Ashley Thayer received a B.F.A. from The School of Visual Arts and an M.F.A. from Columbia University in New York, NY. She holds work in several art collections including the Saatchi Gallery in London, the Chicago Art Institute, and The Museum of the City of New York. Her work has been exhibited inthe U.S., England, and Japan. She has been an adjunct professor of photography at The School of Art and Art Professions at New York University, Columbia University, and The New York Institute of Photography.
She has photographed construction in and around New York City for the past five years.
Curriculum Vitae
Field of Specialization: Photography
Education:
2000 M.F.A. Columbia University, New York, NY
1997 B.F.A. The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Awards & Grants:
2007 The Steinhardt School of Education Adjunct Faculty Professional Development Fund
1997 Jack Smith Award, Hips Road Recording Company
1992 National Scholastics Award
Academic Employment:
Fall 2007-Spring 2008
Adjunct professor for The School of Art and Art Professions, New York University
Fundamentals of Photography - digital photography
Fall 2005-Spring 2007
Adjunct professor at The School of Art and Art Professions, New York University
Fundamentals of Photography - traditional black and white darkroom
Summer 2007 (second term)
Adjunct professor at The School of Art and Art Professions, New York University
Fundamentals of Photography- traditional black and white darkroom
Fall 2004-Spring 2005
Adjunct professor at The School of Visual Arts, Columbia University
Photo II
Summer 2000 (first and second term)
Adjunct professor at The School of Visual Arts, Columbia University
Photo I
Summer 1999 (first term)
Adjunct professor at The School of Visual Arts, Columbia University
Photo I
1999
Technical advisor for Skowhegan's color darkroom
1998-2000
Teaching Assistant, Columbia University
Manager(under department head) for the creation of color darkrooms for Columbia University
Non Academic Employment:
1997-present
Freelace photographer and video for events, weddings, headshots, musicians, and fashion
Solo Exhibition:
2007
"Salon Des Refuses", Sleep, Brooklyn, New York
Select Group Exhibitions:
2009
OBSESSIONS -取り憑かれている情熱- MEM, Osaka
2004
Marianne Boesky Gallery, Auction to benefit The Richard Foreman Hysterical Theatre
2003
“Innocence and Transgression", The Proposition, New York, NY September 2003
2001
Sundance Film Festival, group exhibition via Doubletake magazine at The House of Docs, Sundance Institute, Park City Utah
"How The West Was Won", CMC Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 2001
"The Sidewalk Never Ends", Chicago Art Institute, November, 2001
2000
"New York Now 2000" Museum of the City of New York
2000-2002
"Visualizing The Blues" Dixon Gallery, Memphis, TN, travelling exhibition
1998
"Associated” Kean College, New Jersey
1997
"New Narratives, New Talent", Lawrence Miller Gallery
Berlin Art Fair facilitated by Lawrence Miller Gallery
Publications:
2002 - World Series, NYLON Magazine
2001 - I Am A Camera, The Saatchi Gallery, Booth-Clibborn Editions
2001 - Bystander, Little, Brown and Company
2001 - Visualizing the Blues, The Dixon Gallery
1999 - 35 North, 90 West, Doubletake Magazine.
Collections:
Museum of the City of New York
Saatchi Gallery, London, England
Chicago Art Institute
