ABOUT THE ARTIST

Ricardo Gesualdo Roig

Professional Fine Artist.
Born 1983 New York, New York USA

Curriculum Vitae, Upon Request

Ricardo Roig's signature style of Art is his innovative hand-cut print. His modern, original works on paper offer the world a new form of Art to experience as every color stencil layer is patiently hand-cut from paper with a razor blade. Then, each paper stencil is attached to a screen to be hand pulled through with vivid colors. As he overlaps the hand-cut shapes to add depth and shade, they illuminate on the page to create a visual play.

Roig, a contemporary Fine Artist who was born in NYC in 1983, has studios in both Westfield and Hoboken. Roig also exhibits his work in the W Hoboken Hotel expansive Artist in Residence Window Gallery on River Street in Hoboken, NJ and has been partnered with the W Hotels since 2018. This wonderful partnership with W Hotels has brought an international audience with a most recent invitation to demonstrate his unique process in Ritz-Carlton residences from Long Island, Philadelphia, Washington DC and Miami. These successful interactions lead to an invitation for him to demonstrate his Art to the residents of the Edition Hotel South Beach. Additionally, The Roig Experience will be an elevated Art experience offered at the W Hoboken in their WOW Suite starting March 2024. In addition to watching his process in real time, you will also get the opportunity to collaborate to create a unique piece together. 

Roig’s work continues to extend its reach from Baltimore to Boston and most recently in NYC's Upper East Side at Gallery 71, with a solo show in March 2024. Roig's work can also be experienced at KEAN University as he was selected as their Artist in Residence from 2023-4.  It can also be seen across industries as he has been commissioned for reflective and commemorative murals by NYU Stern School of Business, Rockrose Development NYC, Amazon, The Beekman Hotel, Hilton Hotels, City of Jersey City, City of Hoboken, Town of Westfield NJ and W Hotels, among many other notable private clients across the globe.

Roig's original works promote a renewed sense of beauty juxtaposed with masterful technique. To carry the torch in new innovative approaches to the printed image, Roig creates daily while celebrating the heroes of Japanese woodblock prints and expressing our modern world in new light and colors. When Roig isn't in the studio, he loves to spend time with his wife of ten years and draw and read books with his two sons under 5 years. His love for creating and giving is why The Roig family has also created the Roig Family Art Scholarship with the Kean University Foundation to provide financial aid in perpetuity to Fine Art Students enrolling at Kean. 

Roig has also been selected for a Special Achievement Award by the Union County Commissioners office for his Human Rights efforts through his mural exhibition with Kean University and is a part of the Superintendent of Westfield NJ Public Schools DEI Advisory board.

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Read KEAN University / January 2024 Article Here

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Read NJ MONTHLY / August 2023 Article Here.

Read KEAN University / March 2023 Article Here

Roig’s Signature Original Art Process.

What is a hand cut print? / View the video here.

Ricardo created his own unique form of Art- the Hand Cut Print. From overlapping multiple layers of color through hand cut stencils Ricardo makes these original works of Art come to life. Paper stencils are made by cutting shapes out of paper with an exact-o knife and then using a squeegee to push the mixed acrylic inks through these openings when it is attached to a screen. Each color is a different paper stencil that is layered upon one another as the puzzle is pieced together and the image is formed into the print. This hand cut print becomes a culmination of color shapes built upon these relationships. In celebration of the heroes of Japanese woodblock prints and a furthering of the torch in new innovative approaches to the printed image, these works promote a renewed sense of beauty juxtaposed with masterful technique.

Each piece is made by hand, signed and dated by Ricardo.