Born in Tkaronto/Toronto in 1984, Jeneatte Amarelo is an emerging artist currently living and working in Nistawayaw/Fort McMurray. She is of white-settler descent and identifies as Portuguese-Canadian. Amarelo owns and operates Studio o Estudio, a nomadic therapeutic arts and wellness space. In 2021 Jeneatte earned her BFA in Drawing & Painting from OCAD University. Prior to this she attended the Graphic Design program at Niagara College. Her work and her visual vocabulary are influenced by her experiences living in a variety of urban and rural communities across Canada. Jeneatte has plans to start graduate studies in the Fall of 2021; in the meantime she is also kept busy in the role of "mom" to her four children.