Glugio nicandro biography templates

It's a name that could never quite blend into the crowd. It is fitting, though, for a native Los Angeles Chicano artist who has not only dabbled--but excelled--in many different areas of the art world.

His resume includes, but is not limited to, performance art, drawing, painting, set-making, print-making, glass work, animation, photography, teaching and now, authoring.

Born Glugio Nicandro, Gronk knew from an early age that “art was always something that [he] would be creating, using his imagination and his hands.”

As a teen Chicano artist amidst the turmoil of the 1970s, his name (“GRONKIE”) was easily recognizable spray-painted on the side of one of the most prestigious art institutions in the nation: the LACMA.

But he does not discuss that much nowadays.

During a visit to his home and studio recently, Gronk - a riveting storyteller - began telling of his perf