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Biography:

| Painter | Curator | Retired Tattooist |

  • Bachelor of Arts, Art (Museum Studies) - Arizona State University - w/Honors

  • Associates of Arts, Art - Mohave Community College - w/Honors

  • Associates of Arts, Liberal Arts - Mohave Community College - w/Honors

  • Certificate, Business Entrepreneurship and E-Marketing - Mohave Community College

Born in Chicago, IL and raised in the carnival business, Adam Romano spend 16 years as a professional tattoo artist before retiring to focus on art education, community engagement, painting, and raising a family. With years of non-profit volunteerism and a position as a past Board Member on the Board of Directors at the Lake Havasu Museum of History, Adam champions community involvement via art education, display, and engagement and lives an adventurous life while striving to promote art, art history, education, diversity, community development, and equitable leadership.

Adam currently lives in Arizona with his wife and child with plans to move to Oregon in the near future.

Artist statement:

Low-brow and craft-based artwork were my first introductions to the art world via carnival, tattoo, and watercolor illustration. Moving beyond the folk art that heavily influenced my artistic development, I continue to foster creative engagement by practicing oil painting and watercolor painting with the same dark, surrealistic aesthetic that I evoked throughout my previous career as a tattooist. I dissect form, texture, and space in my work as I explore the human condition with a new direction that focuses on human form.

My current work also centers on exhibition curation to showcase growing contemporary artists and to build community while still taking time to paint, present lectures, and write art critique and essays.

A note regarding the arts: The intangible heritage created by making art is as important as the finished product. I believe that leaders must focus on fine art and the humanities, as interest in these studies can build community, teach empathy, and improve mental health.