Abby Wright Day
I make work that explores what it means to create and look at images. While my background is in photography, I often work across sculpture, painting, and text; using whatever medium best reflects a poem I have written out prior to the creation of the work. My approach combines play and discipline: I experiment with materials and processes, while remaining focused on how meaning, beauty, and power are constructed through art.
I’m especially interested in challenging traditional ideas about photography; what it’s for, who it’s for, and how it shapes what we believe. I often use non-traditional techniques, textures, or formats to interrupt the expectations we bring to photographs.
Abby is a multidisciplinary American artist. Before completing her Masters in Contemporary Photography; Practices and Philosophies at Central Saint Martins, she previously graduated with a BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Education
MA// Central Saint Martins// Contemporary Photography: Practices and Philosophy
BFA// School of Visual Arts// Photography
Currently
Artist // Abby Wright
Exhibitions, Residencies and Publications
Exhibition, Patti Smith:A Child’s Garden of Versus, Historic Spanish Point, November 12 2025- August 20, 2026
Exhibition, George Harrison: A Gardener’s Life, Marie Selby Botanic Gardens, February 9- June29, 2025
Publication, Voyage, March 28, 2023
Publication, Divison Review, New York, New York, Fall 2022
Visiting Lecturer, MA Transdisziplinarität ZHdk, Zurich, Switzerland, December 2021
Group Exhibition, “Finally”, Ugly Duck, London, United Kingdom, September 2-5th 2021
Solo Show, Litla Gallery, Hafnarfjördur, Iceland, April 2021
Group Exhibition, Field Recordings, Reykjavik, Iceland,April 2021
Curator, Group Exhibition, The Castle, Arthousehaus, London, UK
Group Exhibition, Absolutorium, Korpùlfsstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland, February 2020
Artist Residency, Sim Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland, February 1- April 30
Group Exhibition, CSM Next - Covet Art, London, UK - 2021
Artist Residency, Dada Post, Berlin, Germany, July- October 3
Group Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, Moving Past, Moving Closer, London UK, August- October 9
Group Exhibition, My House is an Island, London, UK, September- October 2020
Group Exhibition, Body Occuptation, Dada Post, Berlin, Germany, September 2020
Exhibition, Thesis Presentation at Central Saint Martins, May 2020
Group Exhibition, Tate Exchange at Tate Modern, “The Space Between” , January 2020
Group Exhibition, Tate Exchange at Tate Modern “Circus”, January 2020
Publication, Schon! Magazine, March 2020
Group Exhibition, Big Space Exhibition, Central Saint Martins, February 2020
Group Exhibition, The Ringling Underground, Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida, September 2019
Group Exhibition, Apiary Studios, We Are Here, We Are, London, UK, March 6-9 2019
Group Exhibition, Tate Exchange/ Tate Modern – 2019
Teaching Experience
2021, Visiting Lecturer, MA Transdisziplinarität ZHdk, Zurich, Switzerland
2020, Guest Artist Lecture, Dada Post, Berlin, Germany
2020, Guest Artist Lecture, BAPC, San Fransisco Photography Collective
2020, Virtual Guest Artist Lecture, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
Teachers Assistant, Studio lighting, Large Format Photography, and Wood Workshop, The School of Visual Arts
ahwphotographs@gmail.com
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