About
Artist Statement
My work explores how individuality exists within systems of repetition. I create algorithms that generate infinite variations, then make them physical through machines such as a risograph, pen plotter or laser cutter. Each piece emerges from code but carries the marks of its making: the grain of the ink, the wobble of the pen, the unpredictable behavior of analog processes.
I'm interested in the friction between digital precision and physical reality, and what happens when machines built for routine produce one-of-a-kind works.
Bio
Romello Goodman (b. 1994) is an artist and designer based in Baltimore, Maryland. As a designer and engineer, he has written software for storytellers and built tools for designers at organizations including The New York Times, Block and now Anthropic.
Goodman's writing has appeared in Black Joy Archive and Logic Magazine. As an educator, he serves as an adjunct professor in the Graphic Design department at Maryland Institute College of Art, has conducted workshops at Cooper Union in New York and Letterform Archive in San Francisco, and was named the 2025 Scrimshaw Distinguished Visiting Artist at Russell Sage College.
Curriculum Vitae
Exhibitions
- Repetition as Prayer (Solo) - Baltimore, MD, 2025
- The DC Arts Center WallMountables - Washington, DC, 2025
- Riso-Rama Paradiso - San Marcos, TX, 2025
- Pyramid Atlantic 10x10 - Hyattsville, MD, 2022-2025
Honors
- Scrimshaw Distinguished Visiting Artist, 2025
Professional Experience
- Adjunct Professor in Graphic Design at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), 2022 - Present
- Design Engineer at Anthropic, 2024 - Present
- Design Engineer at Block, 2022 - 2024
- Senior Software Engineer at Shopify, 2022
- Senior Software Engineer at NYTimes, 2019 - 2022
Lectures
- Playgrounds for Thought - Russell Sage College, Albany, New York 2025
- Don't Stretch My Type - Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 2023
- Piping Workflows - SIGGRAPH SPARKS - Creative Coding: Generative and Algorithmic Art, Online 2021
- I Need You to Create with Code - CascadiaJS, Online 2021
- Urban Planning & Codebase Architecture - React Norway, Online 2021
- Graphic = fn(state) - React Summit, Online 2021
Bibliography
- Cooking Up Code - Logic(s) Magazine, 2023
- What is Poetic Computation? - Software for Artists Book #003, 2023
- black joy is crafting for a community - Black Joy Archive Vol.2, 2022
- Planning for pause - Increment by Stripe Press, 2021
- NoMa Mural - 2021
- Code as Generational Wealth - 2021
- Code is sourdough - Increment by Stripe Press, 2020
- A monorepo renaissance - Increment by Stripe Press, 2020
- What If We Used Images to Navigate New York Times Content? - NYTimes Open, 2019
Publication Fairs
- DC Print Fair - Washington, DC 2025
- Book//Zine Fair - Atlanta, Georgia 2025
- Black Zine Fair - Brooklyn, New York 2025
- MICA Art Market - Baltimore, MD 2023
- DC Zine Fest - Washington, DC 2023
- MICA Art Market - Baltimore, MD 2022
- DC Design Week Pop-Up - Washington, DC 2022
Education
- B.S. in Computer Science, California Lutheran University 2016