J. Medeiros has a degree in Arts Education from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. There he has founded and still coordinates the multimedia division of NAC since 1983. He promotes courses, shows and other similar activities. He wrote PROGRESSÃO ("Progression") (book/poem), published by Stempelplates of Amsterdam (1978), and GERAÇÃO ALTERNATIVA ("Alternative Generation") by AMARELA/PROFINC of Natal, State of Rio Grande do Norte (1997). He organized several international shows of Visual Poetry in the city of Natal. He was the editor of Contexto, a special supplement of the newspaper A REPÚBLICA, in the end of the 70's. He participated as a guest artist of the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia and the BRAZILIAN NORTHEAST FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART in New York (1996). He lives in Natal, State of Rio Grande do Norte.