While living in the isle of his birth, Manhattan, at seven years old, Jean-Pierre declared to his mother that he would be an artist when he grew up. Spending most of his early childhood drawing, dancing and on roller skates he was impacted by the pop, graffiti art and punk rock movements of New York City 70’s and 80’s. Upon moving to California at age 14, skateboarding, jazz and yogic culture influenced his early works. While studying studio arts in Sacramento he received the Wayne Thiebaud painting scholarship and minored in children's studies. He now lives in Austin Tx, where he advocates for human rights, teaches art to teens with autism, and skateboards much more modestly.