I am Asa Iam, a myth maker, cultural conjuror, and global artist. I bring the unseen—memory, desire, fear, and transformation—into living, immersive form.My work dwells in the chrysalis of the psyche, in forbidden, uncanny spaces where the personal meets the cosmic, the macabre meets the delightful, where the ego meets the unconscious, arriving at the seat of the soul. Inspired by world mythology and the stories that shape civilizations, I bring hidden narratives to the surface, forging culture and imagining new futures.
A Chicago, Illinois native, I graduated cum laude from Syracuse University’s Film and Media Arts program, where I was a Chicago Scholar and recipient of the Renee Crown Honors Research Grant and Gilman Scholarship. My film Narcissus Revisited (2021) screened at the 2021 Syracuse International Film Festival, and my solo exhibition What She Inherited (2023) premiered at the Michael Sickler Gallery, integrating Afrofuturist ideals and African American traditions to explore mother–daughter relationships. In 2025, my project Ode to Joy was a finalist for the Urban Video Project Commission. Committed to accessible arts education, I’ve worked with the Community Folk Art Center and the Red House Art Center.
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