Paul Romano
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Paul Romano is an acclaimed artist renowned for his artistic presence in heavy metal, rock, and death metal circles. Rigorously representational yet inlaid with abstract narrative symbolism, Romano’s work employs a range of media–graphite, ink, oil, wood, cyanotype, and gum bichromate photography–to conjure complex emotions and spiritual reckonings, encouraging viewers to explore the depths of human experience and psychological profundity.
Romano studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He has worked with many bands across multiple albums including Mastodon, dälek, Hate Eternal, The Red Chord, Withered, Trivium, Godflesh, and Relapse Records to name a few. One of the gallery’s longest and most exhibited artists, Arch Enemy Arts is proud to have carried Romano’s work since 2014, appearing in nearly thirty group exhibitions to-date.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
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Collaborative Exhibition w/ Darla Jackson - "Lament & Bloom: Hold Sacred, Part II" (May 2024)
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Collaborative Exhibition w/ Darla Jackson - "Deluge & Tempest: Hold Sacred, Part I" (Nov. 2023)
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Collaborative Exhibition w/ Darla Jackson - "I Imagine Losing You All The Time" (October 2019)
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Solo - "Boundless" (May 2015)
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Catalog of works.
Below is a list of all works from solo and group exhibitions. Any pieces marked with a red dot have been sold.
"Memento Mori" 2024 Acrylic on panel 24" x 24" $2500 USD
"Lament & Bloom" 2024 Acrylic on panel, thorns, wire, ribbon 36" round x 3"d $5000 USD
"I will tend the fire until everything burns" 2024 Acrylic on canvas (left image), acrylic on engraved panel (right image), poplar 68"h x 46"w x 12"d (at base) $18,500 USD
"I will tend the fire until everything burns" 2024 (engraved side)
"Harvest (homage to Joel Peter Witkin)" 2024 Acrylic on panel 24" x 24" $3000 USD
"Battle Fatigue" (2023) acrylic on panel 12" x 12" $1000 USD
"Husk" (2023) acrylic, oil on panel 18" x 18" $2000 USD
"Crisis Apparition" (2023) acrylic, oil on panel 18" x 18" $2500 USD
"Tempest" (2023) acrylic on canvas 48" x 48" $7500 USD
"Deluge" (2023) acrylic on canvas 48" x 48" $7500 USD
"Ecdysis" (2023) acrylic, oil on panel 18" x 18" $2000 USD
"– – – • • • – – –" (2023) acrylic, oil on panel 18" x 18" $3000 USD
"Heaven is waiting for me..." (2023) oil on canvas 12" x 12" $800 USD
"Empowered Somehow" (2021) pen & ink 11" x 14" framed to 15.5" x 21" $800 USD
"Bluebird" (2019/2022) oil on panel, plaster bird 16" x 20" $1800 USD
"She, herself is a haunted house / Vessel" (2022) ink, charcoal, pan pastel, chalk on paper 20" x 24" framed to 25.75" x 29.75" $1600 USD
"Protection Spell" (2021) oil on panel 24" x 24" $2500 USD
"I imagine losing you all the time..." (2019) oil and acrylic on canvas panel 48 x 48" $4500 USD
"and I miss you" (2019) oil & chalk 4 x 6” in 13 x 15" artist made plaster frame $250 USD
"Head of a Lioness" (2019) ink 4 x 6” in 13 x 15" artist made plaster frame $150 USD (framed)
"Where do the birds go?" (2019) oil & chalk 4 x 6” in 13 x 15" artist made plaster frame $250 USD
"Head of a Lioness II" (2019) ink 4 x 6” in 13 x 15" artist made plaster frame $150 USD (framed)
"Lioness Blueprint" (2019) Cyanotype varied / Edition of 25 4 x 6” in 13 x 15" artist made plaster frame $150 USD
"Bouquet" (2019) Cyanotype varied / Edition of 5 4 x 6” in 13 x 15" artist made plaster frame $150 USD
"Alleviation I" (2018) oil on panel 8 x 10" $250 USD
"Alleviation II" (2018) oil on panel 8 x 10" $250 USD
"Alleviation Iv" (2018) oil on panel 8 x 10" $250 USD
"PRANA" (2018) oil on canvas 36 x 36" $4000 USD
"Portent" (2017) ink & watercolor on paper 8.5 x 12.75" framed to 14.5 x 18.5" $550 USD
"This Open Secret (anatomical Venus)" (2017) engraved white oak, acrylic 11 x 33 x 1.5" $1750 USD
"The Listener" (2015) oil on panel 16 x 16" $1,500
"Carousel" (2015) oil on canvas mounted on panel 24 x 24" $2,600
"Malediction (Blume)" ink, charcoal, chalk and gesso 11 x 16" plus mat and frame $650
"Foundation" (2015) oil on panel 12" x 12" $800 USD
"Delicious Living" (2017) ink & watercolor on paper 16 x 20" framed to 23.5 x 27.5" $1,400 USD
"Untitled (Saint II)" (2022) oil on paper 5" x 7" framed to 12" x 14" $250 USD
"Untitled (Saint I)" (2022) oil on paper 5" x 7" framed to 12" x 14" $250 USD
"Island" (2021) oil on panel 12" x 12" $800 USD
"There Is A Place For You Among The Stars" (2022) oil on panel 10" x 22" framed to 13" x 25" $1400 USD
"Cocoon" pen & ink on paper 4.5" x 12" framed to 8" x 16" $250 USD
“Cautionary Tale” (2020) charcoal, chalk 16" x 20" framed $450 USD
"With a Great Deal of Tender Ceremony" Oil on panel, artist made frame (wood, acrylic) 28 x 34" framed to 18 x 24" $4000 USD
"I will hold you until better times" (2019) oil on canvas 40 x 60 $10,000 USD
"I remember who you are" (2019) oil & chalk 4 x 6” in 13 x 15" artist made plaster frame $250 USD
"Conjoined" (2019) Cyanotype varied / Edition of 5 4 x 6” in 13 x 15" artist made plaster frame $150 USD
"Head of a Lioness, Blueprint" (2019) Cyanotype varied / Edition of 5 4 x 6” in 13 x 15" artist made plaster frame $150 USD
"Head of a Lioness II, Blueprint" (2019) Cyanotype varied / Edition of 5 4 x 6” in 13 x 15" artist made plaster frame $150 USD
"Furnace" (2019) ink 4 x 6” in 13 x 15" artist made plaster frame $250 USD
"Alleviation III" (2018) oil on panel 8 x 10" $250 USD
"Becoming Awake" (2018) oil on panel 16 x 16" $1200 USD
"Ensemble Tellement (ex voto)" (2017) hydrocal, black gesso, powdered graphite, gold dust, acrylic 8 x 12 x 4"
"I Will Hold You Until Better Times I" (2017) ink on cyanotype-tea-toned paper 11 x 15" framed to 26 x 30" $950 USD
"I Will Hold You Until Better Times II" (2017) ink on cyanotype-tea-toned paper 11 x 15" framed to 26 x 30" $950 USD
"Feather & Stone" (2017) ink & watercolor on cyanotype-tea-toned paper 8.5 x 12.75" framed to 15 x 19" $500 USD
"Emergency Relief System" (2017) mixed media on cyanotype-tea-toned paper (ink, watercolor, acrylic) 9 x 15" framed to 14.5 x 20" $900 USD
"This Castle" (2017) oil on panel 30 x 30" $3000 USD
"La Belle La Bête I" (2016) pen and ink and watercolor 5 x 7" framed to 8 x 10" $250 USD
"La Belle La Bête II" (2016) pen and ink and watercolor 5 x 7" framed to 8 x 10" $250 USD
"Careless Whispers" (2016) oil on paper on panel 13" dia. framed to 22" in a custom frame made by the artist $1,300.00 USD
"In This Shirt" (2016) acrylic, oil, wormed walnut, gold leaf 15 x 27" SOLD
"Tributes and Oblivions" (2016) acrylic and oil on canvas 24 x 36" $3,250 USD
"Yes, My Bride" (2016) oil on panel with handmade frame 10 x 10" framed to 20 x 20" $2500 USD
"Tiger's Bride" (2016) oil on panel with handmade frame 10 x 10" framed to 20 x 20" $2000 USD
"The Uncomfortable System (Mother Echidna)" (2015) oil on paper on panel 20" x 24" framed to 32" x 36" SOLD
"Tear Collector" (2015) oil and 22k gold leaf on linen 6 x 6" $300
"Guardian of Our Sins" (2015) oil on canvas 24 x 36" SOLD
"Nocturne in Blue & Gold" (2015) oil on canvas 24 x 36" SOLD
"Unnamed, Unseen" (2015) oil on panel 12 x 12" $1,000
"Super Nova (self portrait)" (2015) oil on panel 20 x 24" SOLD
"Golden" (2015) oil on panel 12 x 12" $1,00
"State of Grace" (2015) oil on panel 16 x 16" $1,500
"Conversation from The Book of Miracles" (2015) oil on canvas 36 x 36" SOLD
"Final Spring (reprise)" (2015) oil on canvas 16 x 16" $1,500
"Nepenthe I" (2015) oil and 22k gold leaf on linen 6 x 6" $300
"Nepenthe II" (2015) oil and 22k gold leaf on linen 6 x 6" $300
"Guardian of Our Sins" (2015) ink, charcoal, and chalk 11 x 14" (framed to 22.5 x 26.5") SOLD
"Flood" (2015) ink, charcoal, and chalk 11 x 14" (framed to 22.5 x 26.5") SOLD
"They Sent You (The Sleep of Reason)" (2015) ink, charcoal, and chalk 11 x 14" (framed to 22.5 x 26.5") SOLD
"In The Hallows" (2014) graphite on gessoed panel 8.5 x 8.5" $175 SOLD