b. 1989, Washington, D.C.
Education
2013 B.F.A. Art and Design Education. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Exhibitions
2018
**Upcoming. Transformer 15th Annual Silent Auction. Corcoran School of Arts and Design. Washington, D.C.
**Upcoming. Hickok Cole Art Night. Hickok Cole Architects. Washington, D.C.
**Upcoming. Heritage:Now. DC Arts Center Artist Collective (Sparkplug) Fall Exhibition. DC Arts Center. Washington, D.C.
BODIES. Otis Street Arts Project. Mt. Rainier, MD
We Got Next: Young Contemporaries. D.C. Commission for Arts & Humanities. Washington, D.C.
Washington Project for the Arts 37th Annual Auction Gala. Uline Arena. Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary Futures. The Stew. Washington, D.C.
2017
Best of the Best. Pepco Edison Place Gallery. Washington, D.C.
Home. Logan Fringe Arts Space. Washington, D.C.
DC Artists East Exhibition. Anacostia Arts Center. Washington, D.C.
Transcendence. Galerie Kritiku. Prague, CZ
Process & Practice. DC Arts Center. Washington, D.C.
2016
Figuratively Speaking. Gallery Underground. Arlington, VA
Cheap Thrills, Anacostia Arts Center. Washington, D.C.
Real People 2016, The Old Court House Arts Center. Woodstock, IL
Gen-Y: 3.0, VisArts at Rockville. Rockville, MD.
Radical Re-Imaginings, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Washington, D.C.
Hashtags Unplugged, Caelum Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Pressure Points, DC Arts Center. Washington, D.C.
From The Root, Adinkra Cultural Arts Studio. Mt. Rainier, MD
Visual Arts Exhibition Featuring 2015 Artist Fellowship Program, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities. Washington, D.C.
Solo Exhibition Affirmations: An Exhibition by Ashley Ja'nae, Anacostia Arts Center. Washington, D.C.
2013
Faculty Show, Art Works Studio School. Mt. Rainier, MD
Shared Minds: Art & Design Education Student Teachers and Their Students. Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY.
Press & Text
Art Organizations
Education
2013 B.F.A. Art and Design Education. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Exhibitions
2018
**Upcoming. Transformer 15th Annual Silent Auction. Corcoran School of Arts and Design. Washington, D.C.
**Upcoming. Hickok Cole Art Night. Hickok Cole Architects. Washington, D.C.
**Upcoming. Heritage:Now. DC Arts Center Artist Collective (Sparkplug) Fall Exhibition. DC Arts Center. Washington, D.C.
BODIES. Otis Street Arts Project. Mt. Rainier, MD
We Got Next: Young Contemporaries. D.C. Commission for Arts & Humanities. Washington, D.C.
Washington Project for the Arts 37th Annual Auction Gala. Uline Arena. Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary Futures. The Stew. Washington, D.C.
2017
Best of the Best. Pepco Edison Place Gallery. Washington, D.C.
Home. Logan Fringe Arts Space. Washington, D.C.
DC Artists East Exhibition. Anacostia Arts Center. Washington, D.C.
Transcendence. Galerie Kritiku. Prague, CZ
Process & Practice. DC Arts Center. Washington, D.C.
2016
Figuratively Speaking. Gallery Underground. Arlington, VA
Cheap Thrills, Anacostia Arts Center. Washington, D.C.
Real People 2016, The Old Court House Arts Center. Woodstock, IL
Gen-Y: 3.0, VisArts at Rockville. Rockville, MD.
Radical Re-Imaginings, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Washington, D.C.
Hashtags Unplugged, Caelum Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Pressure Points, DC Arts Center. Washington, D.C.
From The Root, Adinkra Cultural Arts Studio. Mt. Rainier, MD
Visual Arts Exhibition Featuring 2015 Artist Fellowship Program, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities. Washington, D.C.
Solo Exhibition Affirmations: An Exhibition by Ashley Ja'nae, Anacostia Arts Center. Washington, D.C.
2013
Faculty Show, Art Works Studio School. Mt. Rainier, MD
Shared Minds: Art & Design Education Student Teachers and Their Students. Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY.
Press & Text
- Berkon, Eliza. "This New Art Exhibit Is All About Bodies, But Not Kind the Media Shows Us." DCist. September 13th, 2018
- "#inMySkin- Ashley Ja'nae" WunderBody Co. August 24th, 2018
- "DC Arts Center Presents Sparkplug Process & Practice," East City Art. February 15th, 2017.
- Jakubowski, Mikey & Zulch, Meg. "Affirming Black Beauty Through Safe Spaces: Ashley Ja'nae," Hooligan Magazine Issue #12.
- "Ashley Ja'nae: Artist," Les Femmes Folles. June 1, 2015.
- Wilson, Aileen & Martin, Camille T. "The Art of the Art and Design Assignment: Pratt Institute." 2014. Print
Art Organizations
- Sparkplug. Artist Collective. DC Arts Center. Washington, D.C. 2017-2018