José Ramón Junyent is a bipolar artist who was born on June 7, 1949 in Madrid. His self-taught multidisciplinary career is marked by the ups and downs of his illness and the circumstances of his life.

When I was 16 years (and made extraordinary drawings) his father got him into the sea to make a man "because painting was queer thing." During the four years he spent locked up in a boat in Ferrol was devoted mainly to do family portraits for all his superiors, pictures of wives and children of the colonels and generals who brought him pictures. Not so simple to break his spirit and his fascist father and the army did not succeed.

With 20 years (1969) goes to live in Ibiza, where he began his experiments with drugs, music and of course art. Placed Salaberri'spaintings FTP (mixed acid synthetic mescaline) and psicocivina-fungal. The pictures that result from these experiments are so psychedelic and brutal getting to live quite well selling them on the beach and bars (some will go on sale here soon.)

At 25 (1974) returns to Madrid and teaches drawing at the Fine Arts as Assistant Professor Amadeo Roca. Two years later, tired of painting still lifes, Amadeo Roca serves requests for something more interesting and brings a model with 27 cm of the penis. Disappears for 70% of students (women and children posh). José Ramón is expelled though Circle was the brainchild of Mr. Amadeo bring the model gifted.

He stayed by the house selling Bibles and around that time he met Juana Mordo. It had a gallery on the street and JR Villanueva, along with rest of the rebels and anarchists Craft went to the Expos and cracking and she was engaged and mixed drinks to keep them calm. A pesasr of this, several of his paintings are expressionistic and hyper exhibited and sold in the gallery. As an anecdote to tell during the Tapies exhibition organized by Juana at 76 and before the doors opened on the day of the inauguration, JR hit a green wool Tapies was placed in a box and it fell to the ground. Joan, frightened and nervous about the destruction of the work (which was sold that day for a million pesetas) said "what did you unhappy?" and JR, knowing that it was very bad Tapiés mason, he replaced the pad with glue Imedio. Juana ended his relationship with this: it led him to a room in your home and said "I like your work, this room full of paintings to the ceiling and you become my painter" but JR, knowing that it would be an almost commercial contract (which he hated) said he did not want to speculate his painting, to which she replied "child go through the shadow of the sun will not you lost the opportunity of a lifetime." Never again seen.

A late 70 Jose Sanchez learned etching and lithography All José Miciano. Here comes one of the most dangerous incident of his life, when experimenting with etching and fire, nearly burns down his house (an attic in La Latina).

In 1979 working in the arts center of San Fernando (Madrid) and produced its first arrest. The professor, Villaseñor, throws away one of its organic wall (made with feces and garbage organic) and JR tries to kill him, chasing him around the school with an iron bar. Arrest happens in 5 days and finally released without charges out.

During the 70 works in different vienales and fall festivals.

In 1982, he befriended Carlos Tena and design the sets for the program "drum" in TVE.

At ARCO 1984 and 1985 was expelled for criticizing (megaphone in hand) povera art and crap they do algujos pseudoartistas.

In 85 starts to investigate multiple techniques and media. 85 and 87 was part of the art collective "open shop" and shall hold a place in the Plaza of the painters of Conde de Barajas. Here was doing a performance for 5 / 6 months with an old movie screen painted on the street without interruption (ate and slept on the job for that time). The work was subsequently used as a setting for concerts by the group of noise-industrial music "Fan of Chaos" in the 90's, in collaboration with an actor and music producer Andrew Arranz. The screen measured 4m by 6m.

Get a few awards: the Municipal Board of Tetuan, in 80 and the prize of the House of painters and sculptors from Moscow by the poster design "For peace and humanity from the threat of nuclear war."

After a long period outside the art world because of the medication that gave social security, treating him as schizophrenic (not bothered to do some tests to see if he really was, had learned quickly that he needed lithium and its was clearly bipolar disorder), begins to produce (leaving the medication) other no pictorial works: esoteric craft. Make pyramids and pentacles that sells esoteric fairs. In 96 stops and repaint it, but it has lost many contacts and half of his artist friends are dead, so you do not find a way to relive the paint is not enough to keep your Family (Epiphany, his wife works as a maid, and has a daughter, Diana, born in 1981).

After passing through many jobs away (keeper of terminal cancer in a recreational keeper, warden at the Clinical and masseuse at home, among others) in 2002 began working as a security officer in the old corrugated iron factory in Getafe industrial, extending of 3 square kilometers where the toxicity of old corrugated iron pools and datura coexist in harmony. Here takes his love of Photography (minolta analog target of 35 and a 150) and takes pictures as the post-industrial factory is crumbling. Make a series of photos focusing on destrución / progression of ruin. (Soon will also be on sale here).

During its last bipolar crisis (2008) is unfairly dismissed from his job and turns to the CNT. Lose the case because he was not taking medication (lithium). Currently in a very precarious position and has returned to painting more than ever. This is an artist who has given up many things (mental health and wellbeing of himself and his family) for true love of art (lithium not allowed to express).

I am his daughter, Diana, and now I'm in charge of managing their work, because I think I owe many things (I am also performative http://pornoterrorismo.com artist) and because I want my father to leave the misery in which they live.

All prices are negotiable and works slowly I will include in the gallery all you have. There is an entire warehouse full of paintings, sculptures and crafts gathering dust in the basement of his home in Madrid. The thing is slow because I live in Barcelona, but I have faith that my father's wonderful production again see the light. Because he is a fighter and he deserves another opportunity.

Salud!

Thanks.