ABOUT ARLENE SANTANA THORNTON

Arlene Santana Thornton is a painter and writer based in the Hudson Valley and New York City. 

Arlene  completed a BFA degree with high honors from Florida International University in Miami, and then moved back to New York City for two years of graduate studies in Art and Humanities at New York University where she studied art history, literature, painting and printmaking. 

She  also studied at The Art Students League of New York with Richard Pousette-Dart; Arlene lived and worked for five years in Italy in the Rome, and Tuscany areas, while painting and studying art, culture, and Italian language at the Dante Alighieri School in Rome.

Arlene Santana’s paintings and drawings have been exhibited in over fifty group and solo shows in museums and galleries in Europe and the United States, including The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, The Viscaya Museum, and The Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art; her paintings are included in many private collections.  

She is a recipient of the prestigious Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Individual Artist Grant for 2018, among other awards and artist residencies. Arlene is the author of the book “Thoughts on Love and Nature”,  an intimate collection of her poetry and drawings.