Jorge Romero

Jorge Romero Matos was born in Venezuela in 1953, grew up amongst art and surrounded by architects. His father [1], whose most important work was included recently in an exhibit [2] at the MOMA museum in New York, was his first teacher . Memories of beautiful handmade “blue prints”, in-house art magazine editorial [3], seemingly impossible ideas ahead of their time, construction projects and the ever present integration of the arts and architecture defined his early passion which has only grown with the passing years. Driven by admiration he decided to follow the Architecture path as well and started working young, first as an apprentice in his father’s Architectural Studio, and later sculpting his own road. As an architect Romero-Matos has had the joy of working independently for over thirty years and build many of the projects that once were only ideas. Art as a means of personal expression came later in his life, initially in a timid way as catharsis amidst a difficult personal transition and later it shaped with confidence his experience and it’s now ever present in his daily creative processes and exploration.
Romero believes that art is a spiritual act, an inner conviction and a means to bring out all the creative energy th...

Romero Matos is by trade an active architect with decades of experience. Art and architecture are both his passions. He studied Architecture and Urban Design in Venezuela. Art however, is a skill self taught as he never attended art school.