Ashley Neese |One (Atlanta, Change and Coming Full Circle) | CD, cover [2007]

Ashley Neese regularly turns herself inside out to see where it will take you. One (Atlanta, Change and Coming Full Circle) continues this approach, bringing her own childhood memories to bear on the dilemmas presented by changing city landscapes. In this work, Neese gifts a sound portrait of the city in which she grew up—a directed rush to document monuments to her youth, to her varying degrees of happiness and unhappiness, to the idea that when the places we remember being cease to be, we’re left alone somehow. Her stories of Atlanta and home swing into action, reminding us of our own well-worn tales and the physical spaces that serve as provocation and demand for our memories.

Exhibition Text: Shana Agid

Ashley Neese grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. She was born on a cold winter morning in 1980. She loves her family and wishes they were not so far away. Ashley moved to San Francisco, California in August of 2003 to go to graduate school. To this day she is unsure how she got accepted and tends to think they made a mistake in choosing her. Ashley has been making art in various media since she was a little girl. She has always has a strong desire to connect with the world. At times this desire has made her do things normal people would think crazy just to connect with those around her or those just out of reach. She has two cats, Franklin and Falcore that keep her very busy. She adores the family she has created in the city by the bay. Ashley gets her inspiration from those around her. She cries just as much as she falls in love and she hopes one day to learn to speak Spanish. Ashley is one of the founders of You Can Have It All.

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