 Originally studying biomedical engineering, Alaeff received a Master of Fine Arts in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1996 and a BA from Tulane University in New Orleans in 1993.Romeo Alaeff's art work has been described as "blur[ring] the boundaries between icon and art, funny and serious, traditional and experimental, public and private" and "explore[s] the experience of inhabiting liminal zones, those architectural spaces, psychological and physical states in which contradictions collide.