JANA NAPOLI BIO
Jana Napoli was born and raised in New Orleans and continues to live there. Originally trained as a painter, Napoli is a mixed-media artist and a creative entrepreneur deeply concerned with civic and community engagement. In 1988, she founded YA/YA (Young Aspirations/Young Artists) and later the Ana & Adeline Foundation to support the YAYA Alumni. Napoli has exhibited around the world and has received several awards for her work, among them, the Oprah Winfrey ‘Use your life award” (2002) and a President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities award (1999). Her post Katrina installation named Floodwall continued her long-standing dedication to the intersection of art and community-building but also integrates the themes of the unspoken and the unseen that are part of her own artistic preoccupations.
Jana Napoli was born and raised in New Orleans and continues to live there. Originally trained as a painter, Napoli is a mixed-media artist and a creative entrepreneur deeply concerned with civic and community engagement. In 1988, she founded YA/YA (Young Aspirations/Young Artists) and later the Ana & Adeline Foundation to support the YAYA Alumni. Napoli has exhibited around the world and has received several awards for her work, among them, the Oprah Winfrey ‘Use your life award” (2002) and a President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities award (1999). Her post Katrina installation named Floodwall continued her long-standing dedication to the intersection of art and community-building but also integrates the themes of the unspoken and the unseen that are part of her own artistic preoccupations.