Jean Michel Stanislas Garczynski

Jean-Michel started his design career after graduating from the UCAD (Central Union of Decorative Arts) and EPDI (Professional Advertising Design Institute) in Paris. During his career, he has founded several design agencies, including BLACK AND GOLD, founded in 1989, which is still one of the most prestigious design agencies in France. between 1982 and 2004, he has worked with many major brands such as Intermax, Carrefour and some famous luxury brands such as Guerlain, Mori Inhui, Van Cleef & Arpels, L'Oreal, Nikon, etc. In 2001, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris included one of his works in its collection.

His vast experience in the field of design has largely nourished and inspired his paintings! At the beginning of the 21st century, he decided to devote himself to painting. Passionate about art from an early age, Jean-Michel created his first works at the age of 12, following in the footsteps of his grandfather. As a young man, he worked with a group of talented artist friends, inviting them to exhibit in his gallery, created in 1988 in the heart of Paris, just 100 meters from the Pompidou Center. Making friends with artists such as Henri Denty, Jacques Bollore, as well as Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Jacqueline Gade Urbanek and Mireille Montangere, he also met painters Michel Cilly, Geoffrey Hessein, Michel Ryan, Chinese lacquer painter Qiao Shiguang ......

Since 1981, he has exhibited his work in over 150 art exhibitions in France as well as in galleries and museums in China, Korea, Japan, Dubai, Switzerland, Belgium and the United States. In 2008, he came to China for the first time to show his works at the Shanghai Art Salon. He was fascinated by Chinese culture and has been on his China adventure ever since. His works have been invited to exhibit in international art fairs, art salons, auctions and other art events in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Haikou, Nanjing, Xiamen, Zhuhai, Dalian and Hong Kong. On the occasion of the exhibition, he also visited the beautiful scenery of China and recorded them with his brush, such as Xinjiang, Guilin, Sichuan, Huangshan, Wuyuan, Guizhou, Daliang Mountain ...... more than twenty provinces and regions. Chinese culture has gradually become a source of inspiration for his creations!