About the Artist.
Jaleel Campbell is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, educator, and community organizer whose practice explores Black queer identity, cultural memory, and futurity through visual communication, sculpture, textiles, and storytelling. His work spans illustration, object-making, public art, and participatory design, often transforming personal and collective histories into accessible visual and material forms.
Campbell holds an MFA in Media Arts & Culture from SUNY Purchase and a BFA in Visual Communications from Cazenovia College. His work and collaborations have included VH1, MTV, Walmart, Adobe, Dexcom, and Ceaco Puzzles. He is a recipient of the Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund and the NYSCA Support for Artists Grant and has participated in residencies with the Community Folk Art Center, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, and the Near West Side Initiative.
Campbell is the creator of the Collective Display Art Show, Off The Hook Crochet Club, Black Artist Collective CNY, Project Out Loud, KJ & LoLo and the Jalethal Dolls, an evolving soft sculpture project reimagining Black queer identity through collectible objects and material storytelling.