Edison Peñafiel (b. 1985, Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a Miami-based interdisciplinary artist whose immersive installations place viewers inside conditions of migration, power and disappearance. He migrated to the United States to leave the political and economic instability of his native country, and he earned a BFA in interdisciplinary arts from Florida International University in 2016. Working with projection, sound, textile and architectural form, he often uses looping video to evoke the cycles of history, showing people trapped in movement and labor while being watched. In "MARE MAGNVM," 81 masked figures, nearly all performed by the artist, cross a projected sea. His work has been presented at the Ford Foundation Gallery, The Ringling and CA2M in Madrid. He has received the Florida Prize in Contemporary Art, the Premio ARCO Comunidad de Madrid and a Knight Arts Challenge Award. He is represented by Sabrina Amrani, Madrid.
Locust Projects · 2026
