Jason "JaFleu" Fleurant

Jason “JaFLEU” Fleurant is an award-winning Haitian American self-taught

cartoonist/filmmaker. Raised in West Palm Beach, Fl he discovered his creative voice as a

response to the earthquakes in Haiti in 2010 and since has gone on to create with a mission.

He founded “Exhibit Treal” in his apartment in 2014 as an outlet for exhibiting his and fellow

creatives of color artwork. Through it he would go on to curate exhibits in galleries such as

all three floors of the 1310 Gallery in Ft Lauderdale, several Art Basel Exhibits and more.

As a visual artist, JaFLEU would see success in having his works exhibited internationally

and in the homes of the likes of Scholar Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Senator Cory Booker,

Recorded Artist Jill Scott, the late XXXtentacion, Spelling Bee Champion, Zaila Avant-Garde

and more. In 2016, JaFLEU found his next step. He began studying cartooning and

animation heavily. Leading to the re-branding of Exhibit Treal into “Exhibit Treal Studios” in

2021, and the birth of his brand of NAACP Image Award animations called “TREAL TOONZ”

(created in 2017), which produce by JaFLEU’s production company “My Pencil’s Different”.

JaFLEU’s Treal Toonz art has been selected as featured work during HULU’s Huluween,

featured as children’s books illustrations and logo/characters for businesses.

Since then, through animated short films and Web-series like the multiple awards-winning

“Reppin’ Matterz” & “Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz). Peanut Headz: Black History

Toonz has had the honor of being nominated for the 53rd NAACP Image Awards

“Outstanding Animated Series” (2022). Both series were screened on South Florida PBS as

an Official Selection for Film-maker Project. They would also go one two win “Best Web

Series” at the Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival (2020 & 2021) & Urban Film Festival 2020.

The book JaFLEU self-published and would go and turn into an animated short “Teddy’s Big

Break” won “Best Animated Short” at the 2021 Drive in Events. Treal Toonz was again

nominated for the 55th NAACP Image Awards for it’s animated short film “Ego’s Curse”.

JaFleu would also win the “Orson Welles Best Director” Award from the Los Angles Motion

Picture Festival.

Peanut Headz animated short about Yla Eason, was an Official Selection for the 2021

International Film Festival, where it was one of the few USA films screened at Kino Muza in

Poland. And the international festival, Lima Web Fest, which is held in Lima, Peru. There not

only was “Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz” placed in a public voting category for “Best

Web Series” but it was Nominated for “Best Art Direction”. And has also screened in London

and even the 4th Kenya International Sports Film Festival in Africa. JaFLEU’s shorts have

been screened in AMC Theater and more.

Jason “JaFLEU” Fleurant has made quite a lane for himself as an Indie Director/Filmmaker

and Animator. Fully focused on telling the TREAL tales that swim in his mind and sharing

black stories.