Fer Ricárdez (León, Guanajuato, Mexico, 1995) is a visual artist and software engineer whose work is rooted in personal experience, exploring themes such as disability, autobiography, dreams, and the surreal. Living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)—a condition that has shaped both his worldview and his artistic practice—Ricárdez began painting in 2022 as a way to make sense of profound experiences, turning each piece into a testimony of life.

He has participated in group exhibitions in Mexico, Argentina, and the United States, and won first prize at the International Art Without Barriers Competition (Argentina). He also received an Honorable Mention at the XI National University Biennial of Contemporary Art (UABC, 2025). In 2025, his work was selected for the XV Joaquín Clausell Painting Biennial (UACAM) and the Alfonso Pérez Romo Biennial of Visual Arts (UAA). That same year, he was awarded the State Program for the Stimulus of Artistic Creation and Development (PECDA Guanajuato) and presented his first solo exhibition, Fragments of a Spinal Memory, at the Congress of the State of Guanajuato.