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Layla McCloskey
layla.mccloskey@gmail.com
@ilovehorseshaha

Layla McCloskey is a Minneapolis-based graphic designer and printmaker recently graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (May 2026). She focuses on bold visuals and purposeful communication, drawing on personal experience, cultural background, and nostalgia to create engaging, accessible designs. Blending storytelling with strategy, she aims to create work that fosters meaningful connection. Her work is colorful, inspired, and always evolving through technical precision and analog experimentation.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis, MN
May 2026

Exhibitions

Fondly Thinking...
Group Exhibition – Cargill Gallery
Minneapolis Central Library
Minneapolis, MN
2026

Early Career Artists Show
Group Exhibition – Squirrel Haus Arts
Minneapolis, MN
2025

Awards

MCAD Visual Scholarship

Allis Foundation Scholarship

MCAD Merit Scholarship Award Winner
Fall 2025

Last Updated 24.10.37