About The Woman

Jemima Joél (New Orleans, LA, b. 1999) is a multifaceted artist encompassing roles as a singer, visual artist, writer, sociologist, and activist. She began learning visual art in high school at Sophie B. Wright Charter School, where she graduated in 2017. She then went on to study Sociology and African American Studies at Loyola University, where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science in 2021. After selling art independently for years, she joined The Front Gallery in 2025. 

Joél works to integrate how the experience of seeing visual art and hearing music can co-exist in a way that is is an intertwined experience in relation with one another. Joél is a black folk artist that uses her works to create conversations around how American history affects today’s social climate to promote healing and understanding. Her works are very imaginative and often a needed discomfort that allows people to connect with their emotions. She explores how the current black family unit is a product of a past. Her art style is most inspired by the works of Lina Iris Viktor, Kerry James Marshall, Andrew Lamar Hopkins, and John Holyfield. Her primary medium is acrylic paint on wood canvas, but she also enjoys jewelry making and digital art. In 2024, she began a handmade jewelry line called Tha Faces Jewelry, on Etsy.

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Joél discovered her love for singing growing up alongside her mother and sister singing at her childhood home Baptist church in Algiers. She has performed at musical venues in the city, such as Dew Drop Inn, The Barnett Hotel, and Music Box Village. She writes her song lyrics. She sings Neo-Soul, RnB, Gospel, and Jazz. She has released over six original songs and had her local TV debut on WWL-TV Morning News in 2024.