Ashley Bradley

Ashley Bradley is an interdisciplinary artist and weaver. She uses personal memorabilia to whimsically and critically scrutinize her own mental health through the lens of innocence, naïveté, and self-proclaimed vows. Viewing the works as collaborations with her younger self, Ashley translates her childhood drawings into woven paintings that dismantle hierarchies in the contemporary art world.

Born in Colorado, Ashley lives and works in Chicago, IL. She received a BFA with a focus in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2020. She is a 2021 New Future's Prize Recipient and will be showing in The Other Art Fair Chicago September 30- October 3rd at Revel Fulton Market in Chicago, IL. Ashley's work was included in the 2021 Evanston + Vicinity Biennial and she has exhibited at ACRE Projects in Chicago. Her weavings were a part of the Undergraduate Exhibition at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in May of 2020, as well as Serving the People’s online BFA Show 2020. Ashley’s work has been featured by PAPER Magazine and Whitewall.

2020, Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2021 The Other Art Fair Chicago, Revel Fulton Market, Chicago, IL- New Futures Prize Winner

Passages, Cook Station Arts Collective, Virtual Group Exhibition

2021 Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

2020 BFA Show 2020, Serving the People, Virtual Exhibition

Spring Undergraduate Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL

2019 For the Time Being: Conversations on the Familiar, Group Exhibition, ACRE Projects,
Chicago, IL

2017 Autograph Stateview Hotel, Permanent Installation, Raleigh, NC

2016 Denver Art Museum Selected Works Show, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

2015 Art.Write.Now. National Exhibition, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons School of
Design at The New School, New York City, NY; Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL;
Crazy Horse Memorial, Crazy Horse, SD-
Gold Medal Recipient

Congressional Art Show, U.S. Capitol Cannon Tunnel, Washington, D.C.- Grand Prize Recipient

Denver Art Museum Selected Works Show, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO