[1] Juan Roberto "Diago" Durruthy graduated at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro," Havana.
Grandson of artist Roberto Juan Diago Querol, his grandmother was a First Violinist in the Havana Symphony Orchestra.
Born in an intellectual background, he nevertheless lived his childhood in a poor neighborhood, el barrio Pogolotti.
He is interested in rewriting Caribbean histories as a way to include Transatlantic slave trade with the aim to highlight stories the country has tried to forget.
[3][4] In 2020, the Lowe Art Museum, at University of Miami, presented a mid-career retrospective of his work.