John Romi

John Romi is a Swedish-American artist whose abstract compositions reinterpret ancient symbolic systems through geometric precision and emotional architecture. In 2004, he formalized Cuneiformism—his signature visual philosophy—establishing a conceptual framework that bridges abstraction, cultural memory, and structured form.

Romi’s work draws deeply from the visual logic of Sumerian, Egyptian, and Mesoamerican civilizations, with a predominant focus on Akkadian script, the wedge-shaped language of the ancient world. He reimagines these systems not as codes, but as meditative compositions that restore emotional balance and evoke historical continuity. His canvases layer glyphic structures over pure color fields, transforming archaic forms into rhythmic geometries and contemplative spaces.

With a background in engineering, computer science, graphic arts, and multimedia from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, Romi merges academic rigor with artistic nuance. His works are constructed with deliberate texture, palette knife techniques, and precise spatial logic—composed to generate both visual clarity and symbolic depth.