Alicia Herrero (Buenos Aires, 1954) works with various media such as installation, sculpture, objects, drawing, painting, printing, video, and performance. Her projects explore technologies related to language, economics, law, gender studies, and colonialism.
She received the Premio Konex 2022 (Installation), The National Award for Artistic Career 2021; the First Prize Winner Premio Fundación Fortabat 2019 and the First Prix New Media and Installations 103rd SNAV 2014, among others.
Herrero has recently participated in shows at Fundación Proa; Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires; Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires; Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid; MAC-UNAM, Mexico DF; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires; Museo del Banco Nacional, México DF, Master Drawings New York; Condo Project Marilia Razuk, São Paulo and solo shows at Herlitzka & Co., Buenos Aires; Museo Sívori, Buenos Aires, and Art Basel Miami Beach.
She has previously exhibited her work and projects in Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Austrian Cultural Forum New York; Shedhalle, Zurich; Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst NGBK, Berlin; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; among others. She has participated in I and III BienalSur; 8ª Bienal do Mercosul; X Bienal de Arte de Bogotá; IV Internationella Konstbiennal of Göteborgs; I Bienal del Fin del Mundo; V Bienal de La Habana.
Her work is part of public collections such as Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires; Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid; Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario; Centro Arte Contemporáneo Mendes, Rio de Janeiro; Centro Wilfredo Lam, La Habana; Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki; among others, and private collections in Argentina, USA, Colombia, Italia, England, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Greece, Cuba, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Paraguay and Brasil.
She lives and works in Buenos Aires.