Jean David Nkot

Jean David Nkot was born in 1989 in Douala, Cameroon. He currently lives and works there. He is a painter of the human condition, since 2020, he tackles the issue of the exploitation of raw materials in Africa and the economic and political stakes underneath. He now focuses his thought on cotton growing, which he associates with the beginnings of capitalism through its cultivation and trading. He underlines its environmental and human impact and links it to the North/South relationship.

Within his work, Nkot compensates for the lack of visibility and recognition of those who work in the shadows. By giving them the status of contemporary icons, he invites us to rethink our economic model to protect 'man' and the planet together. A deep sensitivity to humanity has never ceased to exist in his work, ecology is a new component in the work of this painter regarding the human condition. He reminds us that man cannot be considered independent from their environment and that the protection of one comes with the conservation of the other.

Nkot’s work has been shown at art fairs in Miami, New York, London, Paris, Marrakech and Cape Town. It has also been exhibited in international institutions such as the Guangdong Times Museum (Guangdong, China), Institut des Cultures d’Islam (Paris, France), SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin, Germany), Kunsthalle Krems (Krems, Austria) and the Fondation Dapper at la Rotonde des arts in Abidjan (Ivory Coast).