Jean Michel Mouiren, known with his gypsy name Juan Zingaro, like all Gypsy artists never had access to the great schools of arts, but he grow up in a family of musical performers, dancers and stage actors, a broad artistic world in which art is the only way to get out of misery. He painted throughout his childhood, primarily on pieces of cardboard with industrial paint that was often left at the warehouses. Gypsies are generally musicians but he chose painting as a way of expression. His talent was quickly recognized by art patrons who offered him a studio and materials, so he could paint and not have to worry about anything. The success soon arrived and he received the help of the great masters of painting who helped him develop an international career, which led him to sell his paintings all over the world.  He has works in the whole of France, as well as in the United States, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, England, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Australia.

 

One would describe him as a great wild artist.

 

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