Brighton Layson

Brighton Layson was born 1981 in Harare, Zimbabwe. He was born in a family of seven, four boys and three girls. Soon after completing his education at Ordinary level, Brighton joined his brother Aaron Layson in stone carving. His brother was working at Gwindingwi sculptures. He worked with his brother for two years and left for engineering. He trained as a machinist at Wildrew engineering. During that time, he stated making sculpting tools and became the major supplier in the art industry. In 2008 Brighton left engineering due to economic hard-ships. In 2009 after the death of his brother Aaron, he decided to come back in the field of art. He joined Tamaa art centre and later moved to Dominic Studio where he is currently working. He is working with Dominic Benhura and other well-known artists, Edie Masaya, Fabien Madamombe, Stanford Derere and many more. At Dominic studio he is get more inspiration with new ideas and technics.  “Nature is his main inspiration.”