Sculpture · 2023
Gyagenda
Monumental long-legged bronze figure; its Luganda title names a young person leaving home to gather their chosen family.
Leilah Babirye
Leilah Babirye is a Ugandan artist whose work transforms discarded materials into powerful explorations of identity and resilience.
Career
Visual Artist
Origin / Ethnicity / Heritage
Ugandan
Additional Languages
English
Pronouns
She/Her
About
- Origin / Ethnicity / Heritage
- Ugandan
- Pronouns
- She/Her
- Location
- New York City, New York, United States
- Additional Languages
- English
Exhibition · 2021
Ebika Bya ba Kuchu mu Buganda (Kuchu Clans of Buganda) II
Her first UK/Europe solo show imagines queer Buganda clans through monumental ceramic and wooden figures adorned with found materials.