Foto tomada en Pinnacle Overlook, Lancaster, Pennsylvania por Ángel Rafael Sánchez II
BIO en Español:
Diego Romero es un artista multi-disciplinario de Puerto Rico. Romero explora el arte como lenguaje, yuxtaponiendo símbolos tales como emblemas culturales y logos; recontextualizando las imágenes como una forma de resistencia e invención. Su obra visual codifica aspectos históricos y sociopolíticos del Puerto Rico actual. A través de sus soportes busca descolonizar y resignificar estas cuestiones mediante la apropiación de objetos. En 2018, además del nacimiento de su hija Isla Estela, tuvo su primera exhibición individual llamada Exterior en El Cuadrado Gris.
Luego de tocar en las calles del país y otras ciudades internacionalmente, Romero lanza su primer proyecto como músico solista, titulado Una Voz. El álbum de corta duración está cimentado en ritmos afro-caribeños y tradiciones indígenas de Puerto Rico. Además en febrero de 2020 se presentó en Bogotá, Colombia como vocalista principal de la banda de latin-metal Puya. A lo largo de su carrera también ha colaborado con el grupo Tepeu, Danny Rivera, Alkem, entre otros. Por otro lado el artista alinea la composición y la producción musical con frecuencias de sonido para generar conexión como una forma de liberación personal y colectiva. Diego ha participado en exhibiciones colectivas y recientemente ha producido presentaciones de música en vivo en Puerto Rico y EEUU.
Romero ha estado activo en el graffiti y muralismo en el área metropolitana desde 1998, aprendiendo de la mano de “Thor”, “Ske”, y otros. También se desarrolló al lado de Rosamarie Berrios, Martín García Rivera, Jaime Romano, Susana Herrero, Enrique García Gutiérrez y Rafael Trelles. Sus murales se encuentran internacionalmente en ciudades como Montreal, New York, Philadelphia & Buenos Aires. El artista también ha desarrollado talleres de muralismo en varias comunidades. Recientemente diseñó y dirigió un proyecto de muralismo con confinados que impactó tres ciudades de Puerto Rico.
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EDUCATION
2011
Art, Communication and Society
Bachelor’s Degree
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
PROJECTS
2020
September
Front cover for NACLA (North American Congress on Latin America), Report on the Americas (Fall Issue). Routledge. New York
August
Premiere of Una Voz (Official Video)
Launch of single “Una Voz” Remix feat. Lourdes Naomi
June
Launch of single “Llamada Perdida”
May
Debut as solo artist & launch of first single “Una Voz”
Lead Vocals for Puya at FB Live. Produced by 71 Associates
March
Solo project virtual concert through Musicasa plattform
February
Launch of single “Viento” (Puya)
Lead vocals for Puya band performance. Tattoo Music Fest. Bogotá, Colombia
2019
Front cover & back cover illustration for Miguel Zenón Latin Jazz album “Sonero”
Launch of single “Súbele la Candela” (Puya)
2018
Lead vocals for Puya band performance. Viva La Rock Fest. Quebradillas, PR
Puya’s 2018-2020 line-up (from right to left): Harold Hopkins, Ramon Ortiz, Eduardo Paniagua & Diego Romero
2016
Director and Designer of Mural of the Three Kings on Juana Díaz bridge, part of on-going intensive workshop of Muralism with group of six prisoners from various prisons in Puerto Rico.
http://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/estrenanmuraldelostresreyesmagosenjuanadiaz-2147055/
2015
Homage portrait for Raphy Leavitt. Mural on wood in the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
Muralism workshop for prisoners for Bayamón Correctional Complex. Murals in prison entry 408 (Feb) and Convention Center and Public Transportation Terminal, Cataño (May)
http://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/confinadosserehabilitanmientraspintanmural-2043326/
2014
Muralism workshop with eight students at Central High School of Visual Arts, Santurce. Mural in #176 y #177 Rd., Cupey, SJ
Memorial mural of Cheo Feliciano in Velatory, CRC, SJ
2013
Tribute Mural to Tuto Marchand and other Puerto Rican basketball players, Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan
2012
Assistant and illustrator of archaeological research at Ingenio Azucarero Vives, Guayama
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Exterior / solo show (Paintings, drawings, ready-mades and installations) @ El Cuadrado Gris, Bo. Obero, PR
September 15, 2018
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2017
Citi100
Collective of 100 Puerto Rican artists reflecting on the conmemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Jones Act. First shown at Clemente Soto Velez Center, Lower East Side, New York. Piece: “El bombon de ELA”
2016
Por la libre
Collective show presenting all generations of contemporary artists in Puerto RIco. Casa Zapater, Ponce, PR
Argentinian Week
Gathering of diverse Latin-American artists to celebrate Argentinian and the Latin diaspora in Philadelphia at City Hall and School District
Una Sola Voz (One Voice)
Exhibition for the excaceration of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera
The Clemente Soto Center, NYC / Jun.-Jul.
Semilla Arts Gallery, Philadelphia / Jul.-Aug.
The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture, Chicago / Aug.-Sep.
Vince Lombardi Center, Newark / Sep.
Municipal Hall, San Sebastian, Puerto Rico / Nov
2014
Shadows of the Knight
Collective Exhibition dedicated to the legend of Batman at ArtLab Gallery, Santurce, PR
Feria de Cultura Urbana (Urban Culture Art Fair) 2014
Large scale painting, Rio Piedras Station, San Juan, PR
2013
Face the Music
Collective exhibition dedicated to music and it's performers at La Respuesta, San Juan, PR
2008
Tirijala
Puerto Rican artists collective at Montreal, Canada. Murals and exhibition in Ctrllab Gallery.
Portrait in front of Mural of The three kings of Juana Díaz. Photographed by Jesús González. 2016
English BIO:
Diego Romero is a visual artist, musician, composer and producer from Puerto Rico. He explores art as language, juxtaposing symbols such as cultural icons and logos, recontextualizing the images as a form of resistance and invention. His work codifies the historical and current political-social environment of Puerto Rico. He seeks to decolonize and to resignify appropriated objects. He aligns musical composition and production with sound frequencies to generate connection as a form of both personal and collective liberation.
After playing in the streets of Puerto Rico and other cities internationally, Romero is releasing his first solo project, Una Voz. The EP is rooted in Afro-Caribbean rhythms and the indigenous traditions of Puerto Rico. In 2020, as the lead vocalist, he toured Bogota, Colombia with Puya, a Latin-Metal band founded in Puerto Rico. He has also collaborated with Tepeu, Alkem, Danny Rivera, among others, and has produced collective shows and performances throughout Puerto Rico and across the States.
Romero has been active in graffiti and street art in Carolina, Puerto Rico, since 1998, apprenticing with Thor, Ske, Rosamarie Berrios, Martin Garcia Rivera, Jaime Romano, Susana Herrero, Enrique Garcia Gutierrez and Rafael Trelles. His murals are found internationally in cities such as Montreal, New York, Philadelphia & Buenos Aires. He’s also offered various community art workshops to many populations. He recently designed and directed a prison mural project across three cities in Puerto Rico.