The son of migrant farm workers, Ernesto Cuevas developed his Chicano identity while his parents labored in the fields. Both school and community forced Ernesto to engage issues of race, class, language and religion at an early age.

Ernesto went on to attend Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire where he majored in studio art and concentrated in oil painting. Interaction with fellow students at Dartmouth again forced Ernesto to face issues of culture, race, religion and economics. These issues would eventually find their way onto his canvas. As his creative expression was being developed he realized that his art was a clear channel for his personal and political voice.

Ernesto now tells his story directly through his personal artwork. Ernesto is also the founder of RedCielo, LLC an organization that has arms focused on both community art through RedCielo Community Art as well as graphic design and media production through RedCielo Graphic Design . Additionally, Ernesto is launching LuchaCampo Productions, an organization that promotes the intersections of visual and literary creative expression as a means of engaging critical cultural dialogues in the movement toward social justice.