ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ashley Blazer (b. 1986) is a self-taught, American contemporary painter and sculptor working in Austin, Texas.
Blazer’s work grapples with the complex relationship between nature and human beings. Using paint, recycled textiles and other found materials, Blazer creates paintings that combine heavy texture and nuanced color palettes, with instinct-driven compositions that often occupy the liminal space between the second and third dimension. - much like the “gray area” . She employs earthy and vivid colors and organic textures and forms to create works that embody harmony, tension, dichotomies and interconnectedness.
combines heavy texture, nuanced color palettes and intuition-driven forms
Blazer attended the Savannah College of Art and Design and Sewanee: The University of the South (BA). She has worked as a professional artist since 2018, supporting her practice through continued education at The New York Studio School and The Art Students League of New York.
Blazer’s work is held in private collections around the world, and has been selected by jurors for a variety of exhibitions throughout Texas and the southeastern United States.