Layo Bright (b. Lagos, Nigeria) is a New York based artist who works in sculpture and installation to build visual compositions that address African narratives, and create different vantage points for questioning issues surrounding the continent. In 2018 her installation, "Must Go", received the International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. She has lectured as a Professor at The New School (Department of Integrated Design), and has exhibited work in the U.S. and Nigeria. Recent exhibitions include "Migration(s) and Meanings in Art", Meyerhoff Gallery at MICA, MD (2020); "Maid in Nigeria", Untitled AWCA, Lagos (2019); "Carry Over: New Voices from the Global African Diaspora", Smack Mellon, NY (2018); among others. She received her LL.B (Hons.) from Babcock University (2014), was called to the Nigerian Bar Association (2015) and received her MFA in Fine Art (Hons.) from The New School (2018). Bright is the recipient of honors and awards including the UrbanGlass Winter Scholarship Award (2020), the International Sculpture Center’s 2018 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award (2018); Program Honors from The New School (2018); the Beyoncé Formation Finalist Scholarship (2017); and the Parsons Dean Scholarship (2016).