Hergueta uses the computer to begin the innovative
process of creating new forms. As a starting point he often uses
conventional
symbols
such as words or individual letters,
that can be changed through digital
manipulation or transformed
through placing them in another context.
The search for new forms is a complicated process involving
the transfer
into
another medium and a different context.
Transmission faults and transformation
processes play an important role.
Although Mario Hergueta borrows
material from an existing corpus,
new forms come into being through
the process
of composition.
Through this we see the meaning of technical in Mario
Herguetas work,
it is not a blind procedure, rather a way of developing
awareness
through the process of creating new forms.
Among the awards and fellowships he has been honored to receive are
Stiftung Kunstfonds grant, Casa Baldi (Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo) grant,
and the City of Mainz for the Arts Award.
He is collected by several public and private collectors.
His art projects have been
exhibited at national and international exhibitions
both in private and public venues.