b. 1985, Ecuador
l. Miami, FL - USA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 MARE MAGNVM, curated by Cristian Viveros-Faune, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
2024 Barrio Alto, Coral Springs Art Museum, Coral Springs, FL
2023 Run Run Run Like The Wind, Miami Beach Arts & Culture, Miami Beach, FL
2023 Run Run Run Like The Wind, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, North Miami, FL
2021 MARE MAGNVM, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid - Spain
2021 MARE MAGNVM: La llegada, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid - Spain
2021 Camposcuro, curated by Claudia Mattos, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
2020 Land Escape, Atchugarry Art Center, Miami, FL
2020 Sempiterno, Sabrina Amrani Gallery OVR, Madrid - Spain
2019 Land Escape, curated by Leilani Lynch, The Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
2019 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art, curated by Coralie Claeysen-Gleyson + Hansen Mulford, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2018 Ni Aqui Ni Alla, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
2017 Sempiterno, Centre Gallery at University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2016 It Is So Because It Has Always Been So, Centre Gallery at University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2013 Paradojas / Paradoxes, Project Fine Art Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL

DUO EXHIBITIONS

2020 El Raft de Madeinusa [with Aurora Molina], The Camp Gallery at Sagamore, Miami Beach, FL
2020 The Persistent Caravan [with Aurora Molina], The Projects - FAT Village, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2019 Reenactments of a Perpetual Cycle [with Rachel Wolfson Smith], 100W Corsicana, Corsicana, TX
2017 And it’s Going to be Great [with Jenny Larsson], FAT Village, Fort Lauderdale, FL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Poli/Gráfica de Puerto Rico: Bajo Presion / Under Pressure, curated by Elvis Fuentes, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2024 Everything Ends Eventually, curated by Rina Dweck & Richard Moreno, New York, NY
2023 Un Hogar en la Diaspora, curated by Andrea Pacheco, Residencia Felipa Manuela, Madrid, Spain
2023 Vessel and Veil, curated by Claudia Matos, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
2023 Song of Simple Things, curated by Mahara Martinez, Mahara+Co & ArtSpace 305, Miami, FL
2023 Phygital Cities of the Future, curated by Tam Gryn, MAD Arts, Denia Beach, FL
2023 Ancestral Landscapes, curated by Kirsten Bengtson-Lykoudis, Not Real Art OVR, Los Angeles, CA
2022 History in Fragments, curated by Babak Golkar, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2022 Lean-To, curated by Leilani Lynch, Oolite Arts, Miami, FL
2022 IGNITE Broward, Mad Arts, Dania Beach, FL
2021 BIENALSUR: Punto de Fuga, curated by Marina Aguerre, Centro de Arte Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2021 Inside Feelings, Outside Voices: Reflections From Miami, Green Space Miami, Miami, FL
2021 Conflict Point, curated by Jonell Logan, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
2021 Bum Bum Ba Ye [Under Pressure], Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2021 Identidades Desplazadas, ARCO E-xhibitions, Sabrina Amrani Gallery OVR, Madrid, Spain
2021 Light the Night, curated by Sofia Bastidas, Broward County Cultural Division, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2020 Make America What America Must Become, curated by George Scheer + Katrina Neumann, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
2020 Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of Coronavirus, curated by Christian Viveros-Faune, USF Contemporary Art Museum OVR, Tampa, FL
2020 Exposed: 12th Annual Exhibition, curated by Meghan Kent, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2020 Ver Versus Ver, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2020 A Posteriori, Liliana Bloch Gallery, Dallas, TX
2019 South Florida Cultural Consortium, curated by Amy Galpin PhD, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, North Miami, FL
2019 Miami New Media Festival, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
2019 Florida Biennial, curated by Laura Marsh, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2018 Smash and Grab, Locust Project, Miami, FL
2016 RE: Produce, curated by Lisa Rockford, Bailey Contemporary Arts, Pompano Beach, FL
2016 The Space Between, curated by Jesus Petroccini + Chrisbeth Ortega, The Screening Room, Miami, FL
2016 I Vomit When I Think, Swemson Gallery at Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
2016 27th University Exhibition, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2016 18/8.9, FIU Project Space at Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
2015 In This Moment, curated by Marie Vickles, Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami, FL
2015 7th Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2015 Escape, curated by Nikolaos Yulis, Gallery 1310, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2014 Pixel Box, curated by Carmen Tiffany, Wolfsonian Museum FIU, Miami FL
2014 Manifest Destiny, curated by Marie Vickles, Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami, FL
2014 Freshly Squeezed, curated by Jesus Petroccini, Foto33 at Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, FL
2013 6th Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2013 Too Much Is Not Enough, curated by Marie Vickles, Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami, FL
2013 (Un)Common Traces, Dwelling Projects at ActivistaArtista, Boynton Beach, FL
2013 Paper Plane, curated by Sofia Bastidas, Dwelling Projects at ActivistaArtista, Boynton Beach, FL
2013 Art Bravo, ARTSERVE, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2013 Faces Exposed, ARTSERVE, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2013 Converging, North Hall Gallery at Broward College, Davie, FL
2012 Exposures, North Hall Gallery at Broward College, Davie, FL
2012 At Your Own Risk, Broward College Fine Arts Gallery, Davie, FL
2011 Be Inspired!, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2011 Photography, North Hall Gallery at Broward College, Davie, FL
2011 From Here…, Broward College Fine Arts Gallery, Davie, FL

FAIRS

2024 ARCOMadrid, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2023 Art Düsseldorf, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
2022 ARCOMadrid, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2021 ARCOMadrid, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Awards + Grants + Fellowships

2023 Specific Cultural Project Grant, State of Florida Division of Arts and Culture, Tallahassee, FL
2023 Direct Support Grant, Oolite Arts , Miami Beach, FL
2023 Artist Access Grant, Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL
2023 Miami Individual Artist Grant, Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL
2023 Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grant, South Arts, Atlanta, GA
2023 Artist Innovation Grant, Broward County Cultural Division, FL
2022 Premio ARCO Comunidad de Madrid, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
2022 Miami Individual Artist Stipend Program, Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL
2021 The Ellies Creator Award, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
2021 Specific Cultural Project Grant, State of Florida Division of Arts and Culture, Tallahassee, FL
2021 Windgate Foundation Award, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
2021 1958 Prize for Contemporary Southern Arts Finalist, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
2021 Fund 2.0 Grant, Alternate Roots, Atlanta, GA
2021 A.R.T. Grant, Artist Rescue Trust, Austin, TX
2020 Green Space Initiative Grant, Green Family Foundation, Miami, FL
2020 Creative Investment Program Grant, Broward County Cultural Division, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2020 Emergency Grant, Foundation For Contemporary Arts, New York, NY
2020 Alumni Relief Grant, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
2020 Visual Artist Relief Grant, Betancourt - LaTorre Foundation, Miami, FL
2019 Knight Arts Challenge Miami Award, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Miami, FL
2019 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art Award, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2019 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, Broward County Cultural Division, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2019 Creative Investment Program Grant, Broward County Cultural Division, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2019 Navarro Council for the Arts Residency Grant, 100 W Corsicana, Corsicana, TX
2019 100 W Residency Funding Award, 100 W Corsicana, Corsicana, TX
2018 Florida Biennial Juror’s Pick Award, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
2016 Honorable Mention, RE: Produce, Bailey Contemporary Arts, Pompano Beach, FL
2015 Manuel and Mercedes Mosteiro Grant, FIU, Miami, FL
2014 First Generation Grant, Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Washington, DC
2014 SGA Excellence Grant Award, FIU, Miami, FL
2014 Visual Arts Grant CARTA, FIU, Miami, FL
2014 Arts Council Grant CARTA, FIU, Miami, FL
2013 Faces Exposed Best in Show Award, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2013 Art Bravo First Place Award, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2013 Most Outstanding Student Award, Broward College, Davie, FL
2013 Visual and Performing Arts Grant, Broward College, Davie, FL
2012 Merit Award, Fine Arts Gallery, Broward College, Davie, FL

Residencies

2024 The Ant Project, México City, México
2023 Felipa Manuela Residencias de Investigación, Madrid, Spain
2023 AIR 351, Cascais, Portugal
2023 Tomas Redrado Art, Miami, FL
2023 MASS MoCA + Oolite Arts’ Home + Away, North Adams, MA
2022 Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
2021 McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
2021 Anderson Ranch + Oolite Arts’ Home + Away, Snowmass, CO
2020 MAD Labs, Denia Beach, FL
2020 FAT Village, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2019 100 W Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency, Corsicana, TX
2018 Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
2017 Fågelbo, WildBeast Collective, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2013 To Ecuador and Back!, Dwelling Projects & DeFactors, Ecuador

LECTURES

2022 Constructed Realities, Perpetual Cycles, Florida International University, Miami, FL
2021 Constructed Realities, Perpetual Cycles, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2021 Artist Lecture, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2021 Artist Lecture, Florida International University, Miami, FL
2020 Live Studio: Conversation with René Morales, Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL
2020 Land Escape Catalog, Conversation with Christian Viveros Fauné, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami, FL
2020 Artist take on migration and displacement, Conversation along with Aurora Molina and Juana Valdez, Art Seen 365, Miami, FL
2019 Conversation with Sabrina Amrani, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, SP

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2022 Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
2022 Colección Fundación ARCO, Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
2018 Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC

CATALOGS + Publications

2023 Oolite Arts, The Perpetual Loop
2022 New American Paintings, Issue No. 160
2022 BIENALSUR 2021
2020 Land Escape Catalog
2019 Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, South Florida Cultural Consortium
2019 Orlando Museum of Art, Florida Prize
2018 Locust Projects, SMASH AND GRAB by 20 years and into the next dimension
2019 Miami New Media Festival, Identity the New Frontier
2019 100W Corsicana, Finite Bodies in Infinite Times
2015 Atlantic Center for the Arts, James Hyde's Juror Statement

PRESS

2023 Artburst, Flags with a message kick off another round of MoCA’s Art on the Plaza
2023 Browadway World, The Museum Of Contemporary Art, North Miami Announces Artists Selected For 2023 'Art On The Plaza' Series
2022 Miami Herald, Edison Peñafiel’s first NFT mirrors his journey as an immigrant and artist
2022 Miami Herald, Miami Herald partners with local arts organization to launch a series of NFTs
2022 The Art Newspaper, Miami Herald launches NFT collection, with sales supporting local artists and journalists
2022 Artishock, Edison Peñafiel Mare Magnvm
2022 DXI Magazine, Edison Peñafiel / Mare Magnvm, un viaje a la cruda realidad
2022 ABC, Cómo asistir en primera fila a un desfile de malditos
2022 El Cultural, Todas las caras del éxodo
2022 Mas de Arte, Cristina Mejías, Sol Calero y Edison Peñafiel, Premio ARCO Comunidad de Madrid 2022
2022 Arte Por Excelencia, ARCOMadid’22: actualizaciones necesarias
2022 Revista de Arte, Instituciones y museos aprovechan ARCOMadrid para ampliar sus colecciones
2022 Info en Punto, La comunidad de Madrid destina 400.000 a la adquisición de obras de arte contemporáneo
2022 Exit Express, Todos los ganadores y adquisiciones de ARCO
2022 Broadway World, Oolite arts reveals recipients of 2022 studio and cinematic arts residency program
2022 Ocean Drive, Ignite celebrates arts and technology
2021 Not Real Art, How Ecuadorian Artist Edison Peñafiel Evokes the Chaos of Migration
2021 Diario Las Americas, Oolite Arts anuncia ganadores de los premios Ellies
2021 E-FLux, BIENALSUR 2021 - The International Biennial of Contemporary art of the South
2021 Grupo La Provincia, La migración como foco en una muestra colectiva internacional en La Plata de Bienalsur
2021 Clarín, De pasos fronterizos a una mochila que TAMBIÉN es una silla: la MIGRACIÓN como eje ARTÍSTICO en bienalsur
2021 Infobae, Bienalsur y un vendaval de inauguraciones: las 29 muestras de Septiembre
2021 Broadway World, Broward Cultural Division's Public Art & Design Program and MAD Present Light The Night
2021 Sun Sentinel, Here’s the story behind all those crazy lights in downtown Ft. Lauderdale this week
2021 Miami Living Magazine, Light the Night to "Light Up" Fort Lauderdale's Downtown
2021 Patch, Artists In 'Miami Beach Open House' Announced
2020 Terremoto, The CAC New Orleans presents "Make America What America Must Become"
2020 Off Beat Magazine, CAC’s Make America What America Must Become Exhibit To Feature Gulf South Art
2020 Miami Herald, Many artworks are visible from outdoors. Some museums and galleries offer appointments
2020 El Nuevo Herald, Temporada de arte en Miami, qué ver y cómo
2020 Glasstire, A Posteriori at Liliana Bloch Gallery, Dallas
2020 Dallas Morning News, New Start
2020 Yoursun.com, Life During Wartime: Art in the age of Coronavirus
2020 Islamic Arts Magazine, Ver Versus Ver Invites Us To Reflect On What Is Beyond The Visible
2020 Arteinformado, #LoquehayqueverVIRTUAL: ... en Sabrina Amrani y más
2020 Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, Sabrina Amrani incorpora a Edison Peñafiel en su roster de artistas
2020 Art Daily, Sabrina Amrani adds Edison Peñafiel to the gallery’s roster of artist
2020 Arts Calendar, The Persistent Caravan: Art and Immigration in the Pandemic Age
2020 Nagari Magazine, Una Voz en Paredes y Ventanas, Edison Peñafiel
2020 Voice of America, Edison Peñafiel Explora la Migración con una Obra Multimedia
2019 Remezcla, A Helpful Guide for Latino & Latin American Art Events at Art Basel Miami
2019 Miami Herald, Knight Foundation names South Florida Arts Champions and Arts Challenge Grant Winners
2019 Artforum, Knight Foundation Announces Miami Arts Challenge Winners
2019 Miami New Times, Local Museums Highlight Art Week's International Reach in a Miami-Centric Context
2019 Artburst Miami, MoCA Exhibit Features Top Work From Across South Florida
2019 World Red Eye, MoCA North Miami Celebrated the Opening of the South Florida Cultural Consortium
2019 Art Daily, North Miami Opens South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition
2019 A Talent Show at MOCA, Miami Herald
2019 Art and Object, Museum of Contemporary Art Showcases South Florida Talent
2019 Corsicana Daily Sun, 100 W Open Reception Highlights Current Exhibits
2019 Glasstire, Odd Fellows: Two Exhibitions Just South of Dallas
2019 Glasstire, Top Five
2019 Art Daily, Historic building in small town Texas now home to immersive art installations
2019 Corsicana Daily Sun, 100 W transforms former Odd Fellows Lodge
2019 Glasstire, 100 W Corsicana Names 2019 Residents
2019 Arte al Dia, Edison Peñafiel winner of the Florida Prize in Contemporary Art
2019 Orlando Family Magazine, Getting Personal
2019 Miami Niche, The Florida Prize in Contemporary Art 2019 awards Edison Peñafiel
2019 Orlando Sentinel, Poignant piece wins Florida Prize at Orlando Museum of Art
2019 Orlando Weekly, The Florida Prize in Contemporary Art rejoices in the chaotic, trashy, poignant
2019 Art Districts, Florida Prize in Contemporary Art
2019 Bungalower, Orlando Museum of Art Kicks Off Florida Prize Exhibition With Preview Party
2019 Orlando Sentinel, Latest Florida Prize brings in artists from around the state
2019 Orlando Sentinel, Orlando Museum of Art announces artist for Florida Prize 2019 exhibit
2018 The Coastal Post, Carry That Weight
2018 Miami Art Guide, The 2018 Florida Biennial happens at Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
2018 Choose 954, Hollywood, Florida Does It Again
2017 Sun Sentinel, The Nerve Performance Festival
2016 Art Circuits, Contemporary Is A Season
2015 Art Daily News Magazine, Hollywood 2015 Biennial
2013 Sun Sentinel, To Ecuador And Back: Artists To Unveil New Vision