Romello Goodman

Artist Statement

My work explores how individuality exists within systems of repetition. I write algorithms that contain infinite possibilities, then pull single pieces into the physical world through machines.

Each piece emerges from code but carries the marks of its making: the grain of the ink, the burn of the laser the wobble of the pen. The hand of the machine present in the final piece.

This friction between digital precision and physical reality is the central question of my practice. What gets lost or added in translation? And what happens when machines built for repetitive reproduction are used to make 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.

Courses

  • Coding Kinetic Type — Letterform Archive 2024, Type@Cooper 2023
  • Designing with Coding Agents — Type@Cooper, Summer 2026
  • Drawing Instructions — Russell Sage College, Spring 2025
  • Generative Typography — MICA 2022, Type@Cooper Fall 2022, Fall 2023
  • Graphic Design 2 — MICA Spring 2024, Fall 2024
  • Painting with p5.js — Index, Fall 2023
  • p5.js for Visual Designers — Type@Cooper, Summer 2023

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, NY, 2025
  • Don't Stretch My Type — Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2023
  • Piping Workflows — SIGGRAPH SPARKS, 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

Publication Fairs

  • Black Zine Fair — Brooklyn, NY, 2026
  • DC Print Fair — Washington, DC, 2025
  • Book//Zine Fair — Atlanta, GA, 2025
  • Black Zine Fair — Brooklyn, NY, 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