Noah Jones

Noah Jones (21 August 2008 – 20 November 2023), nicknamed Background Bob, was a British teenage artist from Dedham, Essex, whose art projects raised over £250,000 for the hospital trust that treated him for hydrocephalus, epilepsy, and cerebral palsy. Along with his father, some of his most notable collaborators included Shepard Fairey, Grayson Perry, Ben Eine, The London Police, Wrdsmith, Ed Sheeran, as well as numerous other street artists and celebrities.

Biography Noah was born in 2008 with hydrocephalus, epilepsy, and cerebral palsy. His father is Nathan Jones, a painter and decorator. He lived with his family in Dedham, Essex. At the age of 11 and unable to attend school in spring of 2020, during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom, he began to paint on cardboard. Over 250 international artists, including My Dog Sighs, Anna Schellberg, Pez, Trust.iCON, Carne Griffiths and Silent Bill, sent their creations. Others included Ed Sheeran, Shepard Fairey, WRDSMTH, Grayson Perry, and Phill Jupitus. The aim was to auction the completed paintings to raise money for the Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals Charity. The artwork displayed "the thoughts, feelings and experiences of lockdown".