Juan Miguel Quiñones was born in 1979 in Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz), Spain. He is mostly self-taught, meaning he learned most of his art himself. When he was young, he loved working with stone. This was because of the stone quarries near his home and the local tradition of stoneworking. This influenced his career a lot.

Style and Method 

Quiñones is a specialist in hard stone carving, using marble and other good materials. He uses a technique called pietra dura, which means putting small, colourful stones into marble. He mixes this old method with modern ideas. His art shows everyday things or summer items—like ice creams, surfboards, and beach toys. He makes them very big or the real size. He turns a memory that doesn't last long into a solid stone sculpture. His work is about memory, being nostalgic, and having fun (humor), making us think about childhood and time standing still.

He has had many shows, alone and with other artists, in Spain and other countries.

Meaning 

The main idea in Quiñones' work is personal and group memory, childhood, and remembering the 90s. He focuses on summer and fun objects, and how these turn into sculptures that "stop time." His art helps the viewer think about their own memories because the objects look familiar. It contrasts the light subject (toys, ice creams) with the heavy materials (marble, stone).

Juan Miguel Quiñones is an artist who takes the short time of childhood and summer and turns it into stone and marble. With a difficult technique and a personal style that mixes craftsmanship, humor, and memory, his sculptures make us look at them, remember things, and think. His art is modern but connected to his home, inviting us to look at the things we thought we forgot with a new, playful, and poetic view.