Born - July 31, 1952; Managua, Nicaragua.

Biography - Studied for a year at the School of Fine Arts in Leon. Joined the community of primitivistic painters at Solentiname, and created works for the book, The Gospel in Art by the Peasants of Solentiname. During the war (1978-79) took refuge in Costa Rica, and contributed paintings to the movement against Somoza. Settled in Leon after the war, and joined the Sutiava group of artists.

Exhibitions - Participated in exhibitions at the Solentiname collective, Gallery Juan Bautista Cuadra (Leon), Gallery Praxis (Managua), Gallery Tres Mundo (Managua), Primitive Painters Group at UNAN (Leon), Gallery La Marsellesa (Managua). International exhibitions in United States, Germany, France, England, Italy, Switzerland, Cuba, Austria and Costa Rica. Fletes cruz has exhibited on several occasions at Americas’ Arts Gallery in Gettysburg, PA, and at Indigo Arts Gallery in Philadelphia. Solo exhibits at Indigo Arts in March and April 2004, and February to March 2007, and April to June, 2011. While in Pennsylvania he painted two murals in Gettysburg, PA, including one at the Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary, and murals at the Lancaster Theological Seminary and the University of Pittsburgh. In April 2011 Ignacio worked with the students and teachers to paint a mural at El Centro de Estudiantes, a high school in Philadelphia.

In 2007 fifteen paintings by Ignacio Fletes Cruz were selected for permanent display in the new US Embassy and the offices of the US Agency for International Development in Managua, Nicaragua

The Paintings - "The landscapes reflect the flora and fauna that surround the peasants of the countryside - where peasants and their children learn from Mother Earth about the whims of nature."
Ignacio Fletes Cruz came to Indigo Arts for a solo exhibit in 2004, again in February 2007, and most recently in April and May, 2011.
The 2011 exhibition was reviewed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April 29, 2011.