Pop-Up Exhibit at Renaissance Toledo Downtown Hotel
Featuring artist Dan Hernandez: June 6, 2024
On Thursday, June 6, from 7-9 p.m., 20 North Gallery presented 12 works on paper by Dan Hernandez at Renaissance Toledo Downtown Hotel. 20 North Gallery, Renaissance hospitality and the artist welcomed visitors and hotel guests for fine art & conversation at this one-night-only exhibit, which was hosted in the sophisticated main lobby lounge. Viewers enjoyed an up-close look at Hernandez’s new series of printmaking artworks while sipping on a complimentary selection of wine, courtesy of the Renaissance Hotel.
Since January 2024, the “First Thursdays” pop-up exhibit partnership between 20 North Gallery and the Renaissance Toledo Downtown Hotel has brought fine artwork to the hotel’s venue spaces once a month. Featured for June was Toledo, Ohio artist Dan Hernandez, who offered a curated selection of his works on paper that expand upon themes from his Genesis and Reset series.
In his layered and carefully-considered artworks, Hernandez explores connections between art history, pop culture, religion and mythology. Having identified similarities between the narrative styles of certain periods of art history and early 8- and 16-bit video game art, Hernandez takes elements of video game design then draws, paints and screen prints engrossing works that connect cultures hundreds of years apart.
Hernandez’s artworks selected for the pop-up exhibition draw inspiration and source material from a variety of consoles and games of significance to the artist. All artworks on view were for sale at this open-to-the-public and free-to-attend event.
Artworks exhibited at this event are available for purchase via 20 North Gallery now through June 30, 2024.
