Ashley Marie is a multidisciplinary artist in the Metro Detroit area. She attended one semester at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2011 for foundation courses and has been self taught since. In addition to exhibiting work throughout the United States, Ashley’s work also appeared in the 55th Venice Biennale. Her work is derived from her life experiences. She hopes to inspire her audience thoughts on spirituality. She works in a variety of mediums such as oil paint, graphite, resin, and clay. These mediums allow her to achieve a simultaneously realistic and ethereal look, portraying the illusion between life and spirit. She is an Adjunct Instructor in the Illustration Department at the College for Creative Studies, Detroit MI.
Through my life experiences on navigating through grief and existentialism, my work explores the space between physical and spiritual realms. I work with a variety of mediums to allow for the creation of both realistic and ethereal qualities to portray this space between. I seek to inspire that we are eternal spiritual beings living a human experience.
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Ashley Marie Williams b. 1985
Education
2011 Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Exhibitions
2024 Transcendence, Solo, M. Contemporary Art, Ferndale, MI
2023 Beta, ΔRT CLVB, Detroit, MI
2023 Beyond Original, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Sanctuary, Mortal Machine Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2022 Between You and I, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
2022 Poison Garden, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2022 Mighty, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Emerge, M. Contemporary Art, Ferndale, MI
2022 Portrait Show X, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Echo All the Worlds, WOW x WOW, UK
2022 Microvisions, WOW x WOW, UK
2022 10 Year Anniversary, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Familiar Strangers, WOW x WOW, UK
2022 Within the Static, WOW x WOW, UK
2022 Nature, Cass Cafe, Detroit, MI
2022 Cosmic Elixir, WOW x WOW, UK
2021 Small Wonders, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Lore, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 Spectrum 2, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Portrait Show IX, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 “La Femme Botanica” Solo Exhibition, Start Gallery, Detroit, MI
2015 Alumni Exhibition, Red Bull House of Art, Detroit, MI
2015 “We have a Dream”, Inner State Gallery, Detroit, MI
2013 “Art Ethereal”, Detroit Mercantile Co., Detroit, MI
2012 Small Works, Venice Biennale, Italy
2012 Red Bull House of Art Residency, Cycle 3, Detroit, MI
2012 “Spirits” Solo Exhibition, The Loving Touch, Ferndale, MI
Press/Publications
2024 Artsy, “Why Figurative Artists Have Turned to Monochromatic Palettes”
2023 Canvas Rebel, Stories & Insights
2021 Miroir Magazine, Nature
Artist Talks
2022 Wayne State University, Detroit MI
2022 Romeo Art Guild, Romeo MI
Residency
2012 Red Bull House of Art, Detroit MI