Leilah Babirye - Wikipedia
Leilah Babirye (born 1985) is a Ugandan artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Outed in her native country as a lesbian and underground LGBTQ+ activist, [1] Babirye's work is of large-scale ceramics, wooden sculptures, African masks, as well as drawings and paintings on paper.
Leilah Babirye - Stephen Friedman Gallery
Leilah Babirye’s multidisciplinary practice transforms everyday materials into objects that address issues surrounding identity, sexuality and human rights. The artist fled her native Uganda to New York in 2015 after being publicly outed in a local newspaper.
Leilah Babirye | Biography | Stephen Friedman Gallery
Leilah Babirye’s multidisciplinary practice transforms everyday materials into objects that address issues surrounding identity, sexuality and human rights. The artist fled her native Uganda to New York in 2015 after being publicly outed in a local newspaper.
Leilah Babirye - Gordon Robichaux
Leilah Babirye (b. 1985; Kampala, Uganda) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She studied art at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda (2007–2010), and participated in the Fire Island Artist Residency in 2015.
Babirye Leilah Burns Sculptor (@babiryesculptor) - Instagram
Leilah Babirye’s ‘Kalinda from the Kuchu Monkey Clan’ was first exhibited in 2022 @mumok_vienna in ‘mixed up with others before we even begin,’ curated by Franz Thalmair. The sculpture is one of five works currently on view in Babirye’s exhibition at @gordonrobichaux.
Leilah Babirye: We Have a History | Stephen Friedman Gallery
We Have a History is Leilah Babirye's first solo museum show in the United States. Babirye’s multidisciplinary practice transforms everyday materials into objects that address issues surrounding identity, sexuality and human rights.
In the studio with… Leilah Babirye - Apollo Magazine
Mar 19, 2024 · The work of Leilah Babirye, who was born in Uganda and now lives in New York, encompasses painting, drawing and large-scale wooden and ceramic sculptures. In the summer of 2023 she was resident artist at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, crafting a series of sculptures using materials from across the grounds, including a fallen 200-year-old beech tree ...
Artist Leilah Babirye: ‘I want to help people feel a sense of ...
In 2024, Leilah Babirye’s exhibition ‘Obomu (Unity)’ will be on view at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park of West Bretton from March 23 to September 8. Her work will be on view in Stephen Friedman Gallery booth’s at Art Basel Hong Kong, from March 28 to 30.
Leilah Babirye on sculpting strong bonds of community
Jun 17, 2024 · Born in 1985 in Kampala, Uganda, Leilah Babirye creates work, including large-scale figurative sculptures using wood, ceramic and found objects, that draws on African cultural history and her desire to uplift the queer community in her home country, where homosexuality is illegal and severely punished.
Leilah Babirye - Socrates Sculpture Park
Leilah Babirye (b. Kampala, Uganda in 1985; lives and works in New York, NY) received her BA from Makerere University in 2011. She can be described as an abstract sculptor and mainly works with metal, plastic, rubber, and wood.
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