Creator. Illustrator. Writer. Storyteller. Filmmaker. Builder.

Connector. Dreamer.

Uzoma Ngwu is a Nigerian-American multidisciplinary artist based in Minnesota. Her work encompasses film, animation, illustration, and music. She recently graduated from Harvard University in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in Art, Film and Visual Studies. Alongside her Harvard classes, she’s taken vocal performance and production classes at Berklee College of Music as part of the Harvard-Berklee dual-degree program. She spent her final year abroad in Paris, France where she studied fine art and film art at Paris College of Art.

Uzoma was a participant of the Fall 2023 Women in Animation mentorship circle mentored by Hillary Powell, a mentee of the inaugural Beyond the Screen program in collaboration with A24 and Made in Her Image, and a member of the inaugural class of Peter Roth interns at the Paley Center for Media.

She is currently directing and producing her debut animated short film, Mmanwu, as a recipient of the Harvardwood Artist Launch Fellowship under the mentorship of Mark Osborne. In 2023, Uzoma founded ZOMA Studios, an independent animation studio and committed to telling culturally specific stories.

In 2025, Uzoma founded ZOMA House, a community art studio and event venue in Minneapolis collectively run by a 3 Black-led arts organizations—ZOMA Studios, The Heartcraft Collective, and NEO Narrative. ZOMA House is a 2025 recipient of the Vibrant Storefronts grant administered by the City of Minneapolis Arts and Cultural Affairs Department.

Through her work, Uzoma aims to champion underrepresented voices and wield different creative mediums to tell vibrant, compelling stories.