SHOWCASE

/ ARTIST / 2026

ARTIST: Jumbojan
COUNTRY: Thailand
CONTACT: https://www.jumbojan.com
https://www.facebook.com/jumbojan1995
https://www.instagram.com/jumbojan/
Hi there, Jumbojan! It's great to meet you. I am a graphic designer with a passion for illustration. I often draw inspiration from retro-style graphics and mythology from around the world. Creating my own world through illustration is something I absolutely love, as it allows me to escape from reality and get lost in my imagination.

Eyes Wide Open

Last year I had the chance to be an artist-in-residence in Barcelona, Spain — my first time in Europe.
I walked into every street not knowing what to expect, and left completely rewired. The city didn't just show me buildings — it showed me how obsession looks when it becomes architecture. Gaudí's curves, the tile work, the way Catalan artists let nature bleed into structure without asking permission.
My eyes were wide open the entire trip. Every wall, every shadow, every unexpected color combination became a reference I didn't know I needed.
This piece is what came out of that. Not a copy of Barcelona — a translation of what it did to how I see.

Chinese New year meal

Every year, my family celebrates Chinese New Year — we cook together, we pray to our ancestors. Simple rituals, repeated for generations.
This piece is a reminder of that. Not just a holiday — a thread connecting me to where I come from, one dish, one incense stick, one prayer at a time.
Some traditions don't need reinventing. They just need to be remembered.

Anti Love Song

This year I got the chance to collaborate with YUPP, an entertainment music company in Thailand, to create cover art for a YouTube playlist.
The brief was Valentine's Day — but I decided to twist it into an Anti-Valentine theme instead. Instead of hearts and roses, I illustrated exactly how much one human being can hate a love song.
Because not everyone wants roses on February 14th. Some of us just want the volume down.

Year of the Fire Horse

2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology. This year I started so many things — becoming a business owner, stepping way outside my comfort zone. There's a lot of fear in my heart.
All I have is talent, skill, and authenticity to carry me through.
The girl riding the horse has her eyes blindfolded — because we don't know what's coming. We just keep riding anyway.

God Within Us

I created this series because I needed to ground myself. Most of my work leans whimsical and fantasy — but this year, I felt the pull to stay present in everyday life instead.
What I didn't expect: the more present I stayed, the more I felt something greater working through me. Flow state showed up in the most ordinary routines. Washing dishes, walking, waiting — all of it became sacred.
I can't fully put into words how grateful I am for the present moment, and for realizing the divine was never somewhere else. It was always within.
🙏 On presence, flow & the sacred ordinary

God Within Us II 🪞

While doing my makeup, I always get a moment to really look into my own eyes. Focused. Flowing. My mind fully absorbed in the act of making myself beautiful.
That's when I realized — there was a god within me all along.
Creating myself, present and intentional, became a way to connect with something higher. Not vanity. Devotion.
🪞 On self-creation as a spiritual act

T.E.A. Time

T.E.A. Time — Thai Entrepreneur Artist. A podcast I host with my friend, where we talk about the artist's journey: the wins, the struggles, the stuff nobody tells you.
The poster references "Whispering Love" (Pu Man Ya Man) — the famous ancient mural at Wat Phumin. Because that's really what this show is: two people leaning in close, gossiping, whispering our real experiences to each other.
We love to gossip. We love to share. And through that, we hope to grow the Thai entrepreneur-artist community, one conversation at a time.

Vibration

Meditation is part of my creative routine. Not a side practice — the actual gateway into the work.
There's a stage I reach where everything around me starts to fade. The noise of the day, the to-do list, the voice that judges every line I draw — all of it goes quiet first, then disappears completely.
Once that happens, I stop feeling my body. There's no "me" sitting there anymore. No name, no physical form, no boundary between where I end and the work begins. I become only energy — pure, wordless, moving.
That's the state I chase every time I create. Not because it's peaceful, though it is. But because it's honest. When I'm nobody, when there's nothing physical left to perform or protect, what comes through is just creativity in its rawest form — unfiltered, unforced, unowned by ego.
It's in that space that I feel myself becoming better. Not through effort. Through surrender.
Vibration is what I made from that place.

Black Cat Tea

Made this for my online course. The black cat drinking tea is a little nod to "Cha Tra Mue" — the iconic Thai tea shop we all grew up with.
But the real point of this piece isn't the cat, or the tea. It's the shapes. I wanted to show what's possible when you strip everything down to simple forms and let color do the heavy lifting. No complex rendering, no overworking — just clean shapes, confident color, and a bit of personality.
Sometimes the most colorful, expressive illustrations come from the simplest building blocks.

Great Design Excellent Friendship

This year I got to work with SMM Studio, and it's been one of the best experiences of my career. Working with them taught me so much about handling work professionally — the standards, the communication, the follow-through.
I can't fully express how grateful I am for that.
So for their 10th anniversary, I drew this as a gift. Not a client deliverable — just a thank you, made the way I know how to say it best.