| Dates: | born --1975
| | Biography: | b.1975 Chippenham, England
1999
MA Sculpture, Chelsea College of
Art, London
1997
L'Ecole des Artes Decoratifs,
Strasbourg, France, Exchange
Programme
1994-98
BA Painting, Edinburgh College of Art
1993-94
Foundation, University of
Sunderland
Recent Exhibitions
1999 Mapping, Akiyoshidai
International Arts Village, Japan
1999 For a Totally Absorbing Time,
Idei, Himeji, Japan
1998 ECA at the Royal Bank of
Scotland, Edinburgh International
Festival
1998 Royal Scottish Academy Annual
Exhibition
Awards
1998 Helen Rose Bequest for
Distinguished work
1998 Andrew Guest Bequest
Scholarship, First Prize
After graduating, Layla lived in Japan
for one year. She took part in a
residency programme at
Akiyoshidai International Arts Village
where she developed her hybrid maps
series and held her first solo show.
Following the residency she stayed in
Japan and organised a group show of
young artists living in Himeji and worked
with students at Himeji Shikisai High
School.
An Andrew Guest Bequest Scholarship
enabled a trip to Belize, Central America
where she worked as a volunteer in
1998. While travelling in Europe in May
1997, Layla organised a one month
project, involving 14 participants
across 9 countries in 14
Simultaneous Walks in Europe.
| | | Source: | “New Contemporaries 99”, exhibition catalogue, Manchester, 1999 | | | Date of source: | 1999 |
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| | Gender: | female | | Type: | person |
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