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BIO

Ashley’s recent series of sculptures has taken common everyday objects and transformed them to expresses the psychological, emotional and perceptual attachments we have with the objects surrounding us. In some of the works he has made a direct modification that denies the original use of the item rendering it non-functional, asking the viewer to re-evaluate it in its new state. In other works, additions have been made that reflect our own dysfunctions that we often project onto objects and everyday situations. By re-contextualizing familiar items the artist asks the viewer not to rely upon pre-determined definitions but to use their own personal experience to redefine each object and its meaning.

Born in Boston, raised in Seattle and now residing in Chicago artist Scott Ashley gained notoriety for his re-appropriation of everyday objects. Ashley has been exhibited nationally and internationally for over a decade. With BFA degrees in printmaking and sculpture from University of Washington and an MFA in New Art Forms from Pratt institute in New York, Ashley is also a director and curator at Perimeter Gallery located in Chicago’s River North Neighborhood.