A lot of Ernesto's work deals with intimacy, as exemplified in his participation in two art projects bearing that word ('intimacy') in their name: one at Goldsmiths University and one by Completely Naked.

In August 2010 Ernesto premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe his one-man show, In the Name of the Flesh, which had been previewed at the Etcetera Theatre (Camden Fringe 2008) and at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern (Hot August Fringe 2009 & HAF Highlights 2010), after being "scratched" at UNDERCONSTRUCTION (Bistrotheque - "Hugely important" Time Out), the Battersea Arts Centre ("Scratch Night") and The Barons Court Theatre (Write Side of the Brain festival) - among other outlets - at its various stages of development.

Erotic Award Winner for Poet of the Year 2010, Ernesto is notorious for his celebrated 'bellybutton poem', for his unorthodox approaches to performance poetry and for the controversy his written words can still stir at online poetry forums. Ernesto has been active for several years now in the London spoken word scene. He founded and co-hosted Homophone, an acclaimed series of poetry readings at the Poetry Cafe in 2002. He has also brought to London the GLAM SLAM, which has been staged with great success at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in 2008 and 2009, and at The Book Club in Shoreditch in 2010. He was shortlisted for Shortfuse Poetry Idol in April 2004 and was the Central London Farrago Poetry Slam Champion 2006, as well as the winner of the Farrago Zoo Award for "Best Performance by a performer working in English and another language" in 2007. He has taken part in multiple open mic readings and has performed as a featured performer at various spoken word/comedy events (Total Writing London, Speakeasy, Take Your Own Poison, The Poetry Shack, Hip Heaven, Spoonful of Poison, Stand Up and Coming), mostly in London and the UK (including the Edinburgh Fringe, Manchester's Queer Up North, Brighton and Glasgow) but also in San Francisco (Smack Dab, Perverts Put Out), New York (Bowery Poetry Club, LouderARTS) and Montreal, winning the odd comedy gong (e.g. "Stand Up and Coming" Dec 2008) along the way.

A runner-up at the Final of London's first Male Tournament of Tease, Ernesto has performed his mixture of poetry, storytelling, comedy and burlesque at some of the best-known cabaret outlets in London: Madam JoJo's (Cabaret des Courtesans), Bethnal Green Working Men's Club (Whoopee's Hip Hip, Sweet'n'Sour, Male Tournament of Tease), Cobden Club (Rockabaret), Bistrotheque (Hanky Panky, Jonny Woo's Variety show), Royal Vauxhall Tavern (Duckie, Vauxhallville), Turnmills (Pas de Piaf, Whoo Har, Late Late Lunch), Chats Palace (The Last Great Taboo), Charterhouse bar (Subterfuge cabaret). He has been billed at a variety of art night clubs (Kashpoint, KAOS, Studio NEON) and many other unclassifiable or multidisciplinary events and festivals including the International Workshop Festival, ACTART3, Sweet'n'Sour, The Creative Swing, Of Naked Design, Guerrilla Zoo, OFFLINE, Stranger than Paradise, Lazy Gramophone, Queer Storytelling Festival, FANZINE, and even the Bear Beauty Contest.

Arts spaces and theatres where Ernesto has presented his work include: The ICA, the Battersea Arts Centre, Goldsmiths University, Barons Court Theatre, Corsica Studios, Camden People's Theatre, The Drill Hall, RADA, 291 Gallery, The Foundry, museumMAN (Liverpool), Royal Academy School's Gallery, Kingsgate Galleries, Synergy Centre, Whitechapel Gallery, etc. Ernesto has collaborated with a variety of artists, musicians and performers, including Adam Nankervis, KET-TEK, Lucia Cipriano, Sina Shamsavari, Pi Villaseñor, Othon Mataragas, Ernesto Tomasini, Craig Yamey; and participated in installations/performances by Gina Czarnecki, Spencer Tunick, Abajo Izquierdo, A2.

Ernesto has shown his videos at events like Shortwave, Franko B's Mix-up, Your Voice (Kilburn Festival), Deep Space, Exploding Cinema, ACTART6, Short SundayS.

Ernesto's work usually deals with the 'queer body', exploring the paradoxes and complexities of sexual intimacy and the roles language and technology play in our every day life and in the way we perceive ourselves and our bodies.