lyra purugganan (they/she) is an interdisciplinary artist born in Manila, Philippines and raised in Columbus, Ohio. They received a BFA in printmaking from The Ohio State University in 2021 and a MFA at UC Santa Barbara in 2024. lyra is currently based in Southern California.

Influenced by craft and materials, queer culture, and their bicultural upbringing between the Philippines and the American heartland, Lyra dissects material connections and symbolic history through lace-making, metalwork, and ceramics.

As an emerging artist, lyra has exhibited at OSU Urban Arts Space, 934 Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, UCSB Architecture, Design, and Art Museum, IA&A Hillyer in Washington DC, and more. Recently, lyra is a co-recipient of the Greater Columbus Arts Center artist project grants and served as the Post-Grad Teaching Fellow at the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara.