Rolando Peña (born October 27, 1942, in

Caracas, Venezuela Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

) is a Venezuelan-American visual artist and dancer. He is best known as one of the

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, and he participated in a number of

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films. Among Warhol superstars, Peña is known as "the Black Prince", or "El Principe Negro". He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship during 2009.

Exhibitions

Peña's early work on photomaton photography, was recently show at an exhibition in Miami, Florida.

References

Living people 1942 births Venezuelan emigrants to the United States American male dancers Venezuelan male dancers Venezuelan dancers Artists from Caracas {{Venezuela-artist-stub