The Seven Faces of Jane

Growing up between Atlanta and Abuja, Nigeria, Boma Iluma got his first taste of the creative arts as an actor in commercials for the NBA and the Cartoon Network before segueing to plays in the local theater scene. Spreading his creative wings, Boma stepped behind the camera, where he immediately achieved recognition for his 2019 visual art piece Negus, which focused on how Blackness in America involves being actively unseen and violently misunderstood.