Gloria Hernando Miami Beach Artist

 

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Gloria Hernando Miami Beach Artist

Gloria Hernando, artistically known as Latin for Glory, is a Dominican American multidisciplinary creative based in Miami. Her practice intersects art, design, and transpersonal psychology with an aim at exploring the relationship between spirituality and natural environment. The emblem and core subject matter of her work is the archetype Bull that represents the universal symbolism of empowerment, strength, and perseverance. The Bull serves as the guiding lens throughout the creative process, allowing her to investigate the deep history, culture, and practice of the human spirit. Gloria combines these findings with the natural elements to create work that is rich in meaning, allegory, and purpose. Her craft is not limited to a single style or medium, but rather focuses on experimentation with materiality such as burning wood, molding clay, and hyper-layering color pencils. 

“I consider myself a spiritual pyro with a mission to awaken the inner bull in others. Art and design are the tools I use to spark hope within my communities and ignite the collective spirit at large.” 

Gloria is a self-taught artist who merged into a professional design career. She studied Architecture at the University of Florida, attended Parsons School of Design in Paris, France, and was awarded a Bachelor of Design, summa cum laude, at the University of Florida’s School of Design, Construction, and Planning. During this time, she developed the Latin for Glory alias, which years later led to her dream of becoming the independent creative she is today. 

The most recent exhibition Terra Mater: Burn to Bloom was presented in Art Santa Fe (2022) as a continuation of her ongoing Elementa series. Solo exhibitions include "Let There Be Light (2020), and Seven Fires (2019) both presented in the Miami Design District. Gloria was a selected artist for the Urbanism Summit’s Impermanence Initiative (Art Week 2021), Artefacto’s Tappo Arts benefiting Baptist Health Cancer Institute, as well as Miami Marine Stadium’s If Seats Could Talk project. Her work has been exhibited in various group shows such as Aqua Art Miami, the KIPS Bay Decorator Showhouse, Wirtz Gallery of South Miami, and the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series at N’namdi Gallery.