Born 1977 in Las Pinas, Rick Hernandez took up Fine Arts at Technological University of the Philippines (TUP) and got his Bachelor in Advertising Arts in 1999. His first job was a graphic artist under the company of Ross Capili. For more than 10 years working with Rosscapil, he has managed to work with some of our country’s premier artist like Bencab, Pandy Aviado and Nap Jamir among others; working on their prints and artworks has inspired him to paint. With Rosscapili as mentor, Hernandez has garnered some major awards between 2001 and 2004. He is also included as one of the 50 Finalist in 2001 and 2003 Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards, and won 2nd place at the Non-Representational Category of the 2012 GSIS Annual Painting Competition. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions inside and outside Metro Manila among them is his participation in the Philippine International Visual Arts Fest and the 2010 Asian International Art Exhibition (AIAE) in Mongolia with the “Homecoming” held at Bencab Museum in Baguio. He already had two solo exhibitions one in 2011 and his latest this year.