Chris Ashley
Born Hayward, CA 1957
Lives and works in Oakland, CA
Education
BA in Fine Arts from California State University, Hayward
Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, CSU Hayward
Masters in Education (coursework complete), Dominican University, San Rafael
Exhibits and Presentations
2009
Blue & Green Paintings(solo),room for painting room for paper, San Francisco
2008
Calculated Color, Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable,
Massachusetts, curated by
Jane Lincoln (catalog)
html drawings/recent work(solo),David Cunningham Projects, San Francisco
B I T M A P: as good as new@Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia (catalog)
CONSIDERABLE@ University of Dayton, OH, curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones
2007
I Made This For You(solo),Marjorie Wood Gallery
B I T M A P: as good as new,vertexList, Brooklyn
Chris Ashley: WYSIWYG(solo),Chambers Gallery, Portland Oregon
Chris Ashley: Five Pieces(solo), Green Line Projects, Philadelphia
Luxe, Calme et Volupt- curated by Joanne Mattera,Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta (catalog)
AltGeo: loosened structures for line and color, curated by Douglas Witmer, Green Line Projects,
Philadelphia, PA
Across the Borderline, a drawing installation by Chris Ashley and Douglas Witmer, Rike Gallery
University of Dayton, Ohio
2006
Suitcase, (small works by sixteen international artists), Bus Dori, Tokyo, Japan
Six Paintings for a Room in Berkeley(solo), commission, University of California, Berkeley
Pulse 2006,1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA (catalog)
2005
By Special Request,Floppyswop
Blogging and the Arts, sponsored by Rhizome.org at The New Museum, NewYork,
99 mal 21 mal 21, Kammerhofgalerie Der Stadt Gmunden, Austria (catalog)
we-blog with abe linkoln, jimpunk, Chris Ashley and Tom Moody,month-long
guest panelist on empyre mailing list; one HTML drawing every day during month
The Urban Canvas, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA
15th Anniversary exhibition of Edition S.p.N.LAUB, Stifter Haus, Linz, Austria
edition S.p.N.LAUB 15th Anniversary Anthology
Kunst.Messe.Linz, o.oe.Landesgalerie/Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria
2004
-Christopher Ashley: HTML Drawings, CD with images and text, September 2004
SBN (3-901102-22-1), edition S.p.N.LAUB
Ongoing:
Look, See, 2008 - present, a project of HTML drawings, writing about art, and studi- documentation
Look, See archive, 2003-2007, a project of HTML drawings, writing about art, and studidocumentation
Bibliography
- Dale Tegman:New Works: Chris Ashley and Alan Disparte, San Francisc- Art Magazine, 2008
- Samantha Levitan:Geometric Rainbows, Barnstable Patriot, 2008
- Jane Lincoln:Calculated Color (catalog), 2008
- Marcin Ramocki:BITMAP: As Good As New (catalog), 2008
- Marisa Olson:Well-Written Picture, Rhizome.org, 2008
- Mark Hooper:Catch of the day: Second Lifes new gallery, Guardian Unlimited, 2008
- Haydn Shaughnessy:Blog Art, Irish Times, 2008
- Cybercom:Reinventing the Art Gallery, 2008
- Marisa Olson:Rhizome News: 31 Days, Rhizome.org, 2008
- Timoth Buckwalter:Art Review :Chris Ashley: I Made This For You, KQED, 2007
- Laura Wagner:Art Pals Feature Works in Rike, Dayton Flyer News, Ohio, 2007.
- Laura Lancaster:Chris Ashley: A Case Study; read atmedia.rmit.edu.auorchrisashley.net, 2006
- Eileen Wold:Artists Interview Artists: Chris Ashley, 2006
- Becky Shields:Pulse 2006, Gallery 1708, Richmond, VA, 2006
- Pete Baldes:Pulse 2006(catalog), 2006
- Rob Myers:Chris Ashley - Look, See, 2006
- 99 mal 21 mal 21, Kammerhofgalerie Der Stadt Gmunden, Austria, 2005
- Manik:They Are What They Are & Layers, 2005
- James Harris:Singing the Body Electric, 2004
- George Lawson:Chris Ashleys HTML Drawings, 2004