Born in France in 1974, Ricardo Cruzes is a painter and communication design graduate from ARCA-EUAC (Coimbra 93-98), mentored by Armando Azevedo, João Dixo, and António Modesto. Transitioning into entrepreneurship, he co-founded Design ao Vivo and Moonshapes, overseeing the conception, management, and production of diverse creative projects.

Ricardo Cruzes' artistic endeavors unfold as vivid and often autobiographical dialogues, portraying states of tension, passion, and irony. The conversation between the artist and his work gives birth to soulful expressions, delving into instituted reasons, social theories, communal exploration, and diverse missions. Balancing on the border between the abstract and figurative, landscapes and characters evolve across pieces and narratives, embodying questions, answers, and internal messages. Dialogues manifest as contrasting formal approaches – rational, enterprising, and critical juxtaposed with the primitive, expressive, and childlike. With an ever-observant and inquisitive stance, Ricardo rejects a singular form or medium, prioritizing the resolution of existential discussions at each moment. He engages in an experimental excavation of chapters within an infinite novel, utilizing various tools to navigate these explorations. As a multi-disciplinary artist, Ricardo Cruzes ventures into painting, drawing, writing, installation, sound design, video, and photography. His artistic journey is viewed as an experimental odyssey, where stages are marked by continual new beginnings. Form not only serves the concept but also shapes it, influenced by the irrationality introduced by his alter ego.