
Luis Emilio Romero
b. 1996, Guatemala
Lives in Jersey City, NJ
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
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. Affirmations: Mindfulness in Contemporary Abstract Painting, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
Rancho , Cucamonga, CA
2024 New Art Dealers Alliance, Luis De Jesus, 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
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.