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Writer and a multidisciplinary creative entrepreneur living in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Inspired by the contemporary “flash-form” narrative—an art form that neither requires nor offers resolution—Johnson asks complex questions on black through staged portraits.
Johnson uses mix-media, performance, textile, live floral, woven and braided masks, to navigate themes within intra and interracial conflict, identity evolution, intergenerational impact, Southern femininity, studies of relative time as it relates to African American/feminine beauty practice and other psychosocial studies.
@hiaj
for treasures and letters:
Ashley Johnson
P.O. Box 17052
Winston-Salem, NC 27116
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Past Solo Exhibits
“Shadow Work” - The Java Project, Brooklyn, NY | April 29 - May 29, 2022
The Residency Project, Pasadena, CA | March 18, 2021 - August 31, 2021
Southern Idioms Presents: “Mark Yourself Safe” - Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC | January 16 - February 14, 2021
Bellarmine University Photography Biennial “Mark Yourself Safe” Louisville, Kentucky | October 11 - November 8, 2019
Hanesbrand Theatre Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC | July 23 - August 31, 2019
SoHo House x Buckhead Art & Company, Atlanta, GA | February 19, 2019 - Recap Here
“Reach", Central Gallery at Revolution Mill, Greensboro, NC | July 6 - August 12, 2018
Past Group Exhibits
“Bag(s) of Sand” - in conjunction with Affective Injustice Philosophy Conference - Sawtooth School for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC | May 27, 2022 - August 2022
“Imaginary Landscapes: Stories of the American South” - The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC | May 17 - August 27, 2022
“Reckoning and Resilience: North Carolina Art Now” - Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC | January 13 – July 10, 2022
“Cuttin' Up: The Black Culinary Experience" - VAE Raleigh, Raleigh, NC | May 19, 2022 - July 22, 2022
“The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity,” Forsyth County Public Library Winston-Salem, NC| February - March 2021
“Behind the Mask” - Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC), Los Angeles, CA - January 22 - March 13, 2021
“Winter Invitational,” Center for Visual Arts, Greensboro, NC | November 24, 2018 - January 9, 2019
All Call - Associated Artists, Winston-Salem, NC | October 5-30, 2018
Celebration of African American Art - Blissful Gallery and Studios, Winston-Salem, NC | June 1 - June 20, 2018
Work it Out - Studio 503, Greensboro, NC | December 2017
SeeMe Exhibitions x Chashama Gallery Presents: The Beauty of Humanity, Times Square, NY | June 2016
Other Exhibits
Camino, Greensboro, NC | September - December 2020
Cut Salon, Greensboro, NC | January 11 - August 2020
Cut Salon, Greensboro, NC | March 4 - May 1, 2018
Sawtooth Selects, Sawtooth School for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC | March 2016
Spring into Art - Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC | March 2013
News | Features
noissue | Feature - April 2023
Hypebeast, Triad City Beat, Yes Weekly, WXII, Local Today | Show Write-Up - November 2022
Yes! Weekly | May 2022
Winston-Salem Journal | Annual Recap - December 2021
Lulu & Georgia Artists Capsule - September 2021
Click Magazine x Fujifilm | Interview - September 2021
Hunker Home - May 2021
Framebridge | Feature - February 2021
ARTZENSTUFF| January 2021
Winston-Salem Journal | Solo-Show Write-up January 2021
Triad City Beat | January 2021
CulturePower Podcast | September 2020
VoyageATL | Interview - June 2020
Shotkit | Feature - April 2020
The Coastal Post | Remote Studio Visit - April 2020
All the Pretty Birds | Who’s Inspiring Us Right Now - December 2019
Triad City Beat | Interview - August 2019
Clickin’ Moms Blog - 100 Female Photographers to Watch in 2019 - January 2019
Call + Response Journal | Interview - January 2019
The Eddie Harris Show | Guest Interviewee S1, Ep.2 - November 2018
Irréalistes | Blog Feature - September 2018
Click Magazine - “20 Women Changing Photography" - September 2018
The Wildness | Review of “South" x “Hecatic Seance Q & A" - September 2018
The Coastal Post - Reach Review - July 2018
Triad City Beat | Interview - July 2018
CRWN Magazine Muse
Squarespace Circle International Newsletter Feature - March 2018
The Free Pizza Podcast | Interview - March 2018
Winston Salem Journal | Interview - December 2017
SeeMe x Squarespace | August 2016
The Coastal Post | Interview - June 2016
Published
Darling Magazine, photography; digital | November 2017
Fourteen Hills Press, photography; print | November 2016
“WOVEN: Nambi", photography; print The Coraddi, | 2016
“After Lily" and “Wayne", poems; print, The Coraddi | Spring 2011
“How Do I Write About the Rainbows?", poem; print, The Coraddi | Summer 2007