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Ashley Neese is a multidisciplinary artist that grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2005 she earned her MFA from California College of the Arts. Her projects have been executed and exhibited in the Rosenberg Gallery at NYU; San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art; Nuit Blanche, Toronto; TRUCK Contemporary Art, Calgary; and Koh-i-nor, Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2009 she participated in artist residencies at ThreeWalls, Chicago; The Alberta Printmakers Society, Calgary; and The Berlin Office, Berlin. In 2010 she will launch Open Heart, a publication about love and spent six months making food in Berlin, Germany. She lead a creative residency exploring love and contemporary art at the Banff Centre in 2011 and is currently working on intimate family projects and blogging about her life.
Born 1980 Beloit, Wisconsin. Currently living in Los Angeles, California.
Education M.F.A Visual Art California College of the Arts
Conferences + Festivals 2010 Open Engagement: Making Things, Making Things Better, Making Things Worse, organized by Harrell Fletcher and Jen Delos Reyes, Portland State University, Portland, OR 2009 Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON 2008 Artcity, The Readers, with Lori Gordon + Robin Lambert, Calagry, AB Proflux Festival, Satellite Festivals (Be Longing), Oregon Coast, OR Scratching the Surface, Eastbank Esplanade, Portland, OR Infinite Exhange Gallery, 01SJ Biennial, San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 2007 Conflux, Brooklyn, NY Nuit Blanche, Infinite Exchange Gallery, Toronto, ON Open Engagement: Art After Aesthetic Distance, organized by Jen Delos Reyes with guest artist Harrell Fletcher, University of Regina, SK
Grants/Awards 2009 The Danish Arts Council
Residencies 2011 What's Love Got To Do With It? facilitator, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB 2010 MacArthur b Arthur, Oakland, CA 2009 Threewalls, Chicago, IL The Berlin Office, Berlin, DE 2008 Reverse Pedagogy with Paul Butler, The
Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Exhibition Record (*solo shows marked by asterisk) 2012 Venn Diagram Show, Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, California 2011 So Many Let Downs Before We Get Up, Platform Gallery,
Winnipeg, Manitoba 2010 Postludium, Dreizehn, Berlin-Kreuzberg, DE 2009 *Getting Closer Everyday, Koh-i-noor,
Copenhagen, DK 2008 Project(ions), Mile Post 5, Portland, OR 2007 Word
of Mouth,
Gallery Diet, Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL [curator:
Brian Burkhardt ] 2006 Get Together, The Hardware Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2005 Lilac Ladies Benefit, The L.A.B., San Francisco, CA 2004 This IS The Future, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2003 99 Bottles, BUILD, San Francisco, CA 2003 Emergency Room: Artists Respond to War, Mattress Factory, Atlanta,
GA 2002 Fresh!, NoNo, Atlanta, GA [curated by Fifth Class ] 2001 Annual Choice Celebration, Park Tavern, Atlanta, GA 2000 Student Juried Show, ACA Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Curatorial Work 2010 Open Heart, Issue One: a contemporary art publication about love, release date
May 2010, printed in Portland, Oregon, featuring: Tammy Rae Carland, Alain de Botton, Mark Clintberg, Elinor Carucci, Hope Hilton, Denise Schatz, David Horvitz, and Alia Rood among other. 2009 Enjoy The Silence, silent film screening addressing
issues about the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, screened at Portland
State University, Portland, Oregon and Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin. 2007-2010 Library Project, curated book and zine library in my
home, artists and holdings can be seen on my website, library is open
to the public by appointment 2007 You Can Have It All, curated with Lori Gordon, Salvation
Gallery, New York, New York 2005 You Can Have It All, curated with Lori Gordon, Playspace, San Francisco, California
Public Video Projections [San Francisco, CA] 2005 14th and Minna Street, 30 minutes
Slideshows 2007 WC Warehouse, Oakland, CA
Radio 2008 Art Talk AM, with Cyrus Smith, PSU, Portland, OR 2007 Firsts, curated by Zefrey Throwell for Neighborhood
Public
Radio, Southern Exposure, San Francisco,
CA 2006 Frank Prattle, ATA, San Francisco, CA
Publications/Catalogues 2011 Book, American Girl, with essay by Jen Delos Reyes, published by AFY, Portland, Oregon 2010 Invitational Contributor, Exhibition In Print, curated
by Paul Butler, published by Vantage Art Projects, Vancouver, British
Columbia 2009 Contributor, Virginia Is For Lovers, curated by Lori
Gordon, book, published by AFY, Portland, Oregon 2008 Exhibition catalogue, IEG, 01 Biennial, San Jose, California 2007 Exhibition catalogue, In Pursuit: Artists Examine Modern
Dating, 3rd Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 2006 Zine, hey Oakland, what’s love?, 5.5" x 8",numbered
edition, 50 copies, 2005 Book, i just want to know you, 5.5" x 8",
edition of 6, self-published 2004 Exhibition catalogue, This IS The Future, Saltworks
Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia Lectures
Teaching Experience 2011 Banff Centre Faculty, leading a 7 week residency on Love, Banff, AB 2008- Graphic + Web Design Instructor, Saturday Academy, Portland, OR 2008 Publishing, NW Academy, Portland, Oregon
Bibliography Sandor Bodo, “ ‘Experiencing the War’ is a diverse group of voices”, The Providence Journal, March 13, 2008 Lea Feinstein, “Galleries: Get Together!,” SF Weekly, November 29, 2006 Michael Leaverton, “The Celluliod Underground,” SF Weekly, August 16-22, 2006 Leah Garchik, “Public Eavesdropping,” The San Francisco Chronicle, February 7, 2005 Felicia Feaster, “The Art of Paper,” The Creative Loafing, July, 3 2003 Trina Trice, “Busy, busy, busy,” The Creative Loafing, December,
16, 2000 Intern Experience 2003 Saltworks Gallery Intern, Atlanta, GA
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