available works by
jazmin jenay

AN ODE TO THE WARMTH, RICHNESS, INTIMACY, VIBRANCY AND SWEAT OF AMERICA’S NETHER REGIONS.

AN EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ART AND WHO, WHAT, AND WHERE WE CALL HOME.

I’VE COINED MY ART PRACTICE AS SOUTHERNFRIEDMINIMALISM

"he walks the earth”

2025
OIL PASTEL & ACRYLIC
48”X 36” | CANVAS

PART II OF THE PRIMARY COLORS COLLECTION.

I REMEMBER SEEING THIS MAN IN THE FRENCH QUARTER, NOT PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT, NOT NECESSARILY ASKING FOR MONEY. JUST WITH HIS OWN HANDS AND VOICE - PRAISING GOD.

IT REMINDED ME OF KENDRICK’S “ HOW MUCH A DOLLAR COST” A LYRICAL STORY OF KENDRICK ENCOUNTERING GOD IN HUMAN FORM AS A PANHANDLER ASKING FOR A SINGLE DOLLAR. MY DAD PUT ME ON TO ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT’S “MR. WENDELL” AND THE SONG GAVE ME A SIMILAR MESSAGE OF EMPATHY, COMPASSION, AND A REMINDER THAT HE WALKS THE EARTH.

WATCH THE FINISHING TOUCHES VISUAL HERE

"a symphony for ann”

2024
OIL PASTEL & ACRYLIC
36”X 48” | CANVAS

THIS PIECE IS A MARKER OF MY WORK EVOLVING INTO SOMETHING MORE PERSONAL.

INSPIRED BY MY FIRST TRIP TO A CITY I LOVE SO DEARLY, NEW ORLEANS. I TOOK THIS PHOTO TO DOCUMENT THE GENTLEMEN THAT WERE SOUNDTRACKING THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF ST. ANN STREET. IRONICALLY, A STREET THAT SHARES THE SAME NAME AS MY MOTHER. THE PIECE ALSO SERVES AS THE FIRST IN A COLLECTION TITLED PRIMARY COLORS AND IS IN COLLABORATION WITH MY YOUNGER 4 YEAR OLD SELF.

WATCH THE IN STUDIO INTERVIEW FOR THIS PIECE HERE.

"koltrane”

2024
mixed media
30”X 40” | wood panel

KODAK AND COLTRANE — I CAN GIVE YOU BOTH.

I WANTED TO PUT THESE TWO IN CONTEXT W EACH OTHER BECAUSE AS I GET OLDER AND FIND MYSELF IN VARIOUS CROWDS FAR FAR AWAY FROM HOME, FROM THE SOUTH I’VE NOTICED MORE AND MORE OF HOW MY BLACKNESS SHOWS UP IN A SPACE. HOW LOUD IT IS. HOW SOMETIMES IT GLEAMS IN GOLD WHEN I SMILE, OR IT WICKS ITS WAY INTO CONVERSATION. HOW IT LANDS ON OTHERS EARS WITH A TWANG THAT THEY CAN’T ALWAYS SEEM TO UNDERSTAND. LIKE LITTLE MISS MISSY BECOMING A MISDEMEANOR IN REAL TIME THROUGH OTHERS FOLKS PERCEPTION. DUBOIS AND GARVEY. IDK THIS COULD BE ALL IN MY HEAD — THEN AGAIN IT’S IN EVERY SYLLABLE, EVERY INTERACTION, EVERY RED CARPET AND EVERY TRIP BACK DOWN SOUTH, IT’S IN EVERYTHING.

CHILE, I CAN GIVE YOU COLTRANE AND I CAN GIVE YOU KODAK.

"a tale of two ma’s”

2024
OIL & ACRYLIC
36”X 48” | wood panel

FROM THE MOMENT I SAW VIOLA DAVIS DISAPPEAR INTO THE CHARACTER OF MA RAINEY THE SIGHT OF HER BURNED ITSELF INTO MY MEMORY FOR WHAT WOULD BE YEARS. AFTER MY GRANDMA PASSED LAST YEAR I WOULD THINK ABOUT ALL THE DETAILS THAT MADE HER MARY JEAN. HER BLACK THIN BROWS SHE’D DRAW ON WITH A DOLLA STO PENCIL, HER FLORIDA SKIN, HER GOLD TOOTH I ALWAYS ADMIRED, HER COUNTRY GRAMMAR…

ALL OF THINGS THAT MADE VIOLA DAVIS’S PORTRAYAL SEEM FAMILIAR TO ME. THE SOUTHERN WOMEN THAT MADE MAGIC WITH THEIR VOICES, HANDS, POTS&PANS AND HUGS. THE REAL HOMETOWN HEROES. THANK YOU

"a cocoon for chiron”

2022
oil & acrylic
30”X 40” | wood panel

SOMEONE ASKED ME WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY WITH THIS PIECE. SIMILAR TO WHAT THE FILM MOONLIGHT DID FOR ME.

I WANT THE BEAUTY AND COLOR OF FLORIDA, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY OUR CULTURE AND INDIVIDUALITY TO SHINE THROUGH THESE PAINT STROKES.

WATCH THE ACCOMPANYING VISUAL FILM HERE.

"the whimsical world of oj”

2022
oil & acrylic
24”X 36” | canvas

AN ODE TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEOS DIRECTED BY JAY-Z & MARK ROMANEK.

I ALWAYS LOVED THE IDEA OF JUXTAPOSING THE SONG WITH SUCH A PLAYFUL MEDIUM LIKE ANIMATION. THEN TAKING ON IMAGERY THAT REFLECTED MINSTREL SHOWS AND THE CENSORED ELEVEN CARTOONS THAT WERE BANNED FOR THEIR DEPICTION OF RACIAL STEREOTYPES.

IDK, SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, I FELT LIKE PAINTING GOLDS IN THEIR MOUTHS FELT LIKE GIVING THESE CHARACTERS THEIR FLYNESS, DIGNITY, AND CULTURE BACK.

*SIGNED BY JAZMIN JENAY AND MARK ROMANEK

"sweet tooth”

2021
ACRYLIC
15”X 30” | canvas

A MENTOR OF MINE ASKED ME, “WHY YOU WEAR A GOLD TOOTH? I JUST DON’T THINK IT’S FLATTERING ON ANYONE” I GET IT, SHE’S DEF MORE TRADITIONAL BUT MY THING IS - OUR ANCESTORS WORE GOLD FROM THE TOP OF THEIR CROWNS TO THE CREVICES OF THEIR TOMBS.

WHY WOULD I BE ANY DIFFERENT?

fine art photography

"mistah cherry and poo”

2024 | orlando, fl

A SOUTHERN LOOK ON THE NUANCE OF two generations who obviously grew up with different mindsets around tattoos, sexuality, everything IN BETWEEN. seeing THEM together without the thought of any of that and just looking at the land — it feels special

"willie’s melons”

2023 | orlando, fl
FEATURED IN NETFLIX’S “FOREVER”

Inspired by Mr. Willie, West Orlando’s Watermelon Man. Before he passed, you’d catch him somewhere between Richmond Heights and Carver Shores with a head full of grey and truck full of fruit.

"ye-yo”

2023 | orlando, fl

I LOVE THE DISCOVERY OF NEW MOLES ON MY BODY. IN A WAY, THEY MAKE ME FEEL CLOSER TO MY MOTHER. THESE BEAUTY MARKS HAVE GRACED HER BACK FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. I'VE TRACED THEM, STUDIED THEM, AND NOW - IN OUR GARDEN, WITH MY FATHER NEARBY, I'VE IMMORTALIZED THEM.

"carter and the instrument of angels”

2025 | orlando, fl

as my love for jazz music deepened, i began researching imagery associated with the genre. A lot of the images i found were in black and white. I wanted to start a collection of images in a series called summer me jazz, where i present jazz in the vibrancy and richness that i feel when i hear it.

"swinging in the southern breeze”

2024 | orlando, fl

i’m always looking back to the things that made me most excited as a kid. Airbrush t-shirts always seemed like a tool used to express the moment, whether it was r.i.p. shirts, or graduations. Airbrush shirts always seemed like the south’s billboards. This is the message I wanted my billboard to say.

"angel grease”

2020 | sneads, fl

THE YEAR 2020.

I WAS A SENIOR IN COLLEGE AND MY BIRTHDAY IN NOVEMBER. WE’RE SEVERAL MONTHS INTO THE PANDEMIC AND I HADN’T HAD BIRTHDAY PLANS BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS STILL SHUT DOWN. MY GRANDMOTHER CALLED ME UP AND TOLD ME TO GATHER MY FRIENDS AND COME OVER TO HER HOUSE TO EAT SOME FRIED FISH AND MY FAVORITE DISH OF HERS SINCE I WAS A KID – CHEESE GRITS. I TOLD HER NO AND THAT I WAS WORRIED ABOUT GETTING HER SICK. SHE WAVED MY WORRIES AWAY WITH A “CHILE PLEASE, I’LL START COOKING. YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS GET ON THE ROAD”

WE DID. AND WE ATE, LAUGHED, CELEBRATED AND COMMUNED WITH MY GRANDMA. THIS WAS THE LAST MEAL I CAN RECALL SHE MADE BEFORE BEING DIAGNOSED AND SUCCUMBING TO CANCER IN 2023.

MARY JEAN MOSELY

I LOVE YOU.

"grass & brass”

2025 | pasadena, ca

ANOTHER IMAGE IN MY SUMMER ME JAZZ SERIES. MY GOAL FOR THIS

PIECE WAS SIMPLE. CREATE AN IMAGE THAT FELT LIKE OUR SUMMER CLASSICS LIKE EVERYBODY LOVES THE SUNSHINE BY ROY AYERS, OR SUMMER MADNESS BY KOOL IN THE GANG. I WANTED TO CREATE A SUMMER WITH QUALITY TIME, NO PHONES, AND BEING OUTSIDE.