About

Roxana Gheorghe

Visual Artist Exploring Memory, Space & 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.

Artist Statement

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

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

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

Although drawn to art, my interest in math and physics led me to engineering in Bucharest. In 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.

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 a physical structure and metaphor for identity. Buildings become repositories of memory, carrying traces of migration, adaptation, and change. Influenced by Bauhaus and Constructivism, I am drawn to the tension between order and disruption. Geometric interventions alter familiar spaces, creating moments where stability gives way to uncertainty and reconstruction. I approach architecture as something continually reshaped by time, experience, and perception. Through photography and digital abstraction, I explore how places remain with us after we leave them. My work invites viewers to assemble meaning from fragments and consider how memory, movement, and the 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.

Curriculum Vitae

Photography • Digital Composition • Contemporary Abstraction
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 fragmented compositions that explore migration, memory, identity, and the relationship between structural order and change. Drawing on a background in engineering, she investigates how architecture becomes both subject and metaphor.
Arrival Gallery, Brooklyn, NY — 2026
The 69th Long Island Members’ Exhibition, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Art League of LI, Dix Hills, NY — 2025
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 LI, Dix Hills, NY — 2025
Arte Laguna World, Arte Laguna Prize Online Exhibition, Venice — 2025
Museo d’Arte Chianciano Terme, Chianciano Terme, Italy — 2024 — 2026
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 — 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, Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, NY — 2020
Fine Art Photography Award, Abstract Nominee, Online Exhibition, New York City — 2015
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—2026
▸ 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.
Executive Assistant, Various Companies, New York City, NY — 1998—2006
▸ Supported top-tier management in streamlining daily operations, facilitating effective communication with stakeholders, and optimizing time management.
▸ Implemented cost-saving measures that led to a 30% reduction in operational expenses.
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
▸ Creativity ▸ Photography ▸ Digital Composition ▸ Geometric Abstraction ▸ Archival Printing
▸ Color Management ▸ Adobe Photoshop ▸ Adobe Lightroom ▸ Exhibition Preparation
Luxembourg Art Prize 2023 — 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
The Beta Gamma Sigma Award, MBA — New York Chapter — 1997
Art League of Long Island — Dix Hills, NY — 2025—2026

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.