About Caressa

Caressa Layne is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and curator.

Caressa currently serves as Art Gallery Director for Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as Art Editor for Rawhead Journal. She has curated and co-curated 20+ exhibitions. Caressa’s poetry and prose have been published in Art of Nothing Press, The Science Fiction Poetry Association, Plentitudes, and The Dark Poets. She was awarded third place in the 2025 Plentitudes Prizes for Flash Fiction.