Artist Biography :
Ashley Bohne (she/her) is a fiber and metal artist working out of Milwaukee, WI. She graduated in 2023 with a BFA with a dual focus in Fiber and Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her love for fiber and interest in handcraft began at a young age when she learned how to sew from her grandma. Using traditional fiber craft techniques, such as weaving, quilting, embroidery, and crocheting, she looks to subvert the exploitation of these techniques through ideas of preservation. Using the presumed aesthetics of fragility and beauty through material choices, such as floral laces and finely woven linens, she highlights the shared experiences of womanhood and textile practices.
Her work has been displayed throughout Wisconsin, most recently in From A to B at Evil Twins Gallery in Milwaukee, as well as the TMA Contemporary at the Trout Museum of Art in Appleton, WI. Outside of the state, her work has traveled to San Diego for Missing Twin at the 2024 SNAG Conference, as well as North Carolina, where she attended two Residencies at Penland School of Craft. Most notably, in 2023, Ashley was awarded the Windgate-Lamar Fellowship, allowing her to travel worldwide to research the process of flax to linen. Currently, she works as the Exhibition Support/Production Assistant at the Racine Art Museum.
More about me
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2023, Bachelor of Fine Arts, dual-focus: Fibers, Jewelry and Metalsmithing, Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
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2025
Penland School of Craft Winter Residency, Bakersville, NC
2024
Penland School of Craft Winter Residency, Bakersville, NC
2023
Windgate-Lamar Fellowship, Center For Craft, Ashville, NC
Makers!23 Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Juror’s Choice Award 3rd Floor Gallery, Kenilworth Square East, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
50th Annual Juried Show- 1st Runner Up, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Arts Center Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Kesslers Sparkle Scholarship, Kesslers Diamonds, Milwaukee, WI
GMF Dorothy & Ruth Smith Fund, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2022
Jewelry and Metalsmithing Fund, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI,
2021
49th Annual Juried Show, Union Art Gallery Permanent Collection, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Fredrick R Layton Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
PSOA Provost Merit Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
UWM Chancellor Scholarship Part 2, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2020
UWM Chancellor Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
PSOA Provost Merit Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
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2025
From A to B, Evil Twins Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2024
The Missing Twin, Adorned Spaces: SNAG Conference, San Diego, CA
30x30x30, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
202330x30x30, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Flatten, Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts x Fredrick Avenue Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
TMA Contemporary, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
Makers!23 Annual Juried Student Exhibition, 3rd Floor Gallery, Kenilworth Square East, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
50th Annual Juried Show, Arts Center Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Fiber // Form, KSE 3rd Floor Gallery, 3rd Floor Gallery, Kenilworth Square East, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2022
Contemporary Craft Exhibition and Sale, Inova Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
High Fiber, Jazz Center Gallery of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Crossing Over, Art Center Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Woven Images, KSE 3rd Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Makers22! Annual Juried Student Exhibition, KSE 3rd Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Sophomore/Junior Scholarship Competition, Art Center Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2021
Contemporary Craft Exhibition and Sale, Inova Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
49th Annual Juried Show, Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Makers!21 Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI,
2020
First Year Exhibition, Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
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2023Classroom Assistant, Color on Metal with Erica Meier, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Living Lab Internship, Smokey House Center, Danby, VT
Goldsmithing Internship, Kessler’s Diamonds, Germantown, WI
2022-2023
Research Assistant to Yevgeniya Kaganovich, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2022
Instructor, Tapestry Workshop, Studio Arts and Crafts Center, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Instructor, Stained Glass Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Studio Arts and Crafts Center, Milwaukee, WI
Sewing Machine Workshop, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee Studio Arts and Crafts Center, Milwaukee, WI
Crocheting Workshop, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee Studio Arts and Crafts Center, Milwaukee, WI
Classroom Assistant, Intro to Jewelry & Metalsmithing with Erica Meier, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
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2025
League of Milwaukee Artists Visiting Artist, Milwaukee, WI
2023
Flax & Linen Artist Talk- Linen Biennale, Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Bohne, Ashley. Irish Linen: An Oddessy from Milwaukee, Linen Biennale Northern Ireland,
15th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, University Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI