JAMEEL


JAMEEL MOHAMMED IS A multimedia ARTIST AND DESIGNER BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO, IL

HE FOUNDED KHIRY IN 2016 AS AN UNDERGRADUATE, STUDYING POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AFTER BEING TOLD THAT TRUE LUXURY BRANDS COULD ONLY EMERGE FROM PARIS AND MILAN. HE ESTABLISHED KHIRY TO SUBVERT THE CONVENTIONS OF LUXURY; EMPLOYING THE SECTOR’S EMPHASIS ON RARIFIED DESIGN, PRECISE CRAFTSMANSHIP, TRANSPORTIVE IMAGE-MAKING, FINE MATERIALS, AND SEDUCTIVE NARRATIVE TO MAKE POINTED STATEMENTS ABOUT THE VALUE OF BLACK LIFE AND CULTURE

HIS DEMI-FINE AND FINE JEWELRY COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN NOTABLE LUXURY RETAILERS AND PUBLICATIONS INTERNATIONALLY. HIS PIECES ARE WORN AND CHERISHED BY PROMINENT ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS, CURATORS, AND ENTREPRENEURS INCLUDING MICHELLE OBAMA, SERENA WILLIAMS, JANELLE MONAE, YARA SHAHIDI, AVA DUVERNAY, AND SOLANGE KNOWLES. IN 2020 HIS DRAWINGS WERE FEATURED IN BLACK FUTURES, A COLLECTION BY KIMBERLY DREW AND JENNA WORTHAM, AND HE WAS NAMED A MEMBER OF THE 2021 FORBES 30 UNDER 30 LIST AND WINNER OF THE HARLEM’S FASHION ICON 36 AWARD. IN 2021 HE WAS NAMED A FINALIST OF THE CFDA VOGUE FASHION FUND PRIZE, A RECIPIENT OF THE FASHION SCHOLARSHIP FUND ACCELERATOR GRANT, AND A NOMINEE FOR THE AMERICAN EMERGING DESIGNER OF THE YEAR AT THE CFDA AWARDS.