BIO
Arnold was raised in northwest Florida on the Gulf Coast. She currently resides on Padre Island in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she has maintained a studio practice since receiving her MFA from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in 2009.
Objects, architecture, and nature within and near her home inform her work. Arnold communicates her observations into photography, collage, sculpture, and most importantly the Canvas Peels.
The Canvas Peels are her most unique works, synthesizing photographic imaging and sculptural objects. The process began as an accident and through tireless experimentation Arnold has developed methods to reproduce and control it. A Layered Space, which is now in its fourth iteration, presents the work as an immersive installation. Translucent, plasticky, delicate, fabric-like images are molded into soft sculptures with armatures made of wood, wire and other elements combined with found objects to create a dizzying experience between reality and fantasy. Current work explores a deeper narrative of the artist's reality, including the closet, trees, plants, and most importantly, the swimming pool.
Group and solo exhibitions include Islander Gallery and Weil Gallery (Corpus Christi, TX), Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery - UTPB (Odessa, TX), Vignette Art Fair (Dallas, TX), Presa House (San Antonio, TX), Art Museum of South Texas (Corpus Christi, TX), and Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery - UD (Dallas), 2025 Marfa Invitational, 2025 Texas Juried Exhibition Artspace 111, and Cain Gallery.
Arnold serves as Co-Chair for the Board of Directors, and Chair of the Exhibitions Committee for K Space Contemporary; a 501(c)3 non-profit contemporary art space in downtown Corpus Christi. She served as adjunct professor (Photography, Art & Society, and First Year Seminar), as well as the academic advisor for the arts at TAMUCC for many years. She is now Assistant Professor of Art and Gallery Director for the Department of Art + Design at TAMUCC.
Art Museum of South Texas Summer 2020
Glasstire Summer 2020
"4 Rooms" at Presa House San Antonio, TX Feb 2020