Ashley Blazer

Ashley Blazer is a primarily self-taught visual artist from The Plains, Virginia. Growing up in a rural setting, she established a profound connection to the natural world which now serves as a backdrop for ideological exploration in her work.

Blazer spent a year studying on scholarship at the Savannah College of Art and Design before earning a degree in International Studies from Sewanee: The University of the South (BA, 2010). She went on to pursue her interest in international aid and poverty eradication at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London (MSc, Development Studies, 2014). .

After relocating to New York from London, in 2018 Blazer embarked on a major career pivot, returning to artmaking with a new perspective on its power as a tool for affecting change. While in New York, she studied Josef Albers’ approach to color interaction at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. She continued her education in visual art at The Art Students League of New York.

Blazer’s artistic career has since led her from Brooklyn to Austin, Texas, where she currently lives and works.