Artwork by Layla Love
Layla Love’s art aims to illuminate the human consciousness. She captures life as a series of adventures and expeditions into the unknown, returning always with a greater sense of what it means to be human. Having been in both foreign prisons and royal palaces she has learned to employ the power of creative force to transcend. Her intention is to illuminate and reveal in the hopes of igniting a spark of activation. After studying journalism and global communications at Richmond International University in London she realized that visual imagery has the greatest impact in our modern communication process., At 21, she began a five-year photojournalism tour to war-torn and compromised region with a focus on the plight of women. Love sees a world where art changes people, and people change the world.
Love’s photography has been exhibited worldwide including a photographic selection to the White House permanent collection in 2008. She has shown with Eric Franck Fine Art at Paris Photo, Art Basel, the MoMa sponsored AiPAD Photography Show in New York—the longest running and foremost exhibition of fine art photography in the United States. She has participated in over 100 photographic exhibitions with world-renowned artists such as, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pablo Picasso, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Kara Walker. Love’s image, The Fullest Bloom, was adapted individually for over 30 Tiffany & Co. diamond showrooms worldwide, attesting to Love’s attention to detail and mastery of fine art printing.
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GALLERY HIGHLIGHTS
2019 MoonDog Studios, Chelsea, New York
2019 Soloman Arts Gallery, Tribeca, New York
2019 Black Mirrors Exhibit, New York, New York
2018 Kourosh Mahboubian Fine Art, New York
2018 Tracey Martin, New York, New York
2018 M.C. Gallery, New York, New York
2018 Save the Children Gala, Houston, Texas
2018 Rise Gallery, Chelsea, New York
2018 The Art of Stopping Trafficking, Houston, Texas
2017 Current Lowes Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2017 Beauty Is, Lihu Kauai, Hawaii
2017 Flower and Hewes Gallery, Malibu, California
2017 Agape International Center, Los Angeles, California
2016 Mary Duda Gallery, Marina Del Rey, California
2016 The Alchemical Kitchen; Soho, New York
2016 New York Headquarters of National Organization of Women, Chelsea, New York
2016 As Within, So Without, Hueb Gallery, Madison Avenue, New York, New York
2015 Young Feminist Coalition: Bridge & Clear Communications Program; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2015 Underwater Dive Images Documenting the Coral Reef Wall; The Cancun Nautical Association, Mexico
2015 Underwater Dive Images Documenting the Coral Reef Wall; Ibrahim Nasir, Maleâ, Maldives
2015 Showcase at Golden Nectar Palace; Berkeley, California
2015 Sacred Geometry Water Molecule Installation on a boat displayed in the town center; Bosa, Sardinia
2015 Photography for Squeeze Raw Food & Wellness, Russell Simmons; New York, New York
2015 Photographic Exhibit, Agape International Spiritual Center; Los Angeles, California
2015 Photographic Exhibit in Salt Mines of Colombia & Documentation of Peace Project, Art Initiative at the Congress of Colombia in Collaboration with Alex Sastoque; Bogota, Colombia
2015 Photo Documentation of Bjork; New York, New York
2015 Participation in and Documentation of the Havana Biennale; Havana, Cuba
2015 Painting & Photography collaboration with Amanda Sage, in collaboration with Ernst Fuchs Museum; Wien, Austria
2015 Documentation for Something About Love, Stonehenge Project; London, England
2015 Design Center, Lexington Avenue, New York
2015 Art Installation Project for Animal Welfare collaboration with the Maasai Tribe; Nairobi, Kenya
2015 The Perfect Darkness showcase at Madison Avenue, New York, New York
2015 The Last Party curated by Anthony Haden-Guest, White Box Gallery; New York, NY
2015 Enchanted Forest, Installation in collaboration with Giorgio Casu; Cagliari, Italy
2015 One Perfect Darkness, Hueb Madison Avenue, New York, New York
2015 Something About Love, World Tour
2015 I got you covered, The Personal Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2014 Photo Documentation of Ani DiFranco; New York, New York
2014 Growing Love from the Roots, Urban Indigenous Gallery, Kauai, Hawaii.
2014 The Metaphor is Complete, Hawaii Fine Art Garden Gallery
2014 Oscars Night Tribute, E Shrine, Los Angeles, California.
2013-2016 Aliven, Agape International Spiritual Center, Los Angeles, California
2013 The Creative Impulse Broome Street Gallery, Soho, NY
2013 One Billion Rising, Oakland, California
2013 Wisdom 2.0 Summit, San Francisco, California
2013 We Earth, Los Angeles, California
2012 The Great Convergence, Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
2012 Cutting Edge Consequences, Shift Network, Los Angeles, California
2012 Birthing 2012, Agape International Spiritual Center, Los Angeles, California
2012 Love from the Roots, Design District Basel, Miami, Florida
2012 Moshka Family Art Fair, Art Basel, Miami, Florida
2012 New Life Expo, Unitribe, New York, NY
2012 The Grand Finale, Baron, New York, NY
2012 Bioneers, Marin, California
2012 Lighting In a Bottle, Silverado, California
2012 Revelations, Agape, Marriott Hotel, Los Angeles, California
2012 GreenFest, New York, NY
2012 SoulMates, Design Center with Amy Zook, New York, NY
2011 Agape 25th Year Anniversary, Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California
2011 Peace Link, Los Angeles, California
2011 Bioneers, Marin, California
2011 AIPAD, MoMa Sponsored Showcase with Eric Franck Fine Art, New York, NY
2011 Cultural Diversity, American Association of University Women, New York City Branch, NY
2011 Bella Abzug Leadership Awards Scholastic Inc, New York, NY
2011 Youth Assembly and Women’s Health Convention, United Nations, New York, NY
2011 IMA Highlights, National Arts Club, New York, NY
2011 International Migration Art Festival 22 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY
2011 Lucid Dreaming, Atelier, New York, NY
2011 Anthology, Baron, New York, NY
2010 For the Women Who Came Before Us, Veteran Feminists of America, Dallas, TX
2010 Sensationalized, Ariennae Global Art Consulting, Houston, TX
2010 Bella Abzug Fellow Awards, Guggenheim Museum/City Hall, New York, NY
2010 Solo show, Chelsea Arts Club, London, UK.2010 Apex show, NY, NY
2009 Goddess Gala, Baron, New York, NY
2009 Art Heals, National Arts Club, New York, NY
2009 Love Heals All, Baron, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Group show with Giorgio Casu, Tulum Art Project, Tulum, Mexico
2016 Fundraiser with Laila Ali for Kuumba Kids, Beverly Hills, California
2010 National Organization for Women Regional Conference, Baron, New York, NY
2010 Fashion Showcase: Chateau de Lion with Love & Lion, Norwood Private Art, Club, New York, NY
2009 Paris Photo Expo, Eric Franck Fine Art, Paris, France
2009 Art Basel Miami Beach, Artennae Consulting, Miami, Florida
2009 Tropical Harvest, Opera Tower, Miami, Florida
2009 The Black & White Show Collective Hardware/AMP Tracks, with Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Mapplethorpe & others, New York, NY
2009 Christie Brinkley Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools, Healthy Environment Online Charity Auction, Benefit for New York Coalition for Healthy School Food & Wellness in the Schools with Oprah Winfrey, New York, NY
2009 Tribal Journeys, Wynwood Arts Loft Complex, Miami, Florida
2009 Institute of Action Arts, 41st Year, The National Black Theater with Avery Brooks & Alicia Keys, New York, NY
2009 Thrive, Baron, New York, NY
2009 Art Attack, National Women’s Museum, Washington D.C.
PERMANENT COLLECTION
2010 The White House, Washington, DC
2009 Tiffany & Co.: Asia, Europe, United States
2009 The Women’s Museum, Dallas, Texas
2009 Alex Grey Foundation, New York, NY
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Artwork by Layla Love