Ashlie Benton

Ashlie Benton’s evocative paintings deploy a unique vocabulary of visual forms. Mysterious geometric symbols, suggestive traces of text, and expressive fragments of human anatomy.

The scattered, often fragmented nature of the images paired with the deliberate naivete of Benton’s drawing style has produced an oeuvre of apparent innocence, even vulnerability. The unpretentious nature of her work belies impressive sophistication.

BFA, California College of the Arts: Oakland, California 1992
University of California, Berkeley: Advanced Painting, Berkeley, California 2009

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
”Ashlie Benton: The Human in You” Cedarhurst Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL, October 2022 - January 2023
“My Own Face” Gitane, Menlo Park, California, March, 2013
“In Between” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California, March, 2012

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
”About Face” Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA: April 2023
“20th Annual Exhibition” National Arts Program, Santa Rosa, CA: February 2023
“Stretch Marks” projects+exhibitions, St. Louis, Missouri: September 2021
”They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” realART, Agoura Hills, CA: January 2020
“+ 1” Main Gallery Redwood City, CA: July 2018
“Hidden" Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA: January 2017
“Anne and Mark's Art Party 2016” Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA: September 2016
“Gravity of the Heart” ArtBrokers Gallery, San Rafael, CA: March 2016
Affordable Art Fair 2015, New York, NY: Spring 2015
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair 2015, Palm Springs CA: February 2015
Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, GA: January-February, 2015
“Creative in Common” de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA: September 2014-March 2015
“2014: Current Projects” Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA: September-October , ...