About

David Arevalo is a Texas born, Queer, Mexican, costume maker, designer, artist, and educator. His work centers personal narrative and the languages of bodies, materials, and storytelling, and translates these elements into three dimensional artifacts of identity. His practice is grounded in collaboration, slow process, and the transformation of objects and ideas. His work as a draper and costume maker has been featured at the Santa Fe Opera, The Kennedy Center, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, among others.

Upcoming Costume Designs: The Night Shift Before Christmas - The Alley Theatre, Houston, TX; What the Constitution Means to Me - Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre, Oklahoma City, OK; Private Lives - The Alley Theatre, Houston, TX; Aztlan - The Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA.  Previous Credits (selected): Selling Kabul - Northlight Theatre, Chicago, IL; MACHO Sensibilities - Bard College Dance Program, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; Laughs in Spanish - Stages, Houston, TX and TheatreSquared, Fayetteville, AK; Private Lives - Arizona Theatre Company, Phoenix, AZ; Don’t Let the Pigeon Sing Up Late! - The Kennedy Center and Washington National Opera. 

David is an assistant professor and head of the MFA program in Costume Technology at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds an MFA in Stage Design from Northwestern University. Further samples of work can be found at www.darevalo.com and www.david-arevalo.com