M. Roman Young  ·  Digital Surrealist  ·  Sculptor  ·  Art Director

RomansEye

Digital Surrealism  ·  Sculpture  ·  Civic Art  ·  Photography
Practice Est. 1990

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Two decades of pioneering digital surrealist creation — from screen to monumental civic bronze. Each work a philosophical investigation of the human psyche, truth, and the illusion of progress. Click any image to view full size.

Descent
Descent
Digital Surrealism
The Hybrid Figure
The Hybrid Figure
Digital Surrealism · 2024
The Equation
The Equation
Digital Surrealism
Hokusai Muse
Hokusai Muse
Digital Surrealism
Signal Bloom
Signal Bloom
Digital Surrealism
The Unseen
The Unseen
Digital · Mixed Media
The Crown
The Crown
Digital Surrealism
Guardian
Guardian
Digital Surrealism
Smoke Studies
Smoke Studies
Photography · Signed Print
The Physician
The Physician
Digital Surrealism
The Bonsai Muse
The Bonsai Muse
Digital Surrealism
Still Lion
Still Lion
Woodblock Tribute
Anatomical Study
Anatomical Study
Ink Study

Featured Commission · City of Miami · 2025

Between Earth and Algorithm — Bronze
Miami Administration Building Placement

City of Miami Administration Building · Public Art Commission

Between Earth
and Algorithm

A monumental sculptural landmark proposed for the City of Miami Administration Building. The hybrid human–equine–winged figure embodies Miami as a city of cultural convergence stepping decisively into the age of intelligent systems — grounded in power and infrastructure, its polychrome wings layered with data and light.

"This is not a monument. It is a declaration."

MediumBronze · Polychrome · LED Integration
ScaleMonumental Civic
ProcessLost-wax Casting
LocationMiami, Florida · 1800 NW 37 Ave
StatusProposal · Under Review 2025
M. Roman Young — RomansEye
Est. 1990

Artist

M. Roman Young

RomansEye

Digital Surrealist Sculptor Art Director Print Management Graphic Design Printing Technology

RomansEye is a name synonymous with groundbreaking digital surrealism. With a diverse background in print management, printing technology, graphic design, and art direction, M. Roman Young has forged a unique artistic vision that pushes the boundaries of traditional art — exploring new forms and possibilities at the intersection of technology and the human condition.

One of the most striking features of his work is its fusion of traditional and digital media. By combining elements of both worlds, he creates a dynamic visual experience that challenges the viewer's perceptions of reality. His journey began in 1990 with his first Macintosh, at the cusp of the internet revolution — that early embrace of technology set the stage for an innovative, experimental path leading from the screen to monumental civic bronze.

Philosophical depth pervades everything he makes. Inspired by thinkers such as Carl Jung, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche, he explores themes of truth, reconciliation, and the illusion of progress in modern society. His surreal and disenfranchised style invites viewers into worlds where reality is fluid — often containing not-so-subtle social commentary.

His work has been exhibited in galleries across California, with shows in San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, and Los Osos. RomansEye is truly an artist for the digital cloudscape of the future.

Philosophical Influences

Carl Jung  ·  Dostoevsky  ·  Nietzsche

M. Roman Young

RomansEye Studio · Practice Est. 1990

Thoughts & Process

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March 2025

Between Earth and Algorithm — The Concept That Was Already Alive

The City of Miami RFP did not generate the concept. The concept was already alive. A serious proposal is not "I will make something for you" — it is "I have been making something for years and now I see where it belongs." Miami is a city of hybrids, of crossings. This figure had been waiting for a city worthy of it.

The figure at the centre of Between Earth and Algorithm is not a metaphor for technology. It is a portrait of the present — a being simultaneously ancient and emergent, earthbound and reaching toward something it cannot yet name.

I did not design it for Miami. I recognised that Miami had designed itself for it. A city built on water, populated by crossings, defined by transformation. The figure belongs there the way any truth belongs to the moment it becomes visible.

The bronze will stand twelve feet. At dusk the patina will go copper and the LED integration will begin — a second life. The piece does not sleep. It changes. That is the point.

02

January 2025

From Digital Vision to Bronze: What the Metal Demands

Bronze demands resolution. You cannot leave things fragmenting in metal. Every feather had to become itself. The colour shifted from raw digital tension to the warmth of patina — carrying heat and age simultaneously.

The digital file existed for months before the foundry. In that file things could remain ambiguous. The moment the maquette went to the foundry, all ambiguity ended.

Bronze is honest in a way screens are not. It holds light differently at different hours. It ages. The translation from digital origin to physical destination is never literal.

The patina is not a finish — it is the beginning of the work's relationship with time. The piece will continue changing long after I am done with it.

03

October 2024

Surrealism in the Age of Algorithms

Surrealism is the refusal to accept the given surface of things. The hybrid figure proposes a reality that does not yet exist but should. That is what serious art does — it makes the impossible feel inevitable.

The original surrealists reached into the unconscious because the conscious mind had proven itself catastrophically insufficient. That project is not finished.

The algorithm is the new rationalism. It optimises and classifies. What it cannot do is want something that has no precedent. That want is where art lives.

When I place a figure that is part human, part machine, part ancient myth into a contemporary landscape, I am asking what it feels like to be all of those things simultaneously — which is what it feels like to be alive now.

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Whether you're interested in acquiring a work, commissioning a piece, proposing a collaboration, or exhibiting — Roman would love to hear from you.

Available worldwide for commissions, civic art proposals, gallery exhibitions, and print orders.

Email
Romanseye@icloud.com
Studio
RomansEye Studio
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