https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/ac78f965d518a62542fa738cc7be9e78.jpg 4760d080cc98f6c3cbfdf3e226eefe7d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Layla Biby: Ontogeny Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Black and brown print of cartoon characters sitting on nasturtium leaves. https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/80b0481ff47f82706767df183af62ec0.jpg 8b5f31300587c933b9a60e3370774565 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Layla Biby: Ontogeny Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Black and brown print of two people sitting together on a couch. https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/5875bdb498f59fe80a1f8a15a35f1d60.jpg 0255cfbaf855e96c644840acd3ac2d73 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Layla Biby: Ontogeny Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Black and brown print of a fish head hanging from a hook with a simplified pomegranate in the background. https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/4b1673ee46cf94d001b78c120918ffaf.jpg 1a4bb802561df5ce88ce2a678027765f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Layla Biby: Ontogeny Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. An image of all previous prints connected by chains, thread, and beads. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ontogeny Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Biby, Layla Abstract A summary of the resource. Working primarily in 2D mixed media, Biby incorporates a wide range of materials and processes, frequently experimenting with line, layered imagery, and expressive color. Her practice is deeply rooted in nostalgia; not as simple longing, but as a fragile, distorted recollection shaped by time, grief, and fading memory. She is especially interested in how childhood spaces, objects, and moments become altered through remembrance, often blurring the line between what is remembered, what is imagined, and what is lost. Through these layered and intimate compositions, Biby creates work that evokes grief, tenderness, and emotional fragmentation, inviting viewers into deeply personal yet universally resonant narratives about love, absence, and the quiet ache of remembering. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2026