Gerardo Canova © 2025 Todos los derechos reservados
I was born in 1986 in Panama City, Panama. I have been very interested in the arts and literature and I wrote my first few pieces at the young age of nine and since then I have been slowly, but surely, developing my craft and voice. I had to spent years doing that in between being a normal teenager and exploring other interests like music as I study violin for a couple of years.
I graduated with a bachelors degree in Graphic Design, worked for some time at an ad agency and eventually started working in a Gaphic Design Studio with an ex university professor; opened my own Graphic Design Studio EL BLOQUE DESIGN, and around 2015, I chose to merge my graphic design studio with my art, under my branded name. During this time I started running my main Youtube Channel, with timelapses of me painting and doing illustrations while also talking about artists I like.
In 2016, my dream of completing a manuscript came to fruition when I finished my second completed manuscript in my life, the first one in english and I self-published it under the tittle of The Twisted Life of Nikolai Isayev, through amazon KDP. In 2019, I finsihed and self-published the sequel The Atonement of Nikolai Isayev. The Twisted Life of Nikolai Isayev received positive reviews from readers and judges in the 24th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards.
I started Panacurls in 2021, a curly hair, scalp health and fashion Youtube Channel, as a way of creating content that was for a broader audience ato promote myself, by getting people to know more about me. In 2024, I started HARDBOUND and my Substack with the vision of keep developing my writing skills while also keeping my hair channel up and running. It has been a struggle and lot of work, but I am very satisfied with the accomplishment, so far. HARDBOUND is a quarterly digital magazine, which you will find on my Patreon, with an original serial fiction story, book reviews, movie reviews and a cooking section. In my substack you will find an original retelling of my experience as a first time cat parent with The Kitty Chronicles. In 2025, I finally reactivated my main Youtube Channel, which contains everything that represents me... art, fashion, literature, food, etc.
All in all, life hasn’t been perfect but it has brought a lot of growth and joy. I am looking forward to my next project, my next book (which stay tune...its almost done!) and my next adventure.