article_title name birth_date occupation
io tillett wright
 io tillett wright 2 september 1985 artist maker , activist , actor , director , photographer , writer , film
io tillett wright

io tillett wright was born on september 2 , 1985 in lower east side , manhattan , new york city , new york , usa .
wright is an artist , director , photographer , writer , film maker , activist , and actor .
wright grew up in new york , and was a professional film and television actor for 18 years .
at 18 , wright founded a street art magazine , `` overspray '' , in which she served as founding editor in chief until 2009 .
as an actor , wright appeared alongside steve buscemi , christian slater , uma thurman , including a brief appearance on sex and the city .
wright then became a featured columnist for `` t magazine '' , at `` the new york times '' .
in addition , she had two regular blogs called `` notes from the underground '' -- for which she reviewed underground performance -- and `` the lowdown '' .
her current project `` self evident truths '' examines americans , asking them whether they are `` other than straight '' , and photographing respondents who self-evaluate themselves to be `` a other than 100 % straight '' .
to date she has photographed 8,447 people in over 30 cities across the usa .
wright 's photographs appeared on the cover of `` the new york times '' magazine in august 2010 , marking the beginning of her public photography career .
on september 22 , 2010 , wright opened `` breedings '' , her first solo show of photographs , at fuse gallery in manhattan .
in august 2011 , she debuted `` camila '' , her second solo show , and `` act like you 're fine '' , a group show she curated at tokyo 's vacant gallery .
actress olivia thirlby used the `` self evident truths '' project to come out publicly as bisexual .
