Roman Grandinetti, a native New Yorker, is the Founder and Creative Director of CNNCTD+, a development group at the nexus of street and popular culture. His first major project with CNNCTD+, an installation dubbed CNNCTD+100, was exhibited at the New Museum and received critical acclaim.

CNNCTD+ has continued to innovate and grow, expanding its creative prowess to include audio and visual projects with artists like Pharrell, Spike Lee and Mario Sorrenti, geo-tagging art murals for the likes of Bob Dylan and Big Sean, installations at SCOPE Art Show (Miami and New York) in partnership with Google and Casio, and teaming up with global fashion brands including Kitsuné and WeSC. Roman remains Creative Director of CNNCTD+ while also moonlighting as a highly coveted DJ (under the alias DJ Manero) with a client roster that includes Rihanna, MTV, WWE’s WrestleMania, and Hugo Boss with Robin Thicke.