Mauro Murillo was born in Coahuila, Mexico and moved to San Antonio, TX in 1995. During high school, he enjoyed the SaySí art program where he explored creating art in different mediums including graphite, charcoal, aluminum, paper maché, papel picado, and more. As a DACA recipient, he worked full time at HEB warehouse while attending school. After graduating with an associates degree in Communication Design from San Antonio College in 2020. Murillo then began his career as a visual artist, painting with acrylics in large canvases. He had his first solo exhibition, Personajes Mexicanos, in 2021 at Bear & Ink Gallery at the Upstairs Studios at Blue Star in San Antonio, TX. His work has been exhibited at UNAM San Antonio TX, Mexican Cultural Institute San Antonio TX, Instituto de Cultura Hispanica Corpus Christ TX, and TBH Center Houston TX.