Layla Zubi (b. 1991, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA) is an interdisciplinary artist of Palestinian and Uzbek heritage. Their work combines the formation of worlds and objects existing as layered, gathered, connected, or in movement, with particular interest in displaying architectural elements and space from suburban design houses & aerial layouts, the presence of the body, community gathering, and cultural resistance symbols that inform their multi-cultural, spiritual experience. They are interested in making work that reveals obscure narratives and its nuances, resisting homogeneity and rejecting cultural reduction. Zubi received a BA in studio art with an art history minor from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2014 and an MFA from Cornell University in 2022. Zubi is currently based in the Saint Louis area and Southern Illinois region.
