A. Arroyo | Mexican Artist
Represented artist since 2021

Born in Mexico City in 1983, his interest in art awakened at a very young age when he discovered the Post-Impressionist paintings of Veracruz artist Marino Vergara Ochoa.

 

He nourished his creative curiosity by drawing throughout his childhood. Upon graduating high school, he formally began his artistic journey at the prestigious Academia de San Carlos, enrolling in a drawing and composition workshop led by Master of Visual Arts Guillermo Getino.

He later earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, developing a strong affinity for classical illustration, traditional mediums, and the intricate fusion of digital and analog techniques.

Following his university training, he returned to the Academia de San Carlos to deepen his expertise under the guidance of Dr. Rocío Romero Hernández, focusing on advanced painting materials and techniques, oil mediums, human figure drawing, and Venetian portraiture. He continuously studied human figure drawing at the academy for over four years, a formative period where body language and kinetic form became highly influential elements in his visual vocabulary.

He further refined his absolute precision and draftsmanship while working as an illustrator for the INAH (National Institute of Anthropology and History), where he collaborated on documenting archaeological artifacts, specializing in lithic and ceramic pieces. The rigorous graphic and stippling techniques he mastered during this archeological phase would later become a cornerstone of his contemporary fine art. Transitioning into academia, he began teaching undergraduate courses in drawing, composition, illustration, graphic representation, and visual language systems. In 2015, he stepped into a leadership role, coordinating the Graphic Design Degree at the Universidad del Sur for two years.

Expanding his printmaking repertoire, he participated in the specialized engraving workshop “From the Traditional to the Contemporary” at the Academia de San Carlos, led by Master of Plastic Arts Rodrigo Pérez. Currently residing in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, he dedicates himself full-time to his studio production, focusing primarily on contemporary printmaking and master-level woodcut techniques.