Frank Romero studied art at the Otis Art Institute as well as California State University Los Angeles. In 1973, Romero, Roberto de la Rocha, Gilbert Lujan and the late Carlos Almaraz formed Los Four, an art collective of Los Angeles muralists who incorporated Chicano car culture and graffiti art. Romero worked as a designer for Charles Eames and A & M Records and in 1981, he curated The Murals of Atzlan at the Craft and Folk Art Museum. Romero currently focuses on studio pieces.
Frank Romero says about his art, "My work is about the things I like and enjoy doing. It is about the color, the application of paint, the way things feel. It's about being Hispanic and living as an artist in Taos, Los Angeles, and Mexico. Folk art, heroic scale, Edward Hopper, George Catlin, public art, the great theme of transportation, and heroic women are all concerns of mine. My art is about life in the present and about living in a continuum where past con