Outside of Joshua Tree, California, 2018.

Outside of Joshua Tree, California, 2018.




Born in Brooklyn, Arnao is a New York artist based in Harlem. She is also a teacher, designer and gilder. She is inspired by urban and natural environments, and looks for tremendous beauty in simple things. 

Arnao has worked in the US and internationally. A Member-in-Network of the Dortmund Kunstlerhaus, Germany, she has exhibited in the US, Germany, Italy, Turkey and Bulgaria.

She is the recipient of two Chashama studio awards (New York City), two Caravansari Residencies (Istanbul, Turkey) and a V4L Residency in West Virginia, Arnao also had a two year studio grant at the Kunstlerhaus, Dortmund (Germany).