Jenna Arvelo Brief Bio:
Jenna Arvelo is a New Jersey native currently enrolled as a student at Rutgers Newark, working towards her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree. Her chosen medium is traditional oil painting. Her body of work focuses around portraiture often depicting herself or influential, young, women of color. She explores issues of representation and identity within these bodies of work. She has had one solo exhibition titled ‘American Girl’ here on the Rutgers Newark campus. Her expected graduation year is spring of 2019.