Michael Romeo was born in 1985 on Long Island, NY and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Romeo is a multimedia artist, musician, and developer who has performed live, released albums, visual art, and creative software under the moniker “Night Shining”.
His performances are live real-time a/v performances that combine computer graphics and audio into a cohesive medium utilizing everything from algorithmic assisted musical productions to computer vision. Romeo’s work integrates a multitude of technologies, electronics building, and computer programming.
As a creative technology director, Michael Romeo has worked with major brand clients like Microsoft and Nike, and alongside major artists like Bjork, Moses Sumney, and the estate of Sol LeWitt to bring custom software based art installations to life.
The hybridization of natural organisms and synthetic materials is accelerating at an exponential rate. These works reflect on the degradation, manipulation, and overall mutation of the natural environment and the organisms within these systems, animal and human, within the anthropocene.