Art Brussels | Jean David Nkot: Brussels, Belgium

JEAN DAVID NKOT WAS BORN IN 1989 IN DOUALA, CAMEROON, WHERE HE LIVES AND WORKS.

 

A graduate of the Institut de Formation Artistique of Mbalmayo (IFA) and later of the Institut des Beaux-Arts of Foumban, Cameroon, he quickly established himself through his mastery of painting, sculpture, and installation. In 2017, he took part in the “Post-Master Moving Frontiers” program at the École nationale supérieure d’art in Paris-Cergy, France.

 

A painter of the human condition, he develops a realistic approach attentive to the scars left by history and to the logics of globalized capitalism. Since 2020, his work has focused on the exploitation of raw materials in Africa—such as cotton, chocolate, and minerals—and on the impact of these extractive systems, both on societies and on the environment. His compositions, drawing from photographic archives, question the role of these resources in the global economy and reveal their social and ecological consequences, from Africa to the rest of the world.