About

Roxana Gheorghe

Visual Artist Exploring Architecture, Migration & Reconstruction

Roxana Gheorghe is a New York City–based visual artist specializing in photography and digital abstraction.

Born in Bucharest, Romania, and with a background in engineering, she transforms architectural photographs into geometric compositions that explore migration, memory, and structural change. Her Broken series examines the tension between stability and fragmentation, using architecture as a metaphor for identity and belonging.

She has received recognition from the Luxembourg Art Prize and the International Color Awards, and her work has been exhibited in New York, Brooklyn, and on Long Island.

Bio

Through photography and geometric abstraction, Roxana explores how architecture carries memory and how migration reshapes our understanding of place, identity, and belonging.

Her Romanian-American experience informs her understanding of migration not simply as displacement, but as a force that continually reshapes identity, memory, and the places people inhabit.

Artist Statement

He also loved classical music and would ask whether I could hear the rhythm of a bridge or recognize when a violin was out of tune. He encouraged me to see architecture not simply as buildings, but as a reflection of history, culture, and lived experience.

Although drawn to art, my interest in mathematics and physics led me to study engineering in Bucharest. After moving to New York, I worked in business while continuing to explore photography. Walking the city with a camera helped me understand a new place while maintaining a connection to the one I had left behind. Through that experience, I came to understand migration not only as displacement, but as a force of transformation—one that continually reshapes memory, identity, and our relationship to place.

Using architectural photographs, I fragment and reconstruct elements of the built environment through geometry, color, and reflection. My work moves between representation and abstraction, treating architecture as both physical structure and metaphor for identity. Rather than depicting migration directly, I examine how human movement reshapes architecture, memory, and identity over time. Buildings become repositories of memory—not fixed backdrops, but living structures carrying traces of adaptation and change.

Influenced by Bauhaus and Constructivism, I am drawn to the tension between order and disruption. My geometric interventions alter familiar spaces, creating moments in which stability gives way to uncertainty and reconstruction. They approach the built environment as something continually rewritten by time, experience, and human movement, while inviting viewers to assemble meaning from fragments. Through photography and digital abstraction, I explore how places remain with us after we leave them and how movement, memory, and architecture shape our understanding of identity.

In exhibitions, my works are conceived as relationships within space. Scale, sequence, and distance extend the visual language, encouraging viewers to navigate the gallery much like a city—through observation, movement, and reconstruction.

My father introduced me to architecture when I was a child.

He taught me how to draw and understand proportion, structure, and rhythm.

Curriculum Vitae

Photography — Contemporary Abstraction — Digital Composition
Website: roxanagheorgheabstracts.com
Email: roxanaghe@mac.com
Instagram: @roxana.gheorghe.arts
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New York City–based visual artist specializing in photography, digital composition, and contemporary abstraction. Her work transforms architectural photographs into geometric compositions that explore migration, memory, identity, and structural change.
Correspondences, The Curators Gallery, Paris, France — 2026
Art Show in Brooklyn, Arrival Gallery, Brooklyn, NY — 2026
The 69th Long Island Artists’ Exhibition, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY — 2025 — 2026
Florence Biennale 2025, Fortezza da Basso, Florence — 2025
Patchworks 2025, The Patchogue Arts Council — MoCA LI, Patchogue, NY — 2025
62nd Long Island Artists’ Exhibition, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY — 2025
Arte Laguna World, Arte Laguna Prize Online Exhibition, Venice — 2025
Museo d’Arte Chianciano Terme, Chianciano Terme, Italy — Recomposition No. 10, acquired 2024
Biennale Chianciano 2024, Chelsea Gallery, Chianciano Terme — 2024
LIC-A @Atlantic Spring 2024, LIC Artists, Inc, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY — 2024
Arte Laguna World, Arte Laguna Prize Online Exhibition, Venice — 2024
The 2024 International Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ — 2024
The 2024 Members’ Non-Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ — 2024
UK & International Emerging Artist Awards, Visual Art Open, Long-Listed Artist, Online Exhibition, London — 2023
Tokyo International Foto Awards, (TIFA 2021) Official Selection — 2021
Vienna International Photo Award, On-Screen Projection, The LIK Gallery, Vienna — 2021
The 2020 Member Showcase, Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, NY — 2020
Sights and Sounds: Rhythms and Scales Juried Exhibition 2020, Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, NY — 2020
Fine Art Photography Award, Abstract Nominee, Online Exhibition, New York City — 2015
Luxembourg Art Prize 2023 and 2024
Certificate of Artistic Achievement in recognition of their high artistic quality.
Visual Art Open 2023 — Visual Artists Association — 2023
Long Listed Certificate
VIEPA 2021 (Vienna International Photo Award) — 2021
Two medals of honor for outstanding abstract work — Vienna, Austria
TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) — 2021
Official Selection for exceptional images, Los Angeles, CA
Fine Art Photography Award (FAPA) — 2015
Honorable Abstract Nominee, Online Exhibition, New York City NY, USA
Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society | Lifetime Member (1997)
Inducted into the international business honor society representing the top 20% of graduate business students at AACSB-accredited schools.
Artist-in-Residence, MoCA Venice, Italy — 2025
Developed a body of photographic research examining Venice’s architecture, history, and cultural identity through contemporary abstraction.
Visual Artist, Roxana Gheorghe Arts, New York City, NY — 2013 — Present
▸ Developed long-term photographic and digital art projects exploring architecture, migration, memory, music, and identity in New York City.
Teaching Assistant, International School for Photography, New York, NY — 2017— 2019
▸ Communicated effectively with teachers and students to address their needs and learning objectives. ▸ Contributed to the exploration of contemporary photography practices while fostering student creativity and artistic development.
Owner & Artistic Director, Effective Marketing Solutions, Forest Hills, NY — 2008 — 2014
▸ Developed branding, photography, graphic design, and marketing strategies for small businesses.
Marketing Consultant, FastTrack Kids, Long Island, NY — 2007 — 2008
▸ Developed educational programs, visual materials, and creative activities for children, an experience that strengthened my interest in color, visual storytelling, and creative expression.
International Center for Photography, New York, NY — Photography — 2014 — 2018
Pratt Institute, New York City, NY — Photography — 2016
Parsons The New School For Design, New York, NY — Visual Arts Class Mixed Media And Collage — 2014
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY — Photography Courses — 2012 — 2013
Baruch College / CUNY University, New York, NY — MBA Degree in Marketing — 1997
The Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest (The Politehnica University Bucharest), Bucharest, Romania — Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering
Florence Biennale 2025, Exhibition Catalogue, Florence, Italy. Artwork reproduced — 2025
Homiens — Featured Artist, Online Publication — 2025
Biennale Chianciano 2024, Exhibition Catalogue, Chianciano Terme, Italy. Artwork reproduced — 2024

A Glimpse into My Journey

My Studio

Architectural Studies

Every piece begins long before fragmentation.

I spend a great deal of time looking—returning to photographs, comparing variations, and asking which image contains the strongest underlying structure. Only after that process do I begin reconstruction.