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

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