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Ransom Ashley
studio@ransomashley.com
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Biography

Born in Shreveport, LA , Ransom Ashley is a photographer, actor, and multidisciplinary creative. He attended Parsons The New School for Design in New York City where he was concentrating on photography and went on to receive his Bachelor of Science in Psychology. He has shown work internationally (in New York, London, Brighton and Budapest) and been included in shows at the New Britain Museum of American Art, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, and Masur Museum of Art, among others. He has also been featured in select publications such as Teen Vogue, Deadline, Wonderland Magazine, Metal Magazine, and Dazed and Confused Magazine. Ashley is currently working on a body of work exploring queer identities in the South while serving as creative director for two projects he founded: a design studio/shop Son of Rand and experimental fragrance studio SENSEUM.

Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

2022

November / Group Show / Vaughn Gallery / Austin, TX

November 5-20 / West Austin Studio Tour / The Commune / Austin, TX

2021

November 11-19 / West Austin Studio Tour / The Commune / Austin, TX

2019

January 20, 2019 - January 1, 2020 / The Peoples Gallery / Austin City Hall, Austin, TX

May 11-12, 18-19 / West Austin Studio Tour / The Commune / Austin, TX

November 16-17, 23-24 / East Austin Studio Tour / Canopy, The Space / Austin, TX

2018

“Art Takes Miami”/ December 6-8, 2018 / Art Basel / Miami Dome, Miami, FL

"Art Takes Times Square"/ July 7, 2018 / 4 Times Square, New York City

"Go _____ Yourself" / June 4 - June 27, 2018 / Firehouse Gallery / Baton Rouge, LA

"Faces" / May 25-June 24 ,2018 / Site: Brooklyn / New York, New York / (curated by Jacqueline Towers-Perkins)

"CS6" / May 11 - July 14, 2018 / Shreveport Regional Airport / Shreveport, LA

"Critical Mass 6" / March 3 - May 4, 2018 / Artspace Shreveport (curated by Alicia Eler)

"Off the Wall" / April 13 - April 20, 2018 / Masur Museum of Art / Monroe, LA

2017

November 5 - November 30, 2017 (solo)
"Unrest" / "Minicine?/ Downtown Shreveport (curated by David Nelson)

2016

"Texas National" / SFA Gallery / Nacogdoches, TX (curated by Abelardo Morell)

Masur Museum of Art / Monroe, LA (curated by Holly Hughes)

"Critical Mass 4" / Artspace Shreveport/ Shreveport, LA

"Toxic Masculinity" / Minicine? / Shreveport, LA / Group (curated by Ben Moss)

"What's Right, What's Left: Democracy in America" / Phoenix Gallery / NYC / Group (curated by Dr. Kathy Battista)

2015

"Motion" / PH21 Gallery / Budapest, Hungary
(curated by Coralie Fournier-Moris)

" Instamatic" / Don't Take Pictures / Online / Group

"Critical Mass 3" / Artspace / Shreveport, LA / Group

"Open" / One Eyed Jacks Gallery / Brighton, UK / Group (Curated by Gemma Padley- British Journal of Photography)

2014

"Alternative Lives" / Menier Gallery / London / Group (with catalogue)

"The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2014" / Fort Wayne Museum of Art / Fort Wayne, IN / Group

"Live Amateurs" / Mint Gallery / Atlanta, Ga / Group (curated by Craig Drennen)

"Critical Mass 2" / Artspace Shreveport / Group

2013

"Nor Easter" / New Britain Museum of American Art / New Britain / Group (curated by Lexi Lee Sullivan)

"After Dark" / Greg Moon Gallery / New Mexico / Group (curated by Stephanie Grilli)

"Ransom Ashley"/ Central Gallery/ Shreveport/ Group

"24th International Juried Exhibition" / Viridian Gallery / New York City / Group (curated
by Elisabeth Sussman - Whitney Museum of Art)

"Critical Mass" / Artspace Shreveport / Group

2012

Photofeast / Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries
NYC/ Group

Publications

Selected Print Publications

"Virgins", Wombat Paris, 2018.
"Imitation of Life", Loosen Art, 2017. "What's Right, What's Left: Democracy in America", Gutfreund Cornett Art, 2016.
"Dark Paradise", self-published, 2016.
"New Beginnings", F-Stop Magazine, 2015.
"Alternative Lives", Life Framer, 2014.

Press

Select Press

Teen Vogue, Metal Magazine, Dazed and Confused Magazine, The New York Times, Wonderland Magazine, Deadline, The Culture Trip, Slant, Salon, Milk, Sleek Magazine, Scoop, Broadway World, Sleek Magazine, Shreveport Times, The Eye of Photography, The 405, F-Stop Magazine, SB Fun Guide, Organiconcrete, The Tree Magazine, PhotoVogue Italia, FeatureShoot, We Are Selecters, Wall Street International, CryBaby, ThoughtCatalog, Parallel, Ignant, Phos Magazine, Dreck Magazine, Nailed Magazine, ANON Magazine, Lamono Magazine, Zeitjung, Archive Collective Magazine, Vectro Ave, Visceral.8 Magazine, Golden Boy, LIFO Magazine, Float Magazine, Wunderkind Magazine, Sticks and Stones, EWAT, The Gorgeous Daily, Konbini, The Forum, Positive Magazine, The Eye of Photography, Slippery Edge, Provokr, INDIE, Split Lip Magazine, Mangrove Journal, The Passed Note, Fashion Glossary UK, Graine De Photographe, Homesick Magazine, Almost Real Things, JPG Magazine, GUP Magazine, Yass Magazine, Spectrum South, ByGeorge, Voyage Houston, Murze Magazine, J Michael Magazine, The Fullest, Spark Magazine, .

Interviews

Selected Press and Interviews

Spark Magazine
interview

Murze Magazine
interview

By George
interview

Voyage Houston
interview

Spectrum South
interview

Gup Magazine
interview

Yass Magazine
interview

Wonderland Magazine
interview

JPG Magazine
interview

Mannase Magazine
interview