The Cuban American artist Reinaldo Vargas was born in Havana, Cuba on January 7, 1961. He graduated from the Academy of Arts San Alejandro, the oldest and most prestigious fine arts school in his country. 

From 1981 to 1984 he taught drawing and design at art school in Nueva Gerona and additionally he was an art instructor at the Cultural Center of La Victoria (Cuba) where he worked with groups of children and young adults.Years later he worked for a cinematography company in Havana as a poster designer. 

In 1993, he decided to immigrate Europe to expand his artistic ambitions. After four years living in Paris, France, Reinaldo decided to move to the United States. Currently, he resides in Atlanta.

Reinaldo`s early works was primarily figurative in nature. His more recent artwork is influenced by abstract expressionism, synthesized with imagery of mysticism and biomorphic elements transformed into personal code.