Jeleata Nicole was born in 1982 and grew up Philadelphia, where her love for creating art began at the age of five. She is a self-taught artist who specializes in portraiture, often using graphite and colored pencil. Her work is stylish, graphic and colorful, often featuring celebrities and pop culture imagery. For Jeleata, portraiture is about rendering the character, emotion and essence of a subject, rather than merely creating a likeness.

Jeleata currently lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.