Born in Jérémie, Garoute co-founded a museum of ceramic art in Haiti named Poto-Mitan.
The school was born when they offered farmers in Soisson-La-Montagne, a rural area near Port-au-Prince, drawing and painting materials.
Out of the movement came such painters as Levoy Exil, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, St-Jean, and Dieuseul Paul to name a few.
The movement drew the eye of French author André Malraux who dedicated a chapter to it in his book L'Intemporel.
Haiti's February 2007 carnival was dedicated to him and embraced the theme Solèy Leve (Risen Sun) to evoke the Saint-Soleil movement he co-created.