Arturo Herrera is a Venezuelan-born artist whose work spans a variety of mediums, including collage, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and wall painting. He received a BA from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He became well known in the 1990s for his collage work, which drew attention for its innovative approach to combining popular culture references with abstract forms. Based in Berlin, Germany, and New York, his work has gained international recognition for its unique ability to tap into the viewer’s unconscious and evoke memory and recollection. Today, he is considered one of the most influential contemporary artists working today, with his work being exhibited in museums and galleries around the world.

Mushrooms, 2008, Collage, mixed media on paper, 146,5 cm x 113,5 cm

In addition to his collages, Herrera’s work includes sculpture, relief, wall painting, photography, and felt wall hangings. His felt works involve cutting shapes from a piece of felt and pinning it to the wall. His work is deeply rooted in the idea of the unconscious, and he often intertwines fragments of cartoon characters with abstract shapes and partially obscured images that evoke memory and recollection.

Dwarf Back #4, 2006, Graphite on paper, 42 x 28 cm

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