THIS IS MY LIFE

The story of this amazing artist began a March 8, 1953 , in the central city of Rancagua, Region Ohiggins , Chile, where his birthplace data .

However, the early 5 years old , with his mother Elia Carreño , moves to the coastal city of Iquique , working in menial jobs that place , as delivery of a local newspaper . It is in this city where the decision to travel the world , seeing the large vessels of various nations anchored in that port , through which recognizes poetically as " the call of overseas " .

After learning about the Chilean territory in its entirety " finger " , moved to the neighboring country of Peru Inca , crossing it largely from Cuzco north reaching the border with Ecuador .

After his experience in the Incan culture, extensively covers what is known as Latin America, from the Patagonia of Argentina to the border between Mexico and the U.S. ( Monterrey) . In these early tours is where you work for the State University of Cartagena and serves on various tasks , seeing and experiencing the continent and its origins , capturing all this in his work on native wood in place , representing in them the image and history of continent

expressing their culture and roots , both indigenous and Creole folk .

Exactly one pointed and controversial 1973 for our country , Juan Carlos travels to Brazil , knowing from the Amazon to the border with Uruguay , doing work in cultural centers and exhibiting at various craft fairs , traveling the breadth of all states.

The carioca country becomes cultural capital and revenue on the continent , giving you the opportunity to undertake their economic trip to Europe and longed to know the culture worldwide . The journey through the Americas had given him the tools to fulfill your dream.

Thus in 1980 he took a plane from Sao Paulo to one of the most economically important cities of Germany and Europe, the northern port of Frankfurt.

From there walking cities in the South of the country , Munich , Fussen , which will open the doors to start making projects in schools , cultural centers, which will enable even a workshop for a long time , performing one of his first activities recreational activities with a European community .

After a few months decides to undertake the trip. Travel to the town of Innsbruck Austria , reaching Brenner , place a border with Italy, knowing almost the entire Italian country , visiting cities such as Tuscany , wonderful place that inspired by the great artists that developed in the territory , such as Florence and its relation to the imposing medieval European .

Back decide to visit France. Going through the border mountains , staying in Grenoble, a peasant French town where he made one of his first projects related to helping people, especially adolescents,

problems of drugs and drug use . In the rehabilitation center prepares a sign made in oak in the region, with the help of the same patients , translating Latin elements , fruits, leaves , all in an abstract context , due to the different capacities of the young people themselves , especially techniques and training in the use of wood .

After that runs Paris and French culture and knows all his wealth , his intention was strongly linked with art, " giving that link self-training in order to make more projects in the future ," according to the same recognized.

After leaving the capital of art , decides to travel to the Big Island of England, where he meets Celtic culture , touring historic southern city like London, to give the southern city called Norwish , and specific in the rural town of Diss, doing work for retailers, restaurants and signs . But it is in a state of Scotland, where a project to "The Church of Scotland ," known as the Scottish Church , performing a stunning Christ with Latin touches in mural oak implements .

In the decade of the eighties, back to the mainland knowing Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland, and returning their way to Germany. Note that all this is performed on a bicycle brought from Latin America. Poetically expressed in his own words , his bike was " small two-wheeled trailer and homeless , just clothing mountain , carrying a stove , a couple of art books, and carving tools ." On his return to the Teutonic country since the late eighties travels throughout Europe, where Spain and Portugal reached .

In Barcelona , as in the early nineties, just before the Olympic Games Barcelona 92 ' , is robbed on a Mediterranean beach , where we subtracted while sleeping where he removed all their belongings , except for his bike , which was moored . Among his things had cuts own interviews , as well as books and tools. That same night without anything, just with a little money and

always kept his passport next to him, decides to head to the continent of Gibraltar or Pillars of Hercules comes to the African country of Morocco , encountering quite oriental culture where experiences bureaucracy , smuggling .

Besides marvel at the fantastic North African culture , where people practically lived as " in the middle ages , offering great fabrics markets, which was a kind of rebirth in the dream and poetry , which was great for me because Outdoor ancestral culture of generosity, the transmission of beliefs and culture through the generations, that was the target of Arab or north Africa " . In this logic , where money was not plentiful , starts just survive with an old chisel carpenter gifted by a carpenter in the Rif Mountains , making exchanges with Mosques and religious missions , based on the " barter ", changing hand work for food and lodging .

After his experience in the secular system of Morocco, known desert country of Mauritania, where only done small jobs for tourists in the city of Nouchat and people of Nouadhibou . A Mauritania enters from the Moroccan border in a military convoy , where you try to enter without visa . Anecdote tells us , at that moment is to be retained by visa to enter the country . However, as we note in the same conversation with the Director of the office , he is associated with the national poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda , a writer who was tasteful Director , who after extensive conversation in French with Juan Carlos decides visarlo and sent to the capital with a letter of recommendation . Milestone coming to the fore as Chile and Chileans are known and travel the world , often through poetry and his great legacy .