"This work is two fold, both everything I want in the world and a complete joke. Make-Out Toys, I feel reflects the duality of Night and Day. The piece is both satisfying and completely empty for me as an artist and woman. It services a need but doesn't fill the void. The work is also funny, laughable, yet underscored by sad tones. It flips between everything I want, and a sad reality of what is not there." 

Ashley recently graduated from the Massachusetts College of Design, with a BFA in sculpture. She lives and works in the Boston area.



Awards
2010 Crosby Award Honorable Mention Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Ma
2010 Book Award Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Ma

Exhibitions
2009 School Show Student Life Gallery Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
Juried Show 2009 Haystack Show Duran Gallery Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2010 This is Science, a two person show Arnheim Gallery Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2010 An Accumulation Open Square Gallery, Holyoke MA
2010 School Show Arnheim Gallery Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Juried show 2010 Senior Show Pain Gallery Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

Professional Work Experience
2010 Internship Elemental Threads, Cambridge, MA Product development, marketing, organization
2009 Sculpture Installation, Rick Brown’s Butterfly Effect Decordova Sculpture Park, Waltham, MA Reassembling an ever changing sculpture
2009 Neiman Marcus Sculpture Displays Neiman Marcus, Copley Square, Boston, MA Created sculptures made from books which were then donated to the greater Boston area
2009 Teaching Assistant for Sculpture Program Massachusetts College of Art and Design Instructor: Marc Holland Course: Concepts and Processes, Fall Semester
Fall 2007, 2008, 2009 MassArt Orientation Leader Leading a group of 15 freshman students through their first weeks at the college. Organizing events and activities to encourage bonding and comfort.

Education
2006-Present Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree May 2010 Major: Fine Arts 3D/Sculpture Studied with: Rob De Saint Phalle, Charles Stigliano, Matt Hincman