Ricardo Ángeles Mendoza was born and raised in the town of San Martín Tilcajete, known for the crafting of art pieces carved in copal tree wood. Since the age of six he was immersed into the process of craftsmanship and art production on the family's workshop.At fourteen he had gone through all the processes that were carried out in the workshop and mainly focused on the painting of the pieces. In high school, not being able to be a fundamental part of the time in the workshop, he began receiving drawing works of handcrafted pieces that were commissioned to his family for their collective approval and that was the moment when he developed his drawing technique focusing on animals and fantastic creatures from his own imagination.In 2014 he began his studies in architecture at UAM Xochimilco and in 2015 he started to paint murals in an artist gathering in Xochicuautla, for the defense of that territory. In 2016 he left university to devote himself full time to his development as an illustrator and painter.In 2017 he restructured with his family the goals of the bio-conservation project “Palo que habla” and self-managed with them the first encounter of monumental graphic art “Huellas Tilcajete” in his hometown, having its second edition in 2019 with the purpose of opening new possibilities to the new generations. The project is still going and is preparing its next edition.In October 2017 he had his first solo painting and graphic art exhibition at Pilsen Outpost Gallery in Chicago and the next year he began his career in visual arts at La Esmeralda.In 2019 he participated in the group exhibition “Los huecos del agua” with a panel discussion with Eduardo Abaroa at the Museo Universitario del Chopo; curated by Itzel Vargas in which original native communities art is present.In 2020 he was part of the digital group exhibition “L4tin ch4t” at www.L4tinch4t.com curated by José Eduardo Barajas and Andy Medina, due to the context of confinement caused by COVID19, most of the exhibited work is digital production or influenced by it.Since November of 2020 is part of the project “La Trinidad” which seeks to formalize the market dynamics among young contemporary artist in Oaxaca and also promote dissident aesthetics of the current Oaxacan art market.Part of his artistic production gathers the different images that results of the mixture between globalization and indigenous communities, in particular case, his community. This images arise from cultural, political, social and economic symptoms such as migration, tourism, internet, social conflicts, economic contrast and family situations.