Sol Diaz Peña
Sol Diaz-Peña is a transdisciplinary artist and community organizer whose work explores identity, cultural memory, and the transformative power of collective storytelling. Rooted in painting, photography, and public practice, Diaz-Peña draws from queer and Indigenous traditions, family archives, and ritual to examine diasporic experiences and the sacred within the everyday. They have exhibited at Lawndale Art Center, Blaffer Art Museum, and Project Row Houses, with their work featured in New American Paintings No. 174. Diaz-Peña has held residencies at Lawndale Arts Center, Project Row Houses, and the Artists’ Literacy Institute (NY), and was honored with the 2024 Arts and Media Award from the Houston Transgender Unity Committee. Diaz-Peña is a core member of artist collectives OpenMFA and Kitchen Table Puppets + Press.