Janna Ireland was born in Philadelphia in 1985. She holds an MFA in Photography from UCLA and a BFA from the Department of Photography and Imaging at NYU. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally. Her first solo exhibition opened at Schneider Gallery in Chicago in September 2013. Her second solo show will open in March 2014 at Tyler Wood Gallery in San Francisco.

Ireland is the 2013 recipient of the Snider Prize, presented by the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.