Zambian illustrator Naomi Doras—aka Nomes Dee—is fighting back against art history’s Eurocentric bias with fluorescent works inspired by global cultures. Drawing on Afro-futurist tradition, Japanese anime, her own Zambian background, and hints of pop culture (iPhones and CupNoodles make appearances) she crafts alternative realities inhabited by multicolored protagonists with glowing, pupil-less eyes. Many of her subjects are emerging musicians, positioned as if posing for selfies. On WePresent, Nomes opened up about her wide-ranging influences and the romance of creating alternate realities.
“I’ve always been interested in the ability to create and immerse people in different worlds, so foreign to our own.”
Stories with Nomes Dee