Jana Ortanez

Jana Ortanez is an emerging artist based on Darug land (Sydney) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) from UNSW Art & Design. Jana Ortanez is an emerging artist based on Darug land (Sydney, Australia).

Working across painting and mixed media, she desires to sustain an art practice that shifts away from making within prescribed identity narratives through prioritising the exploration of personal aesthetics. Utilising abstraction and a stylistic approach to form, she aims to create scenes that allure and intrigue that take reference from her day to day.

Although her works contain imagery that may reveal aspects of her identity, she recognises them as inherent influences within creative expression rather than intentional forms of commentary.