A native New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent, born and raised in the Lower East Side (Loisaida), David Arroyo has studied and worked in the fields of graphic design, photography, filmmaking, and writing since 2009. He's loves to watch all kinds of anime, and voraciously read as many volumes of manga and graphic novels as he can get his hands on.
EDUCATION |
NYC College of Technology, CUNY Cum Laude, Bachelor's of Technology in Communication Design, majored in Graphic Design & Photography
Research Interests: Self-published Books, Book Design, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Japanese Graphic Design, Graphic Novels & Manga, Documentary & Analog Photography, Nuyorican/Puerto Rican Art Movements, Abstract Expressionism, and Folk Art
The New School Master of Arts in Media Studies, specialized in Film & Audio Production/Post-production
Research Interests: Experimental Film and Mixed Media Projects, Foreign & Documentary Films, Anime, and Oral History
Wesleyan University Creative Writing Certificate
Parsons School of Design - The New School Fundamentals of Illustrated Journalism and Memoir Course
Gotham Writers Workshop Fiction I and Novel II - First Draft
The Poynter Institute Poynter American Copy Editors Society Introductory Certificate in Editing
The Art Students League Class Monitor, Abstraction - Inspiration & Development of Ideas
AWARDS / PUBLICATIONS / EXHIBITIONS | 2011-2025
Scroll of the Simurgh and The Sea Under Your Skin, The Art Students League 2025 Student Salon Exhibition.
Member, Diasporican Art in Motion - Artists Database, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, 2024.
Honorable Mention, The Quiet Puerto Rican, The Art Students League 2024 Student Salon Exhibition.
Self-Published, Los Elementos Adentro de Mi, an illustrated poetry & prose book
Self-Published, Red Soul Into The Dark, an illustrated poetry book
Published, Photographer’s Forum Best Of Photography 2014 and 2018 books
Finalist, Photographer’s Forum 34th & 37th Annual Spring Photography Contests
Self-Published, Yuuma: The Geisha Redux, a second collection of photography
Self-Published, Red Soul Into The Dark, a second collection of poetry
Published, Glitterwolf Magazine Issue 9: Gender, Online & Print, London
Self-Published, Lost + Found, a collection of poetry
Self-Published, The [Masc] We Wear, a collection of photography
Honorable Mention, If Only for One Night, Mixed Messages Graduate Student Showcase, The New School
Opening Film, Astral Body, Fine Cuts Film Showcase, The New School
Commendation, 2012 Sony World Photography Awards, Enhanced Category
Media Studies Dept. Scholarship, University Scholars Award, The New School
Honorable Mention, 2011 International Photography Awards, Night Category