Juan Sebastián was named after Johann Sebastian Bach. Son of the great harpsichordist Luisa Durón, he grew up in the atmosphere close to Renaissance - among artists and surrounded by Baroque music of Bach, Hottetere, Couperin, Scarlatti, and other composers. Since childhood, he demonstrated a talent for drawing, sculpture and painting. At the age of ten he became a winner of a national school art competition. From that moment on, he had no doubts that art was his call. He also took classes in percussion, painting and engraving from great masters, however, he dedicated himself to visual arts at the age of 17, after a mystical journey to India. Self-taught, he started his career at the Academy of San Carlos and, at the same time received a degree in Industrial Design.

For a young painter, it was difficult at first to exhibit in galleries and museums, but soon he had his first patrons: Mauricio Achar and Luis Méndez Jiménez, who turned out to be the owners of an exhibition space - the iconic cafe Gandhi Bookstore, a usual spot for Mexican and international intellectuals such as Fernando Savater, Jorge Luis Borges, Octavio Paz ... and artists, including Arnaldo Cohen, Vicente Rojo, Jan Hendrix, Jose Luis Cuevas.

In 1990 he traveled to Europe with projects and exhibitions that allowed him to live for a few years in Vienna, Madrid, Barcelona and Paris. There, he was inspired by great masters, mainly, by Klimt, Schiele, Goya and Picasso. As a result, he produced about 5,000 works, including drawings, prints, acrylics, oils, sculptures and objects of art. He exhibited in more than 40 individual cultural centers, museums and prestigious galleries in different countries, including Mexico, Spain, France, Israel, United States and India, and participated in a group show "Latin American Artists" that was organized by UNESCO and the Economic Culture Fund in 1997-1998 and traveled through each and every country of Latin America.

He illustrated the story book “Casi un Objeto” by a Portuguese writer José Saramago and the play “Feliz nuevo siglo doktor Freud” by Sabina Berman. Juan Sebastian relates his recent work to the existentialist philosophy of Nietzsche. In 1993 he won the 1st place for his dragon "Nicholas" in the Art Object Toy Contest, organized by Impronta editors, SEDESOL, the DDF and the Trust to help street children. Adding good taste and passion to the mutual endeavor, he worked together with two young poets: Paola Herrera Ledesma and Dulce Chiang, in a poetic and pictorial conspiracy that led to the creation of the “Grupo Dragoneros”.Currently his work can be found in various private and public collections. He is known both for his publications: “Los conjuros, Polígrafa”, Barcelona 1994; “La vida y sus dibujos”, 1995; “Periolibros”, 1997; “Objeto Casi”, 1999; “Su anuario”, 1989-2002 , and for his murals created for public spaces such as in the Gandhi Library, Passage Altavista, Lucent Technologies, Sport City, Nelson Vargas, in Mexico City. He is a creator of the monumental sculpture “El Hombre Nuevo” in Conalep Edomex.

Juan Sebastian is a recognized artist in the cultural world of Spain and Mexico. As a visual artist, he is part of the “Sistema Nacional de Creadores Mexicanos” and also part of “de pago en especie “ program, constantly contributing to the body of nation's heritage.