b. 1989. Born in Washington, D.C.    Currently resides in Philadelphia, PA

Education
2021     In progress M.F.A Socially-Engaged Studio Art. Moore College of Art and Design. Philadelphia, PA
2013     B.F.A. Art and Design Education. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY


Solo Exhibitions
2020     Is it Safe Here?: MFA in Progress. Moore College of Art and Design. Philadelphia, P.A.
2015     Affirmations: An Exhibition by Ashley Ja'nae,  Anacostia Arts Center. Washington, D.C.

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Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
     Art & Advocacy: Benefit for the Center for Health and Gender Equality. Washington, D.C. 

2018
     Transformer 15th Annual Silent Auction. Corcoran School of Arts and Design. Washington, D.C.  
     Hickok Cole Art Night. Hickok Cole. Washington, D.C.
     Heritage: Now. 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.

2013      
     Faculty Show, Art Works Studio School. Mt. Rainier, MD
     Shared Minds: Art & Design Education Student Teachers and Their Students.  Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY.


Selected Press & Text

• Gunter, Ashley J. "MFA Candidate's Thesis Explores Response to Institutional Racism."  Our Stories. October 8th, 2020
• Berkon, Eliza. "This New Art Exhibit Is All About Bodies, But Not Kind the Media Shows Us." DCist. September 13th, 2018
• ​Jakubowski, Mikey & Zulch, Meg. "Affirming Black Beauty Through Safe Spaces: Ashley Ja'nae," Hooligan Magazine Issue #12. 
• Wilson, Aileen & Martin, Camille T. "The Art of the Art and Design Assignment: Pratt Institute." 2014. Print

​Art Organizations

• ​2017 - 2018. Sparkplug V. Artist Collective. DC Arts Center. Washington, D.C.

Awards
2019 - 2021    Social Engagement Fellowship. Moore College of Art & Design. Philadelphia, PA
2010 - 2013    Presidential Merit-Based Scholarship. Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY

Teaching Experience
Currently:       Graduate Teaching Internship. ED321: Art Methods & Curriculum Development. Moore College of Art & Design. Philadelphia, PA
2017 - 2019    Lower School Art Teacher. National Cathedral School. Washington, D.C.
2015 - 2017    Visual Arts Teacher. Friends Community School. College Park, M.D.
2016 - 2017    Teaching Artist. F.H. Faunteroy Community Enrichment Center. Washington, D.C.
2014 - 2015    Long Term Substitute Art Teacher. National Cathedral School. Washington, D.C.
2013 - 2013    Teaching Artist. Art Works Studio School. Mt. Rainier, M.D.
2012 - 2013    Teaching Artist Assistant. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, N.Y.
2012 - 2012    Assistant Teaching Artist. Weeksville Heritage Center. Brooklyn, N.Y.