Leilah Babirye.

Siebdruck auf Baumwolle. Bandana 22×22 Zoll ( 55,88 x 55,88 cm). Herausgegeben von Gordon Robichaux und Post Present Medium.
30 US$

Leilah Babirye (geboren 1985 in Kampala, Uganda) lebt und arbeitet in Brooklyn, New York. Sie studierte Kunst an der Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda (2007-2010) und nahm an der Fire Island Artist Residency (2015) teil. Im Jahr 2018 erhielt sie mit Unterstützung des African Services Committee und des NYC Anti-Violence Project Asyl in den USA und präsentierte ihre erste Einzelausstellung bei Gordon Robichaux in New York. Im Jahr 2020 hatte sie ihre erste Einzelausstellung in San Francisco bei Rebecca Camacho Presents, und im Herbst wird sie eine Einzelausstellung bei Gordon Robichaux in New York zeigen. Im Frühjahr 2021 wird Babirye ihre erste Londoner Einzelausstellung in der Stephen Friedman Gallery haben.

New York gallery Gordon Robichaux and Los Angeles-based record label Post Present Medium have joined forces on a series of artist-designed bandanas to raise money for the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition.

Post Present Medium

Leilah Babirye.

Release Info
Silkscreen on cotton. 22×22 in. bandana. Published by Gordon Robichaux and Post Present Medium.
30 US$

Description
Leilah Babirye (born 1985 in 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 (2015). In 2018, she received asylum in the US with support from the African Services Committee and the NYC Anti-Violence Project, and presented her first solo exhibition at Gordon Robichaux in New York. In 2020, she had her first San Francisco solo exhibition at Rebecca Camacho Presents, and will present a solo exhibition at Gordon Robichaux, NY in the fall. In spring 2021, Babirye will have her first London solo exhibition at Stephen Friedman Gallery.

New York gallery Gordon Robichaux and Los Angeles-based record label Post Present Medium have joined forces on a series of artist-designed bandanas to raise money for the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition.

Post Present Medium