Frank Romero

Artist

B.S. Art (2009)

Worked for the County of Los Angeles as a graphic designer and photographer, which led to work with graphic artist Lou Danziger and American designers Charles and Ray Eames.
Co-founded Los Four, a Chicano art collective, with Roberto de la Rocha, Gilbert Luján and Carlos Almaraz. The collective helped define and promote new awareness of La Raza through murals, publications and exhibitions.
Los Four's historic 1974 exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was the country's first show of Chicano art at a major art institution.
Completed 15 murals throughout Los Angeles. His iconic freeway mural, "Going to the Olympics," celebrated the 1984 Olympic Games.
Has shown extensively in the United States, Europe and Japan. His painting, "The Death of Rubén Salazar," hangs in the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art.

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