Eddie Arroyo Explained

Eddie Arroyo
Birth Place:	Miami, Florida
Nationality:	American
Field:	Landscape painting
Training:	Florida International University
Awards:	2018 Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowship

Eddie Arroyo (born in 1976 in Miami, Florida) is an American visual artist working primarily with landscape painting. His canvases often depict urban scenes and local reference points for the South Florida communities as way to comment on economic and social issues such as gentrification, migration, and intergenerational relationships.^{[1] [2]}

Early life and education

Eddie Arroyo was born in Miami and received a BFA in painting from Florida International University in 2001.^[3]

Work

Eddie Arroyo's work comments on ideas of urban renewal, city life, and redevelopment in South Florida's Black and Latino communities – Little Haiti and Little Havana neighborhoods among them – and their impacts in the lives of local residents. For instance, images of architectural structures and local small businesses on the wake of being replaced by new buildings and constructions.^{[4] [5]}

Arroyo's painting 5825 NE 2nd Ave., Miami, FL 22137 (2016) was exhibited at the 2019 Whitney Biennial and later acquired by the Whitney Museum.^{[6] [7] [8]} Due to political views, Arroyo was one of eight artists to request his work to be withdrawn from the Whitney Biennial.^[9] The 2019 Whitney Biennial was the first to include Miami-based artists after ten years without showcasing artists from the region. Eddie Arroyo was included alongside South Florida fellow artist Augustina Woodgate.^{[10] [11]}

The Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood neighborhood, and the Haitian Heritage Museum, Miami, have hosted Eddie Arroyo's solo shows in the past.^[12]

He has lectured at New York Academy of Art, New York, and Florida International University's department of Art and Art History, Florida.^[13]

Collections

Arroyo's work is included in private and public collections in the United States, such as of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami,^[14] Florida; and Kadist, San Francisco, California.^[15]

Awards and recognition

Eddie Arroyo was awarded a 2018 South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowship.

References

1. Web site: Art . New York Academy of . Burkhalter . Nicholas . 2019-08-26 . Eddie Arroyo Artist Talk . 2024-06-19 . New York Academy of Art . en-US.
2. Web site: Arroyo . Eddie . 2017-12-26 . Welcome to Little Haiti . 2024-06-19 . Sugarcane Magazine ™ Black Art Magazine . en-US.
3. Web site: 2023-01-17 . Eddie Arroyo – Capture Photography Festival . 2024-06-19 . en-CA.
4. Web site: 2018-04-24 . Featured Local Artist–Eddie Arroyo . 2024-06-19 . Gulf Stream Magazine . en.
5. Web site: 2020-03-19 . “Be Unpredictable, Be Real, Be Interesting, Tell a Good Story!” (with an interview by C.J. Bartunek) – The Georgia Review . 2024-06-19 . en-US.
6. Web site: Eddie Arroyo . 2024-06-19 . whitney.org . en.
7. Web site: Eddie Arroyo 5825 NE 2nd Ave., Miami, FL 33137 . 2024-06-19 . whitney.org . en.
8. Web site: 79th Whitney Biennial – Criticism – e-flux . 2024-06-19 . www.e-flux.com . en.
9. Web site: Friedman . Julia . 2019-08-26 . Tackling Gentrification and Other Injustices Through Landscape Painting . 2024-06-19 . Hyperallergic . en-US.
10. Web site: Estape . Taylor . Eddie Arroyo, Agustina Woodgate Represent Miami at the Whitney Biennial . 2024-06-19 . Miami New Times . en.
11. Web site: 2019-06-18 . Within Time, Eddie Arroyo and Agustina Woodgate . 2024-06-19 . Meer . en.
12. Web site: Contributor . Guest . 2017-05-02 . Eddie Arroyo presents solo work at the Haitian Heritage Museum . 2024-06-19 . Sugarcane Magazine ™ Black Art Magazine . en-US.
13. Web site: lsippin . PUBLIC: Eddie Arroyo Art Talk . 2024-06-19 . Miami Beach Urban Studios . en-US.
14. Web site: July 4, 2020, Overtown . 2024-06-19 . Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami . en-US.
15. Web site: Eddie Arroyo – Kadist . 2024-06-19 . en-CA.