Jenel Irene

Visual Art – Las Vegas

I was born on Oct. 19, 1988, but my father would say my real birthday is in Dec. cause I was a pre-mi baby. I had a normal childhood growing up with two business tycoons as parents who liked to let me sit in on company meetings at the house. I would walk around trying to sell my doodles to other company members. They thought it was cute and I even made money. So I took my enterprise elsewhere, I started selling at my brother\'s wrestling meets. Once again my bubbly child-like charm worked and people gave me a dollar in exchange for my drawings. My parents, seeing my potential, put me in after school programs. I won my first art competition in second grade, a drawing for an animal shelter. Clearly I was destined for greatness! In middle school I made friends with a group of girls who were into anime, we had fun making our own comics and running around pretending to be characters. Memories I treasure to this day. I excelled throughout high school in art as well and earned a 5 on my art AP exams before flying away from the sunshine state to NYC to attend college at Parsons School of Design. I was surrounded by teachers and students who were so talented they left me speechless. However after two years I missed my family and headed out to join them in VIVA LAS VEGAS. Which brings us to NOW!