BIO
\nLeilah Babirye\u00a0(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. Her work focuses on LGBTQ rights in Uganda and the pain experienced by the community from the anti-homosexuality bill passed in the country. Art and activism is central in her artistic practice.<\/p>\n
Babirye\u2019s first solo exhibition was presented at Gordon Robichaux, New York, NY (2018). In addition, she has been featured in multiple group exhibitions, such as\u00a0Let Go or Be Dragged, Gordon Robichaux, New York, NY (2017),\u00a0When Things Fall Apart: Critical Voices on the Radars, Trapholt Museum, Kolding, Denmark (2016), and\u00a0FIAR: Fire Island Residency Exhibition, Long Island, NY (2015), among others.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-1680","artist","type-artist","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/1680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}