Layo Bright b. 1991 in Lagos, Nigeria, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Layo Bright’s solo exhibitions include those at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ; Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY; de boer, Los Angeles; and moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL. Group Exhibitions include those at Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE; Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA; PM/AM Gallery, London, UK; Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY; Bode Projects, Berlin, DE; Mike Adenuga Centre, Lagos, Nigeria; Maryland Institute of College of Art, MD; Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL. Smack Mellon, New York, NY; In 2025, Bright was Artist in Residence at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY. She is the recipient of awards including the Ron Desmett Award for Imagination in Glass, UrbanGlass Visiting Artist and Designer Fellowship, the International Sculpture Center’s 2018 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award (2018), and the Beyoncé Formation Finalist Scholarship (2017). She has attended residencies at Urban Glass, New York; Tyler School of Glass, Philadelphia; Art Cake, New York; NXTHVN, New Haven; Triangle, New York; Flux Factory, New York; and The Studios at Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. She received an MFA from Parsons School of Design and a law degree from Babcock University.

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