The award-winning Argentine digital artist has built an international career by bringing sacred symbolism, contemporary technology, and a lifelong search for meaning together. Now, with Monaco, Barcelona, and Paris ahead, his practice is entering a defining new chapter.
There are moments when a long postponed ambition stops feeling like a distant possibility and starts demanding attention. For Argentine artist Hernán Simó, that moment came after years spent building an accomplished career in law, education, and professional service. His path into digital art became a way to bring together the disciplines, experiences, and questions that had shaped him for years.
Today, Simó occupies a distinctive place within contemporary digital art, combining luminous compositions, sacred imagery, metaphysical symbolism, and emotional storytelling. After exhibitions and recognition across Argentina, Qatar, Spain, and Greece, he is preparing for presentations in Monaco, Barcelona, and Paris between September 2026 and January 2027.
From Professional Discipline To Creative Reinvention
Before becoming internationally recognized as a digital artist, Simó developed a demanding professional identity in law. He graduated from law school in Mendoza, Argentina with the Gold Medal and Best Graduate Award, later working across private practice, the judiciary, public service, and university education. His professional development eventually extended to California, where he became licensed to practice law.
Music was another important part of his formative years. Simó completed twelve years of formal piano study and became a piano professor in Argentina, developing an appreciation for rhythm, harmony, structure, emotion, and interpretation.
For years, however, art remained a postponed calling. The decision to pursue digital art became a process of understanding how those earlier experiences could contribute to something new.
“For many years, I believed that my legal, musical, and artistic identities belonged to separate lives,” Simó explains. “Digital art allowed me to understand that they had been preparing me for the same purpose.”
The turning point was the realization that these seemingly separate identities did not have to compete. As he describes the journey, “Reinvention does not mean rejecting everything we were before. Sometimes our past becomes the foundation for the work we were ultimately meant to create.”
When Digital Art Became An International Language
A defining breakthrough came when Simó presented Rivers of Wisdom at the Qatar International Art Festival in Doha. The work received the Best Digital Art Award at QIAF 2025, an achievement that marked his first major international exhibition outside Argentina and introduced his artistic vision to a broader global audience. The festival included artists from more than 70 countries.
The recognition was followed by further distinctions. Best of Best Review named Hernán Simó the Best Digital Artist in Argentina of 2025, and the Evergreen Awards named him Best Contemporary Artist in Argentina of 2025.
Barcelona became another important chapter. In 2026, Simó participated in Portal, a collective contemporary exhibition curated by Erika Tranchida in collaboration with Aliarte Art Gallery. He then presented Fragments of Light, his first international solo exhibition, giving audiences a more complete view of the spiritual and metaphysical concepts that inform his practice.
The journey continued with Soul Journey in Crete, Greece, a ten-work exhibition entirely curated by Simó himself and conceived as a visual exploration of the soul’s journey through incarnation, earthly experience, transformation, and spiritual ascension.
It was also in Crete that Simó was invested as a Knight Commander of the Sacred Angelic Imperial Constantinian Order of Saint George by Dr. Thomas André Louis Maes, Doctor of Fine Arts in Modern and Contemporary Arts, art critic, curator, diplomat, Consul for Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs in Crete, Duke of Gerani and Count of Brasschaat, in recognition of his contribution to the advancement and promotion of the Fine Arts.
A Different Perspective On Digital Art
What distinguishes Hernán Simó’s craft is the intention behind the technology. His work does not treat digital tools as an end in themselves. Instead, technology becomes part of a broader artistic vocabulary rooted in spiritual symbolism and emotional storytelling.
Christian imagery holds an important place within that vocabulary. Contemporary interpretations of Jesus, Mary, archangels, and other sacred subjects appear alongside luminous environments and metaphysical symbolism. Simó approaches these subjects with solemnity and respect, seeking to create images that encourage contemplation rather than simply attract attention.
The physical presentation of the work further connects Simó’s digital practice with fine art collecting. His works are offered as limited Collector Editions on museum quality fine art canvas, with individual numbering, hand signatures, and Certificates of Authenticity. He also offers fine art canvas prints and posters at more accessible price points.
Monaco: The Next International Stage
The first stop will be the 7th edition of the art3f International Contemporary Art Fair in Monaco, taking place from September 11–13, 2026 at the Chapiteau de Fontvieille.
“Every exhibition has represented something different in my journey,” Simó says. “Doha was a breakthrough. Barcelona allowed me to present a complete spiritual universe through my first international solo exhibition. Crete gave me the freedom to curate an entire journey of the soul. Monaco feels like the beginning of a new stage—one in which the work is entering an increasingly international dialogue.”
At the center of Simó’s practice is the conviction that digital technology can carry emotional and spiritual depth without becoming the subject of the art itself. For him, technology is a medium rather than a message.
“I am fascinated by what contemporary digital tools allow an artist to create, but technology is never the final purpose of my work. What matters to me is what the image communicates—what it awakens in the person standing before it. I want the viewer to encounter beauty, but also meaning.”
Barcelona: the International Prize Rembrandt
Only weeks after Monaco, Simó will travel to Barcelona, where he has been selected to receive the International Prize Rembrandt by Dr. Francesco Saverio Russo, official curator of the 6th Barcelona Art Biennial.
Established by Fondazione Effetto Arte as a tribute to one of the great masters of Western art, the International Prize Rembrandt recognizes contemporary artists whose talent, artistic research, creativity, originality, expressive quality, and vision are capable of leaving a meaningful mark on the international art scene.
The official ceremony will take place on October 31, 2026 at the Sala Aquarella Theatre in Barcelona. For Simó, the symbolism of a prize bearing Rembrandt’s name carries particular resonance.
“Rembrandt demonstrated how light could become far more than a technical device—it could reveal the human soul,” Simó says. “My work belongs to another century and another medium, but light is also fundamental to my visual language. I use it symbolically, as an expression of consciousness, faith, transcendence, and Divine presence. Receiving a distinction created in tribute to Rembrandt therefore has a very special meaning for me.”
The Barcelona program will extend beyond the award ceremony. Simó’s work admitted to the International Prize Rembrandt is scheduled to be presented during the 6th Barcelona Art Biennial at the MEAM – Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, from October 30 to November 1, 2026.
In addition to this international distinction, Simó has also been named a Passion Vista Hall of Fame 2026 Honouree in recognition of his multidisciplinary journey and growing contribution to contemporary digital art.
From January 22–24, 2027, Simó is also scheduled to participate in the 18th edition of the art3f International Contemporary Art Fair in Paris, held at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
Art as a Bridge
The international recognition surrounding Simó’s work is arriving during a broader moment in which the boundaries between traditional and digital artistic practices continue to evolve. But Simó resists defining digital art merely through its technology. His focus remains firmly human.
“I want my work to function as a bridge—between the visible and the invisible, between contemporary technology and timeless questions, between what we experience externally and what we carry within ourselves. If an image can make someone stop for a moment and feel something larger than the image itself, then the work has fulfilled its purpose.”
At the heart of Hernán Simó’s artworks is a story that reaches beyond digital technique. Rather than abandoning his past, Simó transformed it into part of his artistic foundation. His story is ultimately less about choosing between law, music, spirituality, and art than discovering that those disciplines were never truly separate. His digital art has become the place where they meet.
His growing international presence offers audiences and collectors an opportunity to follow an artistic career that emerged from reinvention rather than a conventional creative path. Those interested in exploring the artist’s work can visit hernansimoart.com for his portfolio and artistic projects. His visual work and updates are also available through Instagram, and TikTok, while his Fine Art canvas prints and posters can be explored through Etsy.
Ultimately, Simó’s work offers a compelling reminder that creative reinvention can begin at any stage, and that the experiences once thought to belong to separate chapters can sometimes become the elements of one complete story.