LEEYA ROSE JACKSON
Leeya Rose Jackson is a Painter, Art Director, Illustrator, and Graphic Designer from Detroit, Mi, and living in Minneapolis, MN. She runs an illustration shop through her moniker, Leeya Makes Noise, and is the Creative Founder of Noisemakers Design Shop. Her artistic journey began in her youth, selling gel pen tattoos and designing prom dresses, but she was fascinated with astronomy and thought she’d become an astrophysicist until college. Her work explores the intersections of identity, specifically Blackness, femininity, and queerness, with the added motifs of celestial/universal surrealism. In her recent journey to being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, she has also started to explore questions about Black Neurodivergence in her artwork. Distinctive features of her work across all mediums is loud, vibrant color, maximalism, afro-futurism, and floral motifs.
She has practiced painting for 12 years, earning her BFA in Fine Art from Illinois Wesleyan University. She has exhibited in Florence, Italy, Detroit, Bloomington, Minneapolis, Fargo, ND, and North Adams, MA. Her painting has been commissioned by The Mall of America, On the Block Festival, and The University of Minnesota. Her illustration and graphic design have been commissioned by Afropunk Music Festival, American Public Media, The Coven Mpls, Adobe x Billie Eilish, Sony Music, Giphy, Outside Lands Festival, Heinz, The Prince Estate, and Voyageurs National Park.