b. 1996, Guatemala
Lives in Jersey City, NJ / Works in Brooklyn, NY

Education

2022 M.F.A. Studio Arts, Hunter College, City University of New York

2019 B.F.A. Visual Arts, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Residencies and Awards

2026. Monira Foundation Artist-in-Residency, Jersey City, NJ

2024. Dedalus Foundation Fund for Past Fellows Award

2023. Mostajo Projects Artist Residency, Warren, CT

2023 Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting and Sculpture

2019 Giza Daniels-Endesha Award, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ

Solo Exhibition

2024 Fortaleza de Luz / Fortress of Light, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 Stretch, Hold, Release, Picture Theory, NY

2025 UNTITLED ART, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Booth B48, Houston, TX

2025 The Endless Forever, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, CA

2025. Affirmations: Mindfulness in Contemporary Abstract Painting, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

2024 New Art Dealers Alliance, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Booth 3.12, Chelsea, NY

2023 Rituals and the Subconscious, Mostajo Projects, New York, NY

2022 It Begins With What’s Already There, 205 Hudson Gallery at Hunter College, New York, NY

2022 Material Knowledge, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY

2019 Turn the Light On, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

2019 Art Jam, HomeFront, Princeton, NJ

2018 The Rutgers Club, New Brunswick, NJ

2018 Office of the Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ

2018 Onward & Forward, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ

2017 Make a Wish Foundation Gala with Rutgers Governing Association, New Brunswick, NJ

2017 Between Either & Or, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ

Media, Press, and Events

New American Paintings: Issue #176, Northeast. https://www.newamericanpaintings.com/issues/176
Luis Emilio Romero’s Guatemalan Textile Paintings are a Fresh Take on Latin American Abstraction, Cultbytes, by Carson Woś, July 31, 2024.
10 Artists We Loved at New York’s Frieze, NADA, and Independent Fairs, Sight Unseen, by Jill Singer, June 7, 2024.
Artist Panel “Mattering: Art, Life, and Materiality” Moderated by Julia Bryan-Wilson featuring artists Jessi Ali Lin, Charisse Pearlina Weston, and Luis Emilio Romero. Presented by Dedalus Foundation and Hunter College Department of Art and Art History, February 29, 2024.
Luis Emilio Romero’s Weaving-Inspired Painting, Testudo Studio Spotlight, video by Kate Parvenski, July 19, 2022.
Art Muse, The Emerging Art Issue, August 14, 2022.