Averia Wright (born 1987, Nassau, Bahamas) is an interdisciplinary artist known for her sculpture and ceramic artworks. Wright graduated from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio with a MFA in Sculpture and Expanded practice, May 2018 and BFA with from the University of Tampa, Florida, May 2009.
In 2011, Wright was employed at The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas (NAGB) on the curatorial team and left in 2015 in the position of assistant curator and registrar to pursue her masters. She is currently the curatorial manager at The Current Baha Mar Gallery and Art Center.
Inspired by folklore and Bahamian history, Wright’s previous sculptures draw from tribal imagery and organic forms. Wright’s current practice delves into a criticism of the geopolitical nature of The Bahamas and other countries in the region using her upbringing through the straw market industry.
She represented The Bahamas in the UNESCO Andorra Art Camp 2018 art residency and the 19th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2022. She participated in Caribbean Linked V in Aruba with 9 other artists from the region in 2018. More recently she has exhibited in the Tropico Is Political: Caribbean Art Under The Visitor Economy Regime which travelled to New York City, Puerto Rico, and Amherst College (Mead Art Museum). Wright has exhibited in both the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth National Exhibitions in the NAGB’s biennial exhibitions.