Work
Leyla Jamil
Rzayeva
Leyla Rzayeva is a first generation American artist born to Azerbaijani and Russian parents. She draws on theatrical production to explore spectatorship and the internal gaze. Through installation, photography, sculpture and printmaking, she stages environments that examine visibility and self-possession. Leyla is a Graduate Teaching Associate at San Francisco State University and Artist Residency Manager at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, CA. Her work has been exhibited at Minnesota Street Project, Berkeley Art Center, Root Division, the de Young Museum, Skyline College, and 500 Capp Street Spring Invitational.