Art Museum of South Texas

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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 (2018 Dallas, TX), Presa House (2020 San Antonio, TX), Art Museum of South Texas (2020 Corpus Christi, TX), and Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery - UD (2023 Dallas).

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.