Imna Arroyo

**Imna Arroyo** 'Yar wasan Puerto Rican ne. Ayyukanta sun ta'allaka ne kan yin bugu da zane-zane, musamman a kan taken "energia de mujeres", ko "ƙarfin mata".

## Kuruciya da ilimi
An haifi Arroyo a cikin shekara (1951) a Guayama, Puerto Rico kuma ta halarci Jami'ar Katolika ta Pontifical na Puerto Rico a matsayin ɗaliba, ta samu girmamawa a shekara ta dubu daya da dari tara da sitin da shida (1966). Ta gama  karatu a shekara dubu daya da dari tara da sitin da bakwai (1967) kuma ta yi rajista a Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico inda ta yi karatu a karkashin Frank Cerbonie, Rafael Tufiño, Luis Hernández Cruz da Susana Herero . Bayan mutuwar mahaifiyarta a shekara dubu daya da dari tara da saba'in da uku(1973) , Arroyo ta koma New York kuma ta yi karatu a Cibiyar Pratt, ta kammala karatun digiri a cikin shekara ta dubu daya da dari tara da saba'in da bakwai (1977) tare da BFA sannan ta yi karatu a sashen buga littattafai a Makarantar Koyarwar Jami'ar Yale, inda ta kasance dalibar Gabor Peterdi . Winefred Lutz, Greta Campbell, Elizabeth Murray da Samia Halaby.  

## Sana'a
Bayan kammala karatun ta daga Yale, Arroyo ta koma Jami'ar New York inda ta yi aiki a gurin buga littattafai tare da Krishna Reddy . An ba ta kyautar Koyarwar Gidauniyar Ford a cikin wannan shekarar, da kuma Tallafin Aikin Fasaha ta Hukumar Connecticut akan Fasaha a cikin shekara dubu daya da dari tara da tamanin. Zuwa shekara ta dubu daya da dari tara da tamanin da biyu ta fara bincika jigon "energia de mujeres", ko "ƙarfin mata", wanda kuma aka yi wahayi zuwa gare ta daga gogewarta game da mata a cikin danginta da al'adunta; wannan ya ci gaba da kasancewa jigon fasaharta na farko. Daga shekara ta dubu daya da dari tara da casa'in da uku  zuwa shekara ta dubu daya da dari tara da casa'in da uku (1993), Arroyo ta yi aiki a matsayin Kwamishinan Hukumar Al'adu na New Haven, kuma ta kasance Mace wadda ta Jagoranci Honoree, acikin shekara ta (1987), an ba ta lambar yabo ta Merit Award na Kwalejin Al'umma ta Kudu ta Tsakiya, a cikin Shekarar (1994), lambar yabo ta Ƙwararrun Jami'ar Jihar Connecticut ta Gabas, inda a halin yanzu ita ce Farfesa ta Art kuma tana shugabancin Sashen Kayayyaki.

A cikin (1990) Arroyo ta kammala jerin shirye-shiryenta *na Motsawa Ta hanyar Karkace*, tarin zane-zane da lithographs wanda ya rinjayi ziyararta zuwa Mexico da New Mexico. Sauran fitattun nune-nunen  da jerin sun haɗa da *Time, Motsi da Alama* a Akus Gallery da Charter Oak Cultural Centre a (1995), da kuma shiga cikin nunin rukuni a Babban Taron 14th da Congress na UNESCO International Association of Art tayi, kuma a cikin (1995)  A cikin shekarar (2000) ta kirkiro *Muryar Ruwa* tare da Lillian Pitt, Gail Tremblay da Betsy Damon ; An baje kolin wannan a bikin CESTA.  A wannan shekarar, ta yi aiki tare da Arto Lindsay akan *Santuario para les animas Africanas* (Mai Tsarki don Rayukan Afirka), wanda aka nuna a cikin rugujewar Iglesia Santo Domingo a cikin birnin Panama .  A cikin 2011 Arroyo ya yi aiki a matsayin Jagoran Artist-in-Residence a Kwalejin Spelman . A cikin 2012 an ba ta lambar yabo ta al'adun Latino fice daga Ƙungiyar Hispanic ta Amurka a cikin Ilimi mai zurfi. 

Nunin ta na baya-bayan nan shine "Magabatan Fassarar"  a Jami'ar Connecticut .  Nunin ya ƙunshi wani shigarwa "wanda ya ƙunshi siffofi 27 na yumbura, kowannensu yana mika hannayensu ga masu sauraro daga tekun acrylic canvases da siliki. A cewar mai zane, waɗannan alkaluma suna wakiltar kakannin Afirka da suka mutu a Tsakiyar Afirka, inda aka tilasta wa miliyoyin mutane zuwa Tekun Atlantika zuwa Sabuwar Duniya."  "Alkaluman suna kewaye da zane-zane na baki da fari guda 47 wadanda ke dauke da hotuna masu girma biyu masu kama da sassaka da kuma wani hoton bidiyo mai taken "Trail of Bones." A ƙarshe, akwai bagadi don ba da haraji ga kakanni kuma ya ba da damar masu sauraro su rubuta kan ƙananan kwafi ga kakanninsu. Ta hanyar kafofin watsa labaru iri-iri, Arroyo yana aiki ba don kawai ya la'anci azzalumai na tarihi ba, amma don bayyana ainihinta da kuma girmama waɗanda suka sa rayuwarta ta yiwu ta hanyar gwagwarmayar su." 

"Arroyo ta kira aikinta "lokacin da ya dace" saboda yadda ta haɗu da tarihi, siyasa, zamantakewa, muhalli har ma da batutuwa na sirri a cikin tattaunawa ɗaya. Ta ambaci yadda sauyin yanayi ke yin tasiri ga matakan teku sannan ta haɗa shi da Puerto Rico, inda mutane ke rayuwa tsawon watanni tare da ƙarancin albarkatu ciki har da rashin ruwan sha. Ta ɗauki waɗannan batutuwa masu faɗi kuma ta yi amfani da su a cikin aikinta don tattauna batutuwa masu zurfi.

“Ba wai kawai abin da ke faruwa da muhalli ya damu ba, har ma da korar mutane daga wurarensu, ‘yan gudun hijira. Wataƙila ba za mu so mu yarda cewa muna da 'yan gudun hijirar da ke magance sauyin yanayi kuma wannan na ɗaya daga cikin haƙiƙanin zamaninmu," in ji Arroyo.

Arroyo ta kuma jaddada mahimmancin musayar ra'ayi a cikin aikinta. Ta hanyar saitin jiki na yanki da bagadin hulɗa, ta jaddada mahimmancin musayar da tattaunawa. Duk da haka, gwaninta na farko yana da mahimmanci don isar da wannan haƙiƙa."  .

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Yayin da yake zaune a Puerto Rico, Arroyo ya auri Tito Efrain Mattei kuma ya haifi 'ya'ya mata biyu Isis da Swahili. Ta bar mijinta kafin ta tafi Amurka, amma daga baya ta sake aure shi kuma suka haifi ɗa na uku, ɗa.