Carla Wright is an artist based in East Sussex, creating ceramic sculptures and wall-based works that explore community architecture and spaces of gathering within working class neighbourhoods, particularly communal buildings and playgrounds. Her work draws inspiration from motifs like modernist climbing frames, concrete stepping stones, and community centre murals, referencing the architecture she grew up around.

Wright creates ceramic 'drawings' and sculptural assemblages, and most recently sound work, where she arranges interconnecting groups of objects, supporting, interacting, and playing with one another. These works are a response to the social and architectural environments that shaped her, reflecting on the relationships between people, spaces, and the objects that mediate them.

In addition to her studio practice, Carla runs Common Clay, a community ceramics studio in Bexhill-on-Sea. The studio serves as a shared, open, and experimental space for artists working with clay. With a focus on accessibility and inclusivity, Common Clay hosts workshops, classes, social events, and exhibitions to foster a diverse, creative community and provide opportunities for engagement with ceramics. Wright’s work, both as an artist and facilitator, emphasises the importance of collaborative spaces and the connections they create.

She recently exhibited solo at Volt, Devonshire Collective, Eastbourne, and in group shows at Ruup & Form, London, and The Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-trent, and participated in an Interdisciplinary Residency at Hospitalfields, Scotland.