Caressa Layne

Caressa Layne is an interdisciplinary artist and poet from Indiana. She received her BA from Ball State University (IN) in 2020 with a concentration in Metalsmithing. She has since continued to hone her 3-D practice, as well as open up a practice in traditional oil painting and soft pastels. Somewhere along the line, she began putting her thoughts to words. No matter the medium, Caressa’s work straddles the intersection of fantasy and reality. 

Driven by oral histories, folklore traditions, and animal and plant symbolism, Caressa’s work explores themes of woman and girlhood, mourning, and empowerment.

She is drawn to the natural world and our place beside it, embracing and celebrating the disturbing alongside the delightful.

Caressa’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. as well as published in national publications. She currently creates in her studio, reads in her living room, and writes wherever she can, usually with her dog in her lap and two cats on the rug.

Caressa is the Gallery Manager for Ombre Gallery in Cincinnati, OH.