Jean-Claude "Tiga" Garoute was a Haitian painter
and sculptor. Born in Jérémie, Garoute co-founded a museum of ceramic art in
Haiti named Poto-Mitan. An abstract painter, he participated in art festivals
throughout the world. Tiga and Maud Guerdes Robard founded the Saint-Soleil post-naïve
school of Haitian painting.
