[(I'll be Dead by the Time You Read This : The Existential Life of Animals)] [By (author) Romeo Alaeff] published on

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About the author

Romeo Alaeff was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1970.

Initially studying biomedical engineering, he received his BA in photography from Tulane University in 1993 and his MFA in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1996.

His work, expressed through a range of mediums, including film/video, drawing, printmaking, and writing, converges on epistemological, psychological, or sociological concerns.

His work has exhibited internationally in major museums, galleries, and film festivals including: Lyon Biennale, France; Artists Space, NYC; International Print Center, NYC; Hannah MacLure Centre, Scotland; Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC; State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; Chelsea Art Museum, NYC; NY Video Festival, Lincoln Center; Witte de With, in conjunction with the International Film Festival, Rotterdam; National Museum, Madrid; Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona; Dallas Museum of Art; and Cartier Foundation, Paris.

His work has also been included in university curricula such as Emory University’s “The Displaced Person, Literature Beyond the Canon,” The University of Texas at Austin’s “American Studies: Religion and Society in American Literature,” and Georgia State University’s “Graduate Educational Psychology Seminar.”

In addition, Alaeff has been a guest artist at the Rhode Island School of Design, Brown University, Pratt, Parsons, The University of Georgia, and Georgia State University. He was also a photography instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Romeo is the author of the photobook, "In der Fremde: Pictures from Home" (Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2021) and "I’ll be Dead by the Time You Read This: The Existential Life of Animals" (Penguin Books / Plume Books, 2011). His stickers appear in Stickers: Stuck-Up Piece of Crap: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art (Rizzoli, 2010).

Alaeff is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Lines & Marks, an online publication dedicated to the role and practice of drawing across the arts and sciences.