ROMEO ALAEFF
Artist Websiteromeoalaeff.com
Romeo Alaeff was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1970. Initially studying Biomedical Engineering, he received his BA in Photography from Tulane University in 1993 and his MFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1996.
He has produced work in a range of media, including photography, film/video, drawing, and writing. His work has exhibited in group shows and film festivals internationally including: The Lyon Biennale, France; Artists Space, NYC; The International Print Center, NYC; The Dundee Contemporary Arts Center, Scotland; The Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC; The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; The Chelsea Art Museum, NYC; The NY Video Festival, Lincoln Center; the Kunsthall, Rotterdam; Witte de With, in conjunction w/ the International Film Festival, Rotterdam; the National Museum, Madrid; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona; The Dallas Museum of Art; and The Cartier Foundation, Paris.
In addition, Alaeff has been a guest artist, critic and teacher at the Rhode Island School of Design, Brown University, Pratt, Parsons, The University of Georgia and Georgia state University.
Alaeff is the author of the photobook, “In der Fremde: Pictures from Home” (Hatje Cantz, 2020) and “I’ll be Dead by the Time You Read This: The Existential Life of Animals”, a “humor/philosophy” book of drawings (Penguin/Plume, 2011). Alaeff is also the founder and Editor-in-chief of Lines & Marks, an online publication dedicated to the role and practice of drawing across the arts and sciences.
Romeo Alaeff currently lives in Berlin.
2017
Mixmag, 10 Year Anniversary Edition, (Photo credit), “Moments of the Decade No. 6 – 06/02/2014, Rolling Stone reports on the “Secretive Sex Fuelled World of Techno’s Coolest Club”, Berlin’s Berghain)”, (2017)
Groove Magazine, (Photo Credit), Alexis Waltz, “Ben Klock, Eine Eigene DJ-Grammatik”, July/Aug., 2017
Berliner Zeitung Print (Front Page Story), Clemens Schnur, “Berliner Nacht: Facetten einer dunklen Stadt”, (February 17, 2017)
Berliner Zeitung Online, Clemens Schnur, “Fotoprojekt: Diese Bilder zeigen die echte Berliner Nacht”, (February 16, 2017)
Mit Vergnügen, Charlott Tornow, “Unterwegs zur Geisterstunde – Der Fotograf Romeo Alaeff zeigt eine andere Seite Berlins”, (January 23, 2017)
Forbes Magazine, (Photo credit), Denise Restauri, “How This Woman Found Pride And Success Beyond Her Career”, (May 24, 2017)
2016
Berlin Art Link, “CITIES // Systems of Control: An Interview with Romeo Alaeff”, (May 20, 2016)
2011
Oprah’s Book Club, Leigh Newman, “11 books you thought you’d read, but will fall in love with instantly.”, (Oprah.com, December 2011)
New York Review of Books, Renee C. Fountain, “Review: I’ll Be Dead by the Time You Read This: The Existential Life of Animals”, (November, 2011)
[defective] GEEKS, Space Pirate Queen,
“Book Review: I’ll Be Dead by the Time You Read This: The Existential Life of Animals”, (November, 2011)
Book: “I’ll be Dead by the Time You Read This: The Existential
Life of Animals”, (Plume/Penguin, December, 2011)
Press-Citizen.com, Jake Nelson, “If Animals Could Speak
They’d Need Therapy Too”, (November, 2011)
Our Town Down Town, Our Town East Side & The West Side Spirit (Manhattan Media), Aspen Matis, “Romeo Alaeff Examines the Human Animal”, (November, 2011)
Antenna Magazine, Ashley Conde, “Evidence: Romeo Alaeff”, (November, 2011)
Berlin Art Link.com, Monica Salazar, “On the Road Series: Artist Studio Visit”, (February, 2011)
2010
Book: “Stuck up Piece of Crap, Stickers: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art” by DB Burkeman, Shepard Fairy, Carlo McCormic & Monica Locascio (Rizzoli, September. 2010)
New York Press, Rachel Reeves, “Catching Up with Romeo Alaeff”, (October 7, 2010)
Antenna Magazine, Erika Yorio, “Romeo Alaeff: Case Study”, (August, 2010)
Gopher Illustrated Online, Michu Benaim, “Romeo Shows Us
His Tapeworm”, (July, 2010)
Gopher Illustrated, Print Pull Out Stickers (“Issue #1,” June, 2010)
Paper Magazine, Alexis Swerdloff, “The subversive and the sticky”, (Summer, 2010)
2007
The Scotsman, Susan Mansfield, “Vintage Works”, Schottland, (September 21, 2007)
The Dundee Messenger, Donna Holford-Lovell, “Made at DCA”, Schottland, (August 28, 2007)
Priority Life ,“Art Symposium”, Taiwan, (p.78, Autumn 2007)
Artist, Taiwan, (No.390, p.396, November 2007)
CANS, Taiwan (No.31, p.86, August 2007)
IW, Taiwan (No.56, p.38, July 2007)
Men’s Uno ,“Artistry Spirit”, Taiwan (No.98, p.385 October 2007)
Madame Figaro, Taiwan (p.10, July 2007)
Beverage Media: Metro New York, “News Front”, New York, NY (August 2007)
2003
Vacarme, Anne Bertrand, “John Clare, forét, amours, folie-poésie” (Photo, p.100), Paris France, (Autumn, 2003, n.25)
NY Arts Magazine, Nuit Banai, “Mobilizing Difference”, New York, NY, (p.42 June, 2003)
Zycie Pabianic , Andrzej Adamczewski, “Zakrecona”,Pabianice, Poland (p.6 April 3, 2003)
Dallas Morning News, Manuel Mendoza, “Dallas Video Festival-Worth Watching this Weekend”, Dallas, TX (p.4J March 21, 2003)
2002
NY Arts Magazine, Pal Moore, “Motion”, New York, NY, ( Vol.7, April, 2002)
2001
Biennale de Lyon, Connivence, 2001 Catalog, Anne Bertrand, “Un Monde, Lyon, Frankreich” (pp.27-28, September, 2001)
1999
Parachute Magazine, Anne Bertrand, “Home Screen Home. Programme de Videos Realisees par des Artists Pour la Television Entre 1970-1999”, Montreal, Quebec, (No.96, p.62, Oct/Dec., 1999)
Visual Arts, Bruce Nixon, “The Photographic Persona”, Lousiville, KY, (p.42, December 8, 1999)
Born New York City
Education
1996 MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA
1993 BA, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
Awards / Scholarships / Residencies
2008
Artist Residency, Marfa, Texas, USA
Artist Residency, Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgum
2007
Artist Residency, Glenfiddich, Scotland
2001-2004
Fiscal Sponsorship, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA): “Gabriel-Ten Years in the Life of a Boy”
1997
2nd Place, “Family Portraits”, Judah Magnes Museum’s 4th Annual Video Competition, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA, USA
Selected Exhibitions / Publications / Screenings
2017
Benefit Exhibition & Silent Auction, The Drawing Hub,
Berlin, Germany
The End, Let’s Start Again, Donau 83, Berlin, Germany
2012
Benefit Exhibition & Silent Auction, International Print Center (IPCNY), New York City, USA
One Night Stand, Kim, Berlin, Germany
Turtle Salon, Meter Room, Coventry, UK
Turtle Salon, Grey Area, Brighton, UK
New Prints, International Print Center (IPCNY),
New York City, USA
Cut25 Exhibition, Yigal Azrouël, SoHo Flagship opening,
New York City, USA
Believe, Culture Unplugged Film Festival
2011
Book Launch and Exhibition, Powerhouse Arena, Dumbo, Brooklyn, USA
Book Release: “I’ll be dead by the time you read this: The Evolution of Despair” (Plume/Penguin, Dec, 2011)
2010
Benefit Auction, First Presbyterian Church Nursery School
Benefit Auction Housing Works New York City, USA
10thAnniversary Benefit Auction, International Print Center (IPCNY), New York City, USA
Book: “Stuck up Piece of Crap, Sticker: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art” von DB Burkeman, Shepard Fairy, Carlo McCormic & Monica Locascio (Rizzoli, 2010)
2009
Traveling Show: New Prints 2009/Winter, International Print Center (IPCNY) at Columbia College, Chicago and the Southern Graphics Council Conference
The Sonic Self II, The State Hermitage Museum / Center for Contemporary Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia & Chennai, India
Solo Show, Samuel Owen Gallery, Marfa, TX, USA
2008
New Prints, (Kuratiert von Jane Hammond), International
Print Center (IPCNY) & The New York School of Interior Design,
New York City, USA
The Sonic Self II, The Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, USA
Solo Show, Samuel Owen Gallery, Marfa, TX, USA
Collected Unconscious, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Brooklyn, USA
Momma’s Boy, Bait Banamal, Comme-il-faut Center,
Tel Aviv, Israel
2007
Made at DCA, Collaborative Artist Print Editions, Dundee Contemporary Arts Center (DCA), Abertay University Gallery, Dundee, Scotland
Exibition, Glenfiddich Gallery, Dufftown, Scotland
2005
Wrong Way (Video Selections, Vlatka Horvat), Galerija Nova, Zagreb, Croatia
April Meetings, V.I.P. Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia
2004
Based on a True Story, Artists Space, New York City, USA
Around Narrative, Kino Tuškanac, One Take Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2003
Home-made: Video Screenings (Forced Entertainment), Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
16th Annual Dallas Video Festival, Dallas Museum of Art,
Dallas, TX, USA
The Sonic Self, Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, USA
Screening, Sugar, New York City, USA
2003
Pop Music & Art, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York City, USA
The Illuminated Self, Aquatic Creations, New York City, USA
2002
My Father Told Me, Suite 106 (Popiashvili & Newman Gallery), New York, NY
Motion, 450 Gallery, New York City, USA
Photo 2002, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York City, USA
Monique Goldstrom Gallery Exhibition, Queensborough Community College, New York, USA
Screening, Halcyon, Brooklyn, USA
Video Lounge: Narrative, Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Holland
2001
Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon 2001, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
Traveling Show: Bodywrappinc. (Kollaboration mit Annette Meyer), Spiral Garden (Spiral Wacoal Art Center), Tokyo,
Japan; Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Niederlande; Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
Inaugural Exhibition, Suite 106 (Popiashvili & Newman Gallery), New York City, USA
2000
Somewhat Corrupt, Plaza Gallery, Fordham University,
New York City, USA
American Living Room Film and Video Salon, HERE Art Center, New York City, USA
Black Box Video Shorts, The College Art Gallery, Ewing, NJ, USA
1999
Nomadic Nights: Home Screen Home, Cartier Foundation (Foundation Cartier Pour l’Art Contemporain), Paris, France
Sitcom: Compromising Positions, Galerie Montenay-Giroux,
Paris, France
Home Screen Home, John Baldessari 4RMS W VU, National Museum (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia),
Madrid, Spain
The Photographic Persona, University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, Louisville, KY, USA
Knotes on Moving Images: Speaking in Public, 57 Hope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Sitcom: Compromising Positions, Anton Weller Gallery,
Paris, France
1998
Home Screen Home, John Baldessari 4RMS WVU, Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA), Barcelona, Spain
Einzelausstellung, Osmos, Berlin, Germany
Home Screen Home, John Baldessari 4RMS W VU, Witte de With (in association with the International Film Festival), Rotterdam, Holland
Knotes on Moving Images: Speaking in Public, 57 Hope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Space-Time Discontinuum, Taos Talking Picture Festival,
Taos, NM, USA
The Computer in Art, Edison State College, Piqua, OH, US
1997
Film Society of Lincoln Center: 6th Annual Video Festival:
High Tech-Lo Fi, Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater,
New York City, USA
10th Annual Dallas Video Festival, The Texas Show and Jewish Families, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA
12 Minutes Max: The Text and Image, Diverse Works, Houston, TX
Rhode Island School of Design Alumni Show, Fishbone Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
4th Annual Jewish Film Festival, Judah Magnes Museum,
Berkeley, CA, USA
Providence Filmmaker’s Film Festival, AS220, Providence, RI, USA
Film Society of Lincoln Center: Lunchtime at the Wall, Thundergulch: Arts & Technology Bldg., 55 Broad Street,
New York City, USA
1996
Reconstructions: New Alternative Documentaries, Mobius,
Boston, MA, USA
PhotoVideo, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA
MFA Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA
From Fact to Fiction, Video Space, Boston, MA, USA
1994
Photography Biennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, USA
Art by the Inch, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI, USA
1993
Art for Art’s Sake, Icons Gallery, New Orleans, LA, USA
Selected Academic Screenings/
Course Curriculums
2006
Masters Thesis Seminar (Cay Sophie Rabinowitz), Parsons,
New York City, USA
2004
More than One (Christian Rattemeyer), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA
2001
Masters Thesis Seminar (Cay Sophie Rabinowitz), Parsons,
New York, NY, USA
1999
American Studies: Religion & Society in American Literature (Bryan Stone), University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
1998
Video Techniques & Technology (Ruby Baresch),
New York University, New York City, USA
The Displaced Person, Literature Beyond the Canon (Cay Sophie Rabinowitz), Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
1997
Screening, Williams College (Anita Davis), Williamstown, MA, USA
1996
Independent Feature Film (John Carstarphen), Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
Teaching/Lecture/Critique/Panels
2006
Presentation/Lecture, Masters Thesis Development Program (Cay Sophie Rabinowitz), Parsons School of Design (The New School), July, 2006
2004
Artist Panel, Based on a True Story, Artist’s Space, October 23, 2004
Visiting Artist, More than One (Christian Rattemeyer), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, October 14, 2004
2003
Presentation/Lecture, Jewish Heritage Program, New York, NY, October 24, 2003
2001
Visiting Artist, MFA Program (Cay Sophie Rabinowitz), Parsons School of Design (The New School), December, 2001
Presentation/Lecture, Masters Thesis Development Program (Cay Sophie Rabinowitz), Parsons School of Design (The New School), October, 2001
1999
Jury, Best of New York 1999 Addy Awards, Hill Holiday, New York, NY, February 19, 1999
Guest Critic, Masters in Design & Technology Thesis Review (Colleen Macklin), Parsons School of Design (The New School), January 20, 1999
1988
Visiting Artist, Photography I (Sue Wrbican), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY April 13, 1998
Visiting Artist, Special Topics in Photography (Ron Jude), University of Georgia, Athens, GA, January 14, 1998
1997
Presentation/Lecture, Educational Psychology: Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning, Graduate College of Education (Dr. Dennis Thompson), Georgia State University, April 13, 1997
1996
Photography Instructor, Bending Oaks High School, Dallas, TX, Fall 1996
Photography Lab Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Spring, 1996
Visiting Artist, Photography II (Sue Wrbican), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Spring, 1996
1995
Photography II Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Fall, 1995
Assistant Teacher, Photography I (Henry Horenstein), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Spring, 1995
Guest Critic, Photography II (Vivian Poey/Barbara Columbo), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Spring, 1995
1994
Guest Critic, Hypertext (Bob Arellano), Brown University, Providence, RI, Fall, 1994
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