"I have always seen the world as a place of mystery, beauty and endless curiosity just waiting to be uncovered, experienced, and enjoyed." - Whitney Leeana

Whitney Leeana Roberts is an abstract expressionist, mixed media artist based in New York. Born and raised in the Caribbean, Whitney’s Jamaican roots shaped her passion for life and art, and set the foundations for the woman and artist she is today.

With a BA in Psychology and an unofficial minor in Studio Art, Whitney fused her nurturing disposition and her long standing love of the arts together by exploring graduate school for Art Therapy, and earning her master’s degree in Athletic Training. Through her learning and experiences, Whitney came to relealize that what excited her the most was the act of creating itself, and after discovering Aerial Arts and rekindling her ardor for painting, she embarked on her long unrealized dream of pursuing a career as an artist.

Through her studies, Whitney acquired a keen understanding of the physical body, and in reconnecting with herself through Aerial and Visual Arts, developed a deep love and appreciation for the female form, womanhood and feminine strength — continuously highlighting these in her work. Whitney Leanna’s art aims to seduce the viewer with powerful imagery that challenges the cultural norms around the meaning of womanhood — in particular Black womanhood. Her paintings are deliberately ambiguous and deconstructed, allowing for meaning and interpretation to be multifaceted; in the wake of her art, the viewer is left to confront their thoughts, feelings and biases.

Whitney Leeana creates from a place of radical self-love; she embraces the present moment, and accepts all that flows through her. Impassioned and unrestrained by conventional rules, her art lures the viewer into the whimsical realm of imagination.

Whitney believes that discomfort inspires and facilitates growth, and through her art invites the viewer to lean into those feelings and accept them as a part of the human experience.