(b. 2001 Fort Riley, KS; lives/works in New Brunswick, NJ)
JaLeel is a multidisciplinary artist whose works engage in notions of the archive and history, community and universality, (transgenerational) trauma, and the ideas of overcoming said trauma. Their practice is multifaceted and investigates solitary identity to narrate personal experiences for others to recognize similar or different experiences within themselves.
Their inspiration derives from their lived experience, introspectiveness, and black popular culture. Porcha aims to surface the links that connect the nuances that target the intersections of their salient identities. Porcha creates layered spaces for imaginative thinking and confrontation through various mediums and approaches.
JaLeel has exhibited at Carriage Trade Gallery, Picture Theory Gallery, Skylab Gallery, and The Griffin Museum. They received their BFA in Photography & Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design and are now pursuing an MFA in Visual Arts from Rutgers’ Mason Gross School of Art.
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