Jonathan Kan is an experimental animation filmmaker and visual artist whose practice drifts through the porous boundaries of experimental animation and new media. Shaped by lived experience and the ever-changing landscape of his city, Kan primarily works with time-based media to explore the concept of ephemerality—telling stories from a non-linear perspective. He abstracts context into layers of feeling, inviting viewers to connect not through narrative, but through presence. His work employs rhythm, layered repetition, and textured frames to capture the fragmentation of memory and the nuanced bodily experience. His MFA graduation short film Squint Your Eyes to Get a Better Picture (2025)—a frame-by-frame charcoal animation—has been screened internationally in Hong Kong, Berlin, London, and Iceland.
Jonathan Kan (b. 1997, Hong Kong) received his BA in Animation from the University of the Arts London, London College of Communication, in 2019. He recently completed his Master’s degree in Creative Media at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.