ASHAELANACASEY
Ashaelanajcasey@gmail.com
www.ashaelanacasey.com
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EDUCATION
2016 Corcoran School of Art & Design at George Washington University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Washington, DC
2016 Corcoran School of the Art & Design at George Washington University, Masters in Arts Teaching Credits, Washington,DC
2012 Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Visual Arts Certificate, Washington, DC
TEACHING
2023- Chair of Duke Ellington School of the Arts Visual Arts Department, Washington, DC
2022-23 Co-Chair of Duke Ellington School of the Arts Visual Arts Department, Washington, DC 2018-23 Founder and Program Manager of Studio74 Artist Program and Residency @ Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, DC
AWARDS
2023 Maryland Folklife Apprenticeship Grant, Maryland
2023 The Color Network | Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Fellowship, Gaitlinburg Tennessee
2022 Art Bank Grant, DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities, Washington DC
2020 Kraft Studios Grant, Washington DC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Traces of My Spirit, Mehari Sequar Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2017 When Watching God, Gallery 102- George Washington University, Washington D.C. 2017 Spirit Rises, Congress Heights Arts and Culture Center, Washington D.C.
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021 Down In My Soul: Ancestors, Rituals, and Contemporary Practice (with Lionel Frazier White III), Honfleur Gallery, Washington, DC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 U.S Department of State | Art in Embassies | Embassy Abidjan, Cote D’ivoire (curated by Imitaz Hafiz and Morgan Fox) 2022 DC Art Now 2022, DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC (The Nicholson Project) 2022 The Ties That Bind, IA&A Hillyer Art Gallery, Washington, DC (curated by Jarvis Dubois and Lauren Davidson) 2022 Rooted in Voyage, Band of Vices coLab, Los Angeles, California (curated by Thomas James)
2021 Repercussions: Redefining The Black Aesthetic, Eubie Blake Center, Baltimore, Maryland (curated by Thomas James)
2020 Cold hands, Warm heart: Myths of Black Womanhood, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, Maryland (curated by Deidre Darden)
2019 Pulling Together The Art of Teachers, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington DC (curated by Marta Stewart)
2018 Bright Futures, Studio Gallery, Washington DC 2018 We Got Next, DC Commission of Arts and Humanities, Washington D.C (curated by Deidre Darden)
2018 Elements that Define Us, Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center, North Brentwood, Maryland (curated by Martina Dodd)
2018 Blackbird Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, Baltimore, Maryland (curated by Alexis Dixon)
2017 Transformer 13th Annual Silent Auction and Benefit Party, Transformer Gallery/Katzen Arts Center at American University, Washington D.C.
2016 Art on the Vine, (curated by Jessica Stafford Davis feat. artists, Alexandria Smith, Charles Philippe Jean Pierre, David Antonia Cruz, Holly Bass, Jamea Richmond Edwards, Lina Iris Viktor, Nate Lewis, Vanessa German), Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
Exhibitions from 2015- 2016 omitted for brevity
PRINT MEDIA
2021 February Issue: East of the River Cover Image and Article
WEBSITE PUBLICATION
2021 Washington Post Exhibition Review
2021 February Issue: East of the River Cover Image and Article
2019 Brightest Young Things Feature: What it Means To Be An Artist and Art Teacher with Asha Elana Casey
2018 Brightest Young Things Feature: Inside the Artist Studio Asha Elana Casey
2017 Washington Post Exhibition Review
2017 Bmore Arts: Painting Ritual, and Other Worlds
2016 Washington City Paper: Art in Search of Redemption
TELEVISION/ VIDEO
2022 Ties That Bind, Artist Talk, Hillyer Art Gallery, Youtube
2020 Really Love Film; Netflix
2018 Spirit Rises, Interview with Angela Carroll, Youtube
2018 NBC Interview; Elements that Define Us, Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center, North Brentwood, Maryland (curated by Martina Dodd)
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2022 Art & The Ecstatic, National Museum of Women In The Arts, Washington, DC
2019 Torpedo Talks- Black Women Artists Matter, Fairfax Virginia
COLLECTIONS
2022 DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities
2012 Johnetta B. Cole
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2021 The Nicholson Project: Digital Artist Residency
2011 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, Colorado