Andrew Arocho

Born in the Bronx, New York in 1994 and currently living and working in Miami, an artist, designer, and an innate creative, Andrew is renowned for his raw abstract paintings. His style of visual arts encompasses a fulfilling yet culturally rich aesthetic, taking viewers on a profound mental voyage across the vast seas of the Earth with impassioned fervor. Drawing inspiration from the ocean and his travels, Andrew's canvases are adorned with expressive and concise symbols, which dominate his latest body of work in the form of epic gestural abstractions.

Within these canvases, a thicket of brushstrokes and marks conveys a frenetic energy, emanating from the dramatic and inspired forms he creates. Andrew firmly establishes his position within the realm of abstraction, unconcerned with formal purity or the confines of precise lines. Instead, he ventures to complete the figurative vocabulary of specific landscapes, allowing the viewer to immerse themselves fully within the essence of his art.

Andrew's diverse background in visual studies since a young age has contributed to his profound artistic sensibility. The time he spent as a graphic designer in college further enriched his understanding of media, bolstering his overall comprehension and expertise as a natural and genuine artist in the contemporary art world.

works

  • The Island

    The concept of this art work is to create a nostalgic feeling that takes me back to those Caribbean moments when I visit my motherland (Puerto Rico). Surf, beach, culture & ancestral histories. I use frenetic, improvisational brushstrokes and earthy oceanic color pallets to reference and explore themes of energy and the hispanic collective experience. This piece of work is a conscious balance effort of both suffer and Caribbean style of being positive through pain & loving family and culture.

    I feel that this exhibition concept relates to my art piece because being from both the Caribbean and the City states has always gave me this magnetic balance of attracting inspiration from both the tropics & the big downtown cities. Understanding influences from my culture & histories I have lived through these life experiences to fuel me up to create this specific painting.

  • The Island (2023)

    Acrylic, ink, oil pastel, chalk, charcoal & cement. Hand made wooden frame

    6 x 6 ft