Styrous® was born in Chicago and raised in San Francisco. He studied music through elementary and high school, and theory and composition at San Francisco City College and the University of California, Berkeley. He studied ballet from 1958 to 1962 and was in the corps de ballet and a character dancer with the Pacific Ballet from 1960 to 1962. He danced until 1977. Since 1979, he has owned and operated his own production company producing live events (company promotions, dance and theater shows, and performance art). He produced fashion shows for over 20 years for many stores, including Sandra Sakata's legendary art-to-wear boutique, Obiko, in San Francisco, and Kaisik Wong, Marian Clayden, Gibson Palermo and other art-to-wear designers. He headed the Fashion Forum, an association of San Francisco bay area based fashion designers.
He composed music for films, commercials, the San Francisco art-to-wear store, Cicada, and the theme song for the Asian American Arts Foundation’s 1999 Golden Ring Awards.
The contacts made through these various venues have been the inspiration for many of his photographic subjects. Styrous® has experimented with photography for the last 40 years. He converted from film to digital almost 10 years ago. His work, described as “formalist” and “romantic-realist”, is in collections in Europe, Mexico and the United States. It has been shown in group shows as well as solo exhibitions.