Janey Roanna (b. 2001) is a Caribbean–Dutch designer and photographer based in the Netherlands, graduated from Willem de Kooning Academy in 2023. With an eye for storytelling through image and form, Janey Roanna explores identity, belonging, and the quiet tension of urban life. Working across analog photography, graphic design, and mixed media, her practice moves between personal experience and everyday narratives, capturing human connection and the layered realities of diaspora.
Fellowship Program CLiP#7
Ik ben deelnemer van een fellowship door Garage School of Prepping Otherwise, bij Kunstinsituut Melly genaamd CLiP#7. Tijdens dit Fellowship leer ik in zes maanden wat het betekent om samen te overleven in tijden van globale crisis, sociale ongelijkheid and ecologische onzekerheid. Door creatieve en praktische methodes, van samen Fire Cider maken, leren over mutual aid tot creatief toekomstdenken en zelfs LARP. Meer info: https://www.kunstinstituutmelly.nl/en/connect/8976-meet-the-clipers
Exhibition at Brooklyn Navy Yard with Uncool Artists in New York City
This exhibition is a love letter to the raw beauty of New York City and its women. Through analog photography and street-captured portraits, I highlight the strength, style, and energy of female figures moving through the urban jungle. The work doesn’t just reflect the city’s aesthetics, but its attitude—the quiet power, the street style, the gaze that says: I made it here.
This series is a visual rhythm of the everyday—from sidewalk to skyline—with women as carriers of the city’s story.