preoccupies him.
His first solo show was at the San Miguel de La Laguna Chapel exhibition centre in 1984. His works have subsequently been shown in many Spanish and foreign venues and institutions, such as the Galerie für Gegenwartskunst (Bonstetten, Switzerland, 1988); the Atlantic Modern Art Centre (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1990); the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid, 1994); the Senate Building (Madrid, 2002); La Granja Art Centre (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 2003); La Regenta Art Centre (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2003); the Galerie Manzoni Schäper (Berlin, 2011); the Torres Hernández Farré House (Güímar, Tenerife, 2013); and the Bibli exhibition room (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 2017).