(1975 - )
Layla Curtis studied Painting at the Edinburgh College of Art (1994−1998) and Sculpture at the Chelsea College of Art (1999−2000). She has since exhibited around the UK, Australia and Japan; with recent solo exhibitions in Newcastle (2015) and Leicester (2013). Her work is represented in several public and private collections, including Tate; the New Art Gallery, Walsall; and The World Bank, USA. Public commissions have included 'Heatscapes', a Great North Run Moving Image Commission, Newcastle (2014/15); 'Traceurs: to trace, to draw, to go fast', commissioned by Westminster City Council, London (2008); and United European Union 2002, commissioned by La Page, Paris, France (2002). Curtis has been the recipient of numerous awards, including Grants for the Arts by Arts Council England (2012, 2010) and the Woo Charitable Foundation Bursary (2002). She has also held several artist residencies, including at the Storey Gallery, Lancaster (2009/10); ‘Artists and Writers Programme, Antarctica’ jointly sponsored by the British Antarctic Survey and Arts Council England under the ACE's International Fellowship Programme (2005/6); and at the Akiyoshidai International Arts Village in the Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan (1999).
