Babirye Leilah Burns is a contemporary visual artist who specialises in abstract sculpture. She graduated from Makerere University in 2010, having majored in sculpture, and works with wood, scrap metal and found objects. Babirye Leilah deals with subjects including human rights in Uganda, exploring political, social and economic issues. She has completed residences at the Kuona Trust in Kenya, Nafasi Art Space in Tanzania, Hospital Field in Scotland and 32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust, and received an award from the Royal Overseas League in the UK in 2013.