Roman Khidekel works in new media art and architectural design in the greater New York City area.

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Khidekel moved to the United States in 1993. In 2002 he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Fordham University, which he followed with an internship at the United Nations Development Fund in 2002-2003. Between 2007 and 2009 he studied construction management at the Pratt Institute. During this time, he was an assistant architect and project manager on a wide range of construction projects, both residential and commercial. He has worked on the development of innovative concepts for flood and storm protection of the New York waterfront, and since 2015 has worked on designing conceptual proposals for new urban parks along the East River Esplanade. In 2017 Khidekel earned his Master of Science degree in Urban Policy and Leadership (MSUPL) from the School of Arts and Sciences at Hunter College.

Since 2013, Khidekel has been advancing his skills in the field of 3D design, computer animation, and new media art. His work is inspired by the philosophy and aesthetics of Suprematism, the early 20th-century Avant-garde movement in which his grandfather, Lazar Khidekel, was a pioneering artist and architect. He has participated in the 2014 Venice Biennale, earning a special prize for “Khidekel Elements”.