SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Since the 80s to the present, Peña has been creating a monumental work with his concept of Crude Oil, which has become an icon of contemporary art. His work, associated with conceptualism, has turned towards a critique of consumer society and especially on oil exploitation. He has lived in New York, Paris and Caracas, cities where he has shown his work in several solo exhibitions with a consistent body of work throughout the junction of art, technology, and science.
Big Bang, 2017
Connect Now Room
Art Connection Foundation
Miami, United States
“Big Bang” comprises seventeen images and a video work where Peña examines the cosmological model of the Big Bang theory and its incidences on the ways we interpret the various dynamics that build and shape human realities.
Photo by Pedro Avendaño
Black Gold, 2016
Museum of Contemporary Art of North Miami
Miami, United States
Peña explores oil as a substance that has marked the destiny of of modern and contemporary life. Black Gold is “participatory art” and captures viewers in an immersive experience through dance, cinema, video, photography, installation, architecture and design.
Mene Digital (1987-2015), 2015
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)
Caracas, Venezuela
Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of CVA (Centro Venezolano Americano)
Oro Negro, 2015
Centro de Bellas Artes de Maracaibo
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Multimedia installation
Black Over Black, 2014
Alliance Française
Caracas, Venezuela
Multimedia installation
The Higgs Barrel, 2012
Edificio Eugenio Mendoza
Universidad Metropolitana
Caracas, Venezuela
Mural
Make Oil Green, 2010
La Caja–Centro Cultural Chacao
Caracas, Venezuela
Multimedia installation
The Barrel of God, 2008
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)
Caracas, Venezuela
Mural
Art, Science and Technology in the work of Rolando Peña, 2006
Maison de l'Amérique Latine
Paris, France
Multimedia Presentation
Dark Energy: Tribute to Albert Einstein, 2005
Centro Cultural of the Corp Group Foundation
Caracas, Venezuela
Interactive Multimedia Installation
Arte, Ciencia y Tecnología en la obra de Rolando Peña, 2005
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)
Caracas, Venezuela
Multimedia Presentation
Photo by Nelson Garrido
Imágenes de la Resistencia, 2004
Margot Benacerraf Photography Hall
Ateneo de Caracas
Caracas, Venezuela
Digital Photography, Actions, Videos
Le Baril de Dieu, 2002
White Elephant Gallery
Paris, France
Multimedia Installation
Photo by Veronique Chanteaut
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking: God's Barrel, 2002
Istituto Italo Latino-americano
Roma, Italy
Museo Pinacoteca Amedeo Modigliani
Folonica, Italy
Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo “El Gallo”
Salamanca, Spain
Interactive Multimedia Installation
The Oil Well, 2000
Jacobo Borges Museum
Caracas, Venezuela
Video Installation
Homage to Rolando Peña. "The Oil Spill", 1999
Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo El Gallo
Salamanca, Spain
Video Installation
The Standard Model of Matter:
Tribute to the 20th Century, 1999
Sofia Imber Museum of Contemporary Art
Caracas, Venezuela
Interactive Multimedia Installation
Menespace, 1997
Museum of Science
Caracas, Venezuela
Interactive Video Installation
The Oil Spill, 1997
Museum of Fine Art
Caracas, Venezuela
Video Installation and mural with Hopi Prophecy
El Mar Negro, 1996
Instituto Italo Latinoamericano
Roma, Italy
Interactive Video Installation
Orimulsión, 1995
La GaleríaAteneo de Caracas
Caracas, Venezuela
Sculptures, installation, lighting boxes and graphics
Mene Digital, 1995-1993
Thorigny Gallery, 1995
Paris, France
Galería Vía, 1993
Caracas, Venezuela
Centro Cultural Consolidado, 1993
Caracas, Venezuela
Sculptures, video installation and lighting boxes
El Laberinto, 1990
Exhibition hall RG
CELARG Foundation
Caracas, Venezuela
Video installation
Photo by Ricardo Armas
Crude Oil, 1987
Galería 2817
Caracas, Venezuela
Photographs, Intervened graphics
Photo by Gustavo Morales
I Am The Petroleum, 1986
Maison de L'Amérique Latine
Paris, France
Installation, Graphics, Photographs, Films, Videos, and Performance
La dorada espiral de la conciencia
(The Golden Spiral of Conscience), 1985
Museum of Fine Arts
Caracas, Venezuela
Installation, Graphics, Photographs, Films, Videos, and Performance
The Petroleum Belongs to Me, 1984
Museum of Modern Art "La Tertulia"
Cali, Colombia
Installation, Graphics, Photographs, Films, Videos, and Performance
Oil, 1981
Cayman Gallery
New York City, USA
Installation, Graphics, Films, and Performance
The Seven Vanishing Points, 1979
Cayman Gallery
New York City, USA
Installation, Photos and Performance
Santería, 1975
Museum of Contemporary Art Sofía Imber
Innaugural Exhibit at the Annex Gallery
Caracas, Venezuela
Installation, Photos and Performance
Santería, Myth and Gold, 1975
Bogarin Workshop Gallery
New York City, USA
Installation, Photos and Performance