Artist Profile Troy Hul Arnold

Hul Arnold’s triumphant oils illuminate and chronicle Caribbean heritage.

Artist Statement

My work follows a personal narrative and the experiences of the Caribbean diaspora in the United States. My paintings feature the values that are shared amongst the Caribbean / West Indian communities, and how we navigate this foreign landscape called the United States of America, with much adaptation and attempts to assimilate to the American way. We fail to give up our identity as West Indian, but succeed in merging our cultural identity with adjacent collaborating migrant cultures that make up the United States of America.

Artist Biography

Troy Hul Arnold is a native New Yorker, born in the Caribbean Islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Troy migrated to the United States as a child with his three older siblings and mother, Catherine, all of whom are depicted throughout Troy’s body of work, along with his life partner Elise Mascia. Troy has worked in the Art & Design community where he has contributed for the past two decades. Troy now resides in German Town, Philadelphia where he continues to work on the narrative of his roots with a central focus on the Caribbean diaspora in the United States. Troy’s body of work consists of drawings and paintings of the life experiences and moments that go unnoticed to the audience outside of the United States Caribbean community. Troy’s goal is to shed light on these events and happenings to demystify the Caribbean population living, working, and thriving in the United States.