Ashley Lester
102 Bowery Street
Frostburg, Maryland
21532
518.335.5392
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Research interests include sculpture, ceramics, mark making, appropriation, and inventions relating to queerness in rural America.
EDUCATION
MFA Sculpture
University of South Florida
2020
BFA Sculpture
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
2017
Certification SMAW Structural Steel Welding
American Welding Society
2015 - Present
EMPLOYMENT
Frostburg State University - Lecturer of Sculpture and Director of the Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery
2020 - Current
University of South Florida - Instructor of Record
2017- 2020
Independent Contractor - English as a Second Language Teacher (virtual, ages 6-15)
2019 - 2020
Studio Technician - Sculpture
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY
2016 - 2017
Outside Art: Plattsburgh Public Art Project
Plattsburgh, NY
2015 - 2017
Art Instructor
Youth Advocacy Program
Plattsburgh, NY
2014 - 2016
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Show and Tell, Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University, August 2022
Pleasant Terminal, Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University, February 2021
Queer Sensibilities, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, Maryland, June 2021
Visual Arts Faculty Show, Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University November 2021
Fixin’ Stuff That Ain’t Broke, The Pet Shop, Omaha, Nebraska, May 2020
Battin' A 100, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida, April 2020
Food Fight, Carolyn Wilson Gallery, Tampa, Florida, February 2020
Phillip’s Head, Provo-Parker Gallery, Groton, Connecticut, January 2020
Stalls, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, Florida, December 2019
C’est Parfait!, Private Gallery, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, April 2019
Discount Crickets, Carolyn Wilson Gallery, Tampa, Florida, February 2019
Enriched Gluten, (Curator), Atelier Hey Gallery, Tampa, Florida, January 2019
Holoseksualni: Bum Bum, Spoldzielnia Ogniwo, Cracow, Poland, May 2018
Tailgate Projects: Salacious South, Art Basel (Satellite), Miami, Florida, December 2018
There From Here, Carolyn Wilson Gallery, Tampa, Florida, September 2018
Tailgate Projects: Fandom, ART-ifact Gallery, Lakeland, Florida, May 2018
Weird Science, The Waskowmium, Burlington, Vermont, May 2017
Showdown, The Borbi Gallery, Springfield, Massachusetts, March 2017
Fungus, Strand Art Gallery, Plattsburgh, New York, January 2017
Ox Bow, 30 City Gallery, Plattsburgh, New York, May 2016
This is a Hold Up!, Pop Up Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, May 2016
20,000 Volts, Myers Fine Arts Gallery, Plattsburgh, New York, May 2016
Dirty Laundry, Myers Fine Arts Gallery, Plattsburgh, New York, March 2016
BPM, Burke Gallery, Plattsburgh, New York, September 2015
SASES, University Art Museum, Albany, New York, January 2013
CrumbLicker, Rota Gallery, Plattsburgh, New York, March 2012
Cactus Legs, Forrence Gallery, Cliff Haven, New York, December 2011
AWARDS
Carolyn M. Wilson Scholarship
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
2018
4 Years Tuition Waiver Scholarships
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
2017-2020
Tony Papa Scholarship in Art
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY
2017
Nina Winkel Scholarship in Art
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY
2016
Jane Prescott Rowlson Scholarship in Art
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY
2015
PRESS
(print media including newspaper, magazine, exhibition catalog, and institution)
Battin' A 100
Contemporary Art Museum
Tampa, FL
Exhibition Catalog
Tampa Bay Times
January 15, 2020
Tampa, FL
Gandy Dancer Literary Magazine,
Volume 5.2, Spring 2017,
SUNY Geneseo,
Geneseo, NY
https://www.gandydancer.org/archives/vol-5-no-2/
SERVICE
Assistant to sculptor Cesar Cornejo
Creative Time
Miami, FL
November 2, 2018
Arts Acquisitions Committee (Chair)
Student Association
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY
January 2016 - January 2017
Campus Arts Council (Chair)
Art Department
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY
January 2016 - January 2017
Art Administration Committee (Chair)
Art Department
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY
January 2016 - January 2017
Vice President of the Arts
Student Association
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY
January 2016 - January 2017
Assistant to sculptor Alejandro Lacassie
Saranac Lake, NY
October 2015
Assistant to sculptor Michael Corigliano
Peru, NY
April 2013
INTERNSHIPS
Strand Center for the Arts
Assistant Museum Curator and Art Instructor
Plattsburgh, NY
March 1, 2014 - August 1, 2014
WORKSHOPS
Hope Ginsburg: Land Dive
Tarpon Springs, FL
February 2020
Nick Cave & Bob Faust: Identity and the Art of Introduction
Tampa, FL
October 2019
Intercollegiate Iron Pour
Salem Art Works
Salem, NY
October 2016
Intercollegiate Iron Pour
Salem Art Works
Salem, NY
September 2014
Intercollegiate Iron Pour
Salem Art Works
Salem, NY
September 2013