Jonathan Djob-Nkondo is a London-based artist, animator, and filmmaker whose work moves between fine art, animation, and comics. Built from a deliberately restricted colour palette, his animations create fluid, dreamlike worlds where characters and objects interact in unexpected ways.

As a teenager, Djob-Nkondo began with graffiti, an experience that pushed him toward abstraction and into letters, shapes, and spatial play. He later studied literature, moved into graphic design, left it behind, and worked as a cleaner at Disneyland Paris before enrolling at Gobelins, one of the world’s most renowned animation schools.

During this period, he started making short loops and animated GIFs, sharing them online on Tumblr. Many of the elements that define his work today: bold colours, block shadows, comic-like panels, and a precise sense of movement emerged through this informal, exploratory practice.

Inspired by comics and animation alike, Djob-Nkondo plays with light, shadow, and volume to build narratives that feel intuitive rather than explanatory.

His process often begins away from the page: ideas are assembled mentally, piece by piece, until they click into place. The resulting works sit between the real and the surreal, playful but never casual.

“…before doing any process drawings I try to find an idea. Often it doesn't involve drawing, I'm just in my head trying to piece together some hints of an idea. It's like playing crossword puzzles, you have a couple of letters floating around and you have to figure out the word. You can feel that you know the word.”