Bio

Jean has drawn since roughly the same age he learned to read, and he has always maintained a strong interest in artistic expression, particularly visual art and music. Mostly self-taught, he did not initially see an artistic career as viable and, under the pressure of circumstances, studied industrial engineering. Years later he took a job as a DJ on a cruise ship, met his girlfriend (now his wife), and his life took a lasting detour.

During the COVID-19 pandemic he was visiting her in the Philippines and became stranded for more than a year. In that period he pivoted from music production toward programming and conceptualized a system that mapped musical input to 3D visuals. The sketches he used as templates for that system became the seed of the present collection.

Even earlier, Jean had drawn pawns on vast landscapes as a private pastime. The drawings produced a contemplative feeling and raised recurring questions: What move is worth making? What is the game worth playing? Am I making my own moves, or am I someone else’s pawn? The motif returned intermittently until it became the central theme of the work.

Since the end of the pandemic he has developed both the concept and the techniques present in the artworks on this site. He has exhibited in São Paulo, Brazil, with further presentations planned for Latin America and Europe.