Jamilla Okubo is an interdisciplinary artist exploring human experience, history and identity The Washington-based artist talks us through her recent body of work, currently on show at Mehari Sequar Gallery. Words At first, you might think that Jamilla Okubo’s works are digitally crafted for the textures, colour palettes and details are deceivingly flat and smooth. Well, Jamilla is an interdisciplinary artist based in Washington D.C. who flits between the analogue techniques of painting, pattern design and illustration. That’s not to say she doesn’t utilise digital processes at all though, for she usually tends to work on an iPad before transferring her compositions and colour palettes onto the canvas. Either way, she’s always telling a story, and underneath her perfectly positioned layers are narratives of personal development, history and identity.