Juan Bordés Caballero began his training in 1957 when he started studying sculpture at the Luján Pérez School in Las Palmas. Later in 1965 he moved to Madrid, attending the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, the Escuela Cerámica Moncloa and the Círculo de Bellas Artes, where he studied drawing. In 1986 he obtained his doctorate at the University of Madrid, and in 1988 he was awarded his professorship.

His works are currently part of important collections of artists such as the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas (Venezuela); the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville; the Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid; Colección Renfe, ...