MONGO

Ramón Díaz Yanes, aka Mongo, was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, on 30 August 1971. He studied architecture at the Universidad Central de las Villas (UCLV) in 1997, and since 2016 he has been working with the weekly Melaito, an emblematic publication of Cuban humour. He considers himself lucky to have worked alongside masters such as Martirena, Rolang, Linares and Pedro Méndez! He has held several solo and group exhibitions in Cuba and the United States, including New York in 2022. He has been a member of Cartoon Movement since 2020, and works with a number of magazines and newspapers in Cuba and abroad: Juventud Rebelde, Melaito, Vanguardia, Bohemia, La Picúa, Dos bufones, Griffo.