Ashley Jonas (her, hers)
Lecturer in Foundations
Department of Art and Design
University of Dayton
3325 Catalpa Drive
Dayton OH 45405
937.716.7167
Education
2013 MFA, Ceramics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
2010 Post-baccalaureate Student, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2008 BFA, Ceramics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2001 AA, SantaFe College, Gainesville FL
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Not Knowing, University Galleries of Illinois State, Normal IL
2019 It was just a plan, a roof, some rain, Rosewood Art Center, Kettering OH
2018 It’s likely in front of you, Dutoit Gallery, Dayton OH
2017 Questions While Walking, Sinclair Community College Works on Paper Gallery, Dayton OH
A Still Life, Project 1612, Peora IL
it’s best to be a part of something, Dutoit Gallery, Dayton OH
2015 For the Rest of Real Life, Edison Community College, Piqua OH
Two + Three Person Exhibitions
2019 Sentimental and Not, Rueff Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN
Extra-terrestrial and Ordinary, Esvelt Gallery Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA
2017 Hers, Radial Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton OH
The Secrets We Keep, DVAC, Dayton OH
2016 Till Death Do Us Part, University of Minnesota, Regis West Gallery, Minneapolis MN
Selected Exhibitions
2021 Build It: Artists Creating Community in Ohio, Riffe Gallery,
Columbus OH
The Whole is Something Else, NCECA Concurrent Exhibition, Cincinnati OH
2019 Afterlight, Undercurrent, Brooklyn NY
2018 Fellows, Radial Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton OH
2017 Alumni Invitational, Santa Fe College, Gainesville FL
A Sense of Place, The Gertrude Hebbert Institute of Art, Augusta GA
2016 Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us) v.2, Boeckercontemporary, Heidelberg Germany
Small Favors XI, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA (invited artist)
2015 Still Life/the Potential of the Picturesque, NCECA Concurrent
Independent Exhibition, Provence Town PA
2014 Small Favors IX, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA (invited artist)
Aisthesis, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale CO
Fiction (with only daylight between us), University of
Dayton, Dayton OH
2013 Figure/Object, Time/Place, CU Art Musuem, Boulder CO
Love Stuff, The Neon Heater, Findlay OH
2012 Better Than Nothing, Grey Art Gallery, Williamsport PA
Growl, Pendleton Art Center, Middleton OH
2011 I Am Immortal, Un-smoke Systems, Braddock PA
Just What We Can Become Here, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville TN
8x8, Spark Artspace, Syracuse, New York
I Have No Rival 2, Street Level Video Projection, Findlay, Ohio
I Have No Rival, Video Projection over the city of Dayton, Ohio
2010 No Man Can Be My Equal, Coyne Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Experiment, Coyne Gallery, Syracuse NY
Gypsies, Pirates and Cowboys, Spark Artspace, Syracuse NY
2009 48 Days Work, SI Gallery, Interlochen MI
Abstraction, Izzie’s Art Gallery, Detroit MI
The Grand Family, Atlantic Gallery, Gainesville FL
2008 Schizzi, “the gallery” Reitz Union, Gainesville FL
Banquet, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece
Professional Experience
2022 Co-Founder and Co-Director of FUTURES : a national artist-run symposium, Dayton OH
Visiting Artist/Critic, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT
2021 Visiting Artist Lecture, University Galleries of Illinois State, Normal IL
2020 I Like Your Work Podcast, Interviewed by Erika Hess
2019 Panel and Symposium Member, Here Hear: Artist Run Spaces, The Wexner Center, Columbus OH
Visiting Artist Lecture, Columbia Basin College, Pasco WA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Wright State University, Dayton OH
2018 Panel Member, The Creative Life Symposium, Dayton OH
Author, Foto Focus Exhibition Essay Juan-Si Gonzlez
2017 Panel Moderator, The Influence of Instagram, NCECA Cross Currents, Pitsburgh PA
Lecturer of Fine Arts Foundations, University of Dayton, Dayton OH
Resident Artist and Visiting Instructor, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS
Co-Founder of The Blue House Gallery and Studios, Dayton, OH
Writer, Dayton City Paper, Dayton, Ohio
2016 Adjunct Professor-3-D Foundations, University of Dayton, Dayton OH
2015 Adjunct Professor-3-D Foundations, Wright State University, Dayton OH
Adjunct Professor-Ceramics, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
2010 Visiting Artist/Project Manager, Syracuse University Early Education and Day Care Center, Syracuse NY
Teaching Assistant to Peter Beasecker, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Teaching and Studio Assistant, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen MI
Studio Assistant to Anne Cofer, Syracuse NY
2009- Conservation Manager, Central Florida Office Plus, Gainesville FL
2003
Awards
2021 Montgomery County Special Projects Grant, Dayton OH
Monies awarded to fund FUTURES : a national artist-run symposium, Dayton OH
2017 Culture Works Artist Opportunity Grant, Montgomery County, Dayton OH
Monies awarded to fund 5 month artist residency in Manhattan KS
2013 Professional Development Grant, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder CO
Monies awarded to assist with art project based on merit of proposal and artwork.
Albert K. Murray Grant, Albert K. Murray Private Educational Fund, Adamsville, OH
Monies awarded to assist with fine arts education based on merit of artwork.
Arts and Sciences Dean’s Award, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder CO
Original artwork selected to be printed on all correspondence from the Arts and Sciences Dean’s office, prize money awarded.
2012 Professional Development Grant, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder CO
Monies awarded to assist with art project based on merit of proposal and artwork.