Bio
Ashley Garner is a visual artist based in Philadelphia, PA. She is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts degree at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She grew up in Central, PA and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2014. Ashley is currently working in soft sculpture, site specific installation, painting, and 3D painting. Her work has been exhibited at museums, galleries, and institutions that include the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, PA; Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA; Westin Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Framehouse and Jask Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA; The Brewhouse Association, Pittsburgh, PA; Fusion Atelier, Brookville, PA; Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA; Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA; among others.
Statement
I use personal symbology to create work that evolves from my psyche into its own environment. From the time I was a young child, I have been tactilely and emotionally attached to soft things. In response, my work is an attempt at building a bridge between my childhood and adult experiences; more specifically, experiences of expression and emotion through the sublimation of a soft symbol or object.
I'm interested in how a collision of emotions can live within one form; suggesting that the form itself can exist as a bridge between dichotomies. I intend to create this diversity by reducing the complexity of an emotion into a personalized simple visual representation. These simplified idealized forms that portray distilled forms of emotion produce an environment conductive to personal interpretation and contemporary forms of communication. In comparison to a childlike imagination at play, I create and install these objects in a space with a process that has no set predetermined “end.” My installations are intended to be open enough to invite possibilities for interaction and individual perception.
I'm interested in how a collision of emotions can live within one form; suggesting that the form itself can exist as a bridge between dichotomies. I intend to create this diversity by reducing the complexity of an emotion into a personalized simple visual representation. These simplified idealized forms that portray distilled forms of emotion produce an environment conductive to personal interpretation and contemporary forms of communication. In comparison to a childlike imagination at play, I create and install these objects in a space with a process that has no set predetermined “end.” My installations are intended to be open enough to invite possibilities for interaction and individual perception.
Installations
Painting | 3D Painting
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