She received her BA from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts in 1985 and studied at The International Center for Photography in New York. Ashford’s work has been exhibited in “Picturing an Ethical Economy” in New York at Trinity Wall Street. Her work is in the collection of Women & Infants’ Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. Her work has also appeared in the “Editions/Artists’ Book Fair” at Cade Tompkins Projects, New York and at Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, Rhode Island.
Education
2010-2015
Classwork, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
1986
BA, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
1982
Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, MA
Select Exhibitions
2018
Vanishing Ice, Solo Exhibition Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Permanent Installation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, NYC
View Find 7, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2017
Cat Perkins, Southport, CT
Sunni Spencer, New York, NY
2016
United States Naval Observatory, Home of the Vice President, Joseph Biden, Washington, DC
Sea Star Beachwear, Southampton, NY
Reflections of Nature, Artful Living, Washington, DC
2015
Refresh, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Spirit of Water, Antique and Artisan Gallery, Stamford, CT
2012
Cade Tompkins Project, Swifty’s, New York, NY
Cade Tompkins Project, Arthamptons Fair, Bridgehampton, NY
2011
Cade Tompkins Project, Next Air Fair, Chicago, IL
Pulse: Late Night at the New World Symphony
2010
Elements of Nature, Cade Tompkins Project, Providence, RI
Picturing an Ethical Economy, Trinity Wall Street, New York, NY
Coleman Center for Creative Studies, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
Pink is the New Black, Cade Tompkins Project, New York, NY
2009
Cade Tompkins Project, Editions/Artist Book Fair, New York, NY
Save the Children: Photographs of Ethiopia, Gallery R’Pure, New York, NY
Online Features
2015
“To Do: Spirit of Water at the Antique and Artisan Gallery,” Tory Burch Daily Blog
“Spotlight on Penny Ashford,” Hanover Avenue
Ann Ainsley’s The Stylistic Blog
2012
“Meet the Photographer: Penny Ashford,” Tory Burch Daily Blog
Penny Ashford finds inspiration in nature and in particular, water and the abstracted movement, light and color of the sea. Literally immersed in her subject, Ashford employs an underwater camera, which changes the traditional horizon line from a straight horizontal line to a fluid and moving line. Extreme close ups of bubbles and eddies turn into abstracted forms with biomorphic structure and composition. Her camera is an extension of her eye and is carried with her on her travels to various locations in the world including Ethiopia where she created photographs for the Ethiopia Exhibition for Save the Children.
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VIEW FIND 7
January 26, 2018 — February 17, 2018
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VANISHING ICE: FROM THE ARCTIC TO ANTARCTICA: PENNY ASHFORD
July 12, 2018 to August 31, 2018