Janiva Ellis

Janiva Ellis
Born1987
Oakland, California
NationalityAmerican
EducationCalifornia College of the Arts
Known forPainting

Janiva Ellis (born 1987) is an American painter based in Brooklyn, NY and Los Angeles, CA. Ellis creates figurative paintings that explore the African-American female experience, while incorporating her journey of self-identity within the Black community.[1]

  1. ^ Sheets, Hilarie M. (2 February 2018). "Meet Six Disrupters at the New Museum's Triennial". The New York Times.