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ArtEvol 2025 / Nelson Hernandez
Ozymandias , 2025 Oil on linen 100 × 80 × 2.5 cm
Nelson Hernandez studied Fine Art at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile before completing an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art, London. Hernandez has exhibited widely across North and South America, receiving first prize in the Artespacio Joven BBVA Gallery competition in Santiago. In 2024, Hernandez undertook a residency at GlogauAIR, Berlin, and in 2025 was shortlisted for the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Artwork Introduction Ozymandias presents a sculptural mass in deep blue tones, composed of intertwined bodies that appear to both emerge and sink simultaneously, creating a sense of frozen movement. Nelson Hernandez recalls classical ruins as well as contemporary accumulations of images and forms, evoking the fragility of the monumental. The flat yellow background contrasts with the density of the central figure, emphasising its illusory and ephemeral character, in tune with the poetic echo of the title, a sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley written in 1818.
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