Born in 1941 in Valencia, Spain, Royo began demonstrating his artistic talent early. At the age of 9 his father, a prominent physician and avid art enthusiast, employed private tutors to instruct Royo in drawing, painting, and sculpture.

Serigraphy is the artist’s term used to describe the art of silk-screening, an adaptation of the ancient method of duplicating an image by stenciling. The stencil method is one of the oldest and easiest forms of printing.