Ramón Vázquez León was born in Viñales, Pinar del Río, Cuba, in February, 1972. His studies in the visual arts began at the Raúl Sánchez Vocational School of Art in Pinar del Río. In 1987, he entered the National School of Fine Arts in Havana. He graduated in 1991 as a draftsman, painter and professor of Painting and Drawing. That same year he joined the Conjunto Artístico Integral de Montaña, for a period of two years. From 1993 to 1995, he worked as a specialist in the Art Gallery of Viñales. The artist currently resides and works in Viñales, Pinar del Río, Cuba.