# Leilah Babirye

> Leilah Babirye is a Ugandan artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Outed in her native country as a lesbian and underground LGBTQ+ activist, Babirye's work is of large-scale ceramics, wooden sculptures, African masks, as well as drawings and paintings on paper. Babirye has had exhibitions at the Gordon Robichaux Gallery and the Socrates Sculpture Park in New York, as well as the Stephen Friedman Gallery in London. She has also produced work for Heidi Slimane for Celine's Art Project.

*Ugandan-born American visual artist, wood sculptor (born 1985)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Born:** 1985
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

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