Carlos Bueno was a draftsman, painter and muralist who helped launch the Chicano art movement^[1] in the 1970s as co-founder of Self-Help Graphics & Art.

Bueno was born in Cuernavaca, Mexico, but lived in the United States throughout the 1970s before returning to Mexico for the final years of his life.^[2] Along with his partner, the photographer Antonio Ibañez, he helped to found Los Angeles' annual Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead celebration.^{[2] [3]}

He was largely known for his drawings and while he painted a number of murals in his lifetime, only one or two survive.^[4][5] In April 2001, just months before his death, he had a solo exhibit at The Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park.^[6]

He died on August 18, 2001, in Mazatlan, Mexico.^[2]