Layo Bright

Layo Bright (b. 1991 in Lagos, NG) received her LL.B from Babcock University, Ogun State, NG and MFA in Fine Art from the Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, US. The artist's first solo museum exhibition Dawn and Dusk will be on view at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, US since April 2024.

Bright’s works have been also featured in solo and duo exhibitions at Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL, US; Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY, US, and AWCA, Lagos, NG. The artist participated at numerous group exhibitions, including at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, US; Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, NY, US; Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, US; PM/AM Gallery, London, UK; Johnson Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, US; Lubeznik Center for the Arts, IN, US; Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY, US; Bode, Berlin, DE; Welancora Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US; Anthony Gallery, IL, US, among others. Bright completed an art residency at Museum of Glas, Tacoma, WA, US; UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY, US; Tyler Glass Program, Philadelphia, PA, US; and has been selected for Ron Desmett Award Residency 2024, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA, US.

The artist is the recipient of numerous honors and awards including the Ron Desmett Award (2023), UrbanGlass Winter Scholarship Award (2021, 2020); and the Beyoncé Formation Finalist Scholarship (2017). Layo Bright lives and works in New York, NY, US.