Save the Date: January 29–April 11, 2026
Me pongo el sol al hombro y el mundo es amarillo
Save the Date: January 29–April 11, 2026
The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery Presents
Edison Peñafiel: I Carry the Sun on My Shoulder and the World Turns Yellow
Pembroke Pines, FL — The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery is proud to present Me pongo el sol al hombro y el mundo es amarillo (I Carry the Sun on My Shoulder and the World Turns Yellow), a major large-scale installation by acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Edison Peñafiel, on view January 29 through April 11, 2026, at 601 City Center Way, Pembroke Pines, Florida 33025.
The exhibition invites the public into an immersive environment that foregrounds movement, memory, presence, and perception. Rather than offering a single, fixed image or linear narrative, Peñafiel’s installation is experienced as a traversable environment activated through the body. Seven monumental painted curtains, suspended throughout the gallery, create a porous, shifting space where images overlap, interrupt, and reappear, encouraging viewers to slow down, explore, and engage in their own rhythms of reflection.
Migration unfolds here as a bodily and emotional terrain. Seven suspended curtains of painted raw canvas, marked by hand-cut lilies, generate a space that oscillates between rest and departure, presence and distance. Working with domestic materials and immersive scale, Peñafiel constructs a poetic architecture of belonging—one shaped by movement, memory, and the act of carrying one’s world.
Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1985, Peñafiel relocated to the United States in 2002 and has built a significant international career with site‑specific projects that explore migration, power, surveillance, and the cycles of history. His works, inspired by German Expressionism and cinematic strategies, blur boundaries between perception and illusion. Peñafiel has exhibited at institutions such as The Bass Museum and MOCA North Miami and is a recipient of the VIA Art Fund Production Grant, Knight Foundation Award, and the Florida Prize in Contemporary Art.
Opening Reception – January 29, 6–9 PM
The community is invited to a free public reception on Thursday, January 29, from 6 to 9 PM, celebrating both Peñafiel’s exhibition and Habitar una nube by Adrián Sosa. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with both artists’ visions and connect with others in a shared space of contemporary artistic exploration.
Location:
The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery
601 City Center Way, Pembroke Pines, FL 33025
Admission: Free & open to the public
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Contact: The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery
