Artist Lucy J Wright is based in Leeds, UK. Her practice of sculpture and performance sits at the intersection of folklore and activism and often uses as source material her 10+ years of cited research into lesser-known contemporary folk arts—especially those associated with working-class women.

Following a stint as the lead singer in BBC Folk Award-nominated act, Pilgrims' Way, Wright received a Vice Chancellor’s scholarship from Manchester School of Art for her PhD, becoming a Visiting Research Fellow in Folklore at University of Hertfordshire in 2019. 

Recent activities include 'Dusking' at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Timespan (Scotland); solo shows at Portico Library (Manchester) and Field System (Devon); group shows at Leeds Art Gallery and Kristian Day Gallery, residencies at Hospitalfield and the Hugo Burge Foundation and a major national commission from Create Berwick / Arts&Heritage. Her work has been featured in Sunday Times Style and Weird Walk and in 2025, she was an invited speaker at the British Academy and a contributor to Claire Bishop’s ‘Ancestral Avant-gardes’.

Lucy is a ‘hedge morris dancer’, author of the ‘Folk is a Feminist Issue’ manifesta, and originator of ‘Dusking’, a 100% invented tradition and annual participatory project for anyone who has ever wanted to dance the sun down!