Born in Trujillo, Venezuela in 1936, Colmenárez lives in Paris, France, since 1968 in Paris.
Since 1973 he works at the Vincennes University Paris VIII as a Contemporary Art Professor.
Colmenárez has represented Venezuela in several International Competitions and Biennials, being the 1969 Paris Biennial and the Havana Biennial in 1983 and 1985 among the most importants international events he has attended.

After his success at the I Guayana Biennial, the organizers honored him dedicating the II Biennial to him. In 1970 the French Government awarded him a special scholarship. In 1972 the Venezuelan Government through CONAC awarded Colmenárez with a second scholarship. In 1978 Colmenárez received and research scholarship from the Guggenheim Foundation.

One Man Shows
1976 Museum of Beau Arts, Caracas, Venezuela
1978 Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
1980 National Gallery of Art, Caracas, Venezuela
1981 Reattu Museum, Paris, France
1987 K Gallery, Tokio, Japan
1989 Bolívar Hall - London, England
1989 CELARG, Caracas, Venezuela
1989 ISEP, Vincennes, Francia
1989 Galeria Uno, Caracas, Venezuela
1991 National Gallery of Arts, Caracas, Venezuela
1991 Jesus Soto Museum, Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
1992 Galeria Naito, Nagoya, Japan
1992 Public Sculpture, Minimikata, Japan
1993 Contemporary Museum of Art, Caracas, Venezuela
1993 Galeria Fenix, Caracas, Venezuela
1996 Museum of Visual Arts, Caracas, Venezuela
1996 Galeria Ars Forum, Caracas, Venezuela
1996 Galeria Leo Blasini, Caracas, Venezuela
1997 Public Sculpture Procter & Gamble Building, Caracas, Venezuela
1998 Contemporary Museum of Art, Caracas, Venezuela
1999 Electra Space, Paris, France
1999 Arturo Michelena National Saloon, Valencia, Venezuela
2000 First Simposium of Sculpture, Utuado, Puerto Rico
1999 Galeria Medicci, Caracas, Venezuela
2000 Galeria Medicci, Caracas, Venezuela
2001 Museum of Beau Arts, Caracas, Venezuela
2002 CorpBanco Cultural Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela
2001 Carabobeño Cultural Foundation, Valencia Venezuela

Represented
Museum of Beau Arts, Caracas, Venezuela
Contemporary Art Museum, Caracas, Venezuela
National Gallery of Art, Caracas, Venezuela
Corp-Banca Foundation for Culture, Caracas, Venezuela
Galeria Medicci
Valencia Athenaeum, Valencia, Venezuela
Contemporary Art Museum, Maracay, Venezuela
Central Bank of Venezuela