Education
MFA Photography, Minor Intermedia/Book Arts, Texas Woman’s University
BFA Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design
Solo/Two/Three Person Exhibitions
2023
Glimmers of the Hidden and Seen, The Light Factory Photo Arts Center, two-person exhibition with Dionna Bright
Surface of the Possible, Day and Night Projects, two-person exhibition with Stephanie Dowda DeMer
2021
Cycles, Slow Exposures, Zebulon, GA
2019
Body and Identity, Jeonju International Photography Festival, Jeonju, South Korea (with Rebecca Drolen, Rana Young, and June Lee)
2018
Visions of Venus, 500X, Dallas, TX, two-person exhibition with Ashley Whitt
2016
The Private Lives of Women: Handmade Artist’s Books, 500X, Dallas, TX two-person exhibition with Sheryl Anaya
2015
Solo, Questions of Origin, Slow Exposures, Concord, GA
2014
Solo, Questions of Origin, Janette Kennedy Gallery, South Side on Lamar, Dallas, TX
Master of Fine Art Graduating Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2013
Borderlands, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, two-person exhibition with Adam Neese
Selected Group and Juried Exhibitions
2021
A Yellow Rose Project, Spectra Art Gallery, the University of New Mexico, (Curated by Meg Griffiths and Frances Jakubek)
2019
The Watch, MINT Gallery and Atlanta Celebrates Photography Auction, Atlanta, GA (Curator: Mary Stanley, Independent Curator, Atlanta, GA)
Collective Voices, Hazel Modella Gallery, Stillwater, OK (Curators: Abbey Hepner and Leslie Martina, Co-Founders of Creative Advocacy)
Break A Leg: Performance-based and Constructed Imagery, Photo-Emphasis (online) and Sugar Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (Juror: Rebecca Drolen, artist, Fayetteville, AR)
2017
Collective Experiences, Chiang Mai Art Museum in conjunction with the Chiang Mai Photography Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand
(Curator:Patricia Lois Nuss, artist, Orlando, FL)
35th Annuale Art Auction, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
2016
Vanitas, Loosen Art, Cagliari, Italy
Annual 8, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC (Juror: Anna Walker Skillman, Gallery Owner, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA)
Combined Caucus Exhibition, Society for Photographic Education, Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, NV and Living Arts, Tulsa, OK
(Juror: Aline Smithson, artist, Los Angeles, CA)
Where We Are Going, Where We Have Been, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Jurors: Micah and Whitney Stansell, artists, Atlanta, GA)
Family Ties: South Carolina Women Photographers, McKissick Museum, Columbia, SC
2015
National Photography Fellowship Developed Work, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS
Sensuous Worlds, Eastfield College Gallery, Mesquite, TX (Curator: Iris Betchtol, Gallery Director)
Southeast Regional Juried Photographic Exhibit, Lee Gallery, Clemson, SC and Center for Visual Art, Greenville, SC (Juror: Byron Wolfe, artist and Associate Professor and the Program Director of Photography at the Tyler School of Art)
Rural Impressions, New York Center for Photography, New York, New York (Juror: Frank Meo, Founder of The Photo Closer)
SELECT 2015: Washington Project for the Arts 34th Annual Art Auction Exhibition & Gala, Artisphere, Arlington, Virginia
(Curator: Sarah Kennel, Associate Curator, Department of Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C)
2014
Breaking Ground: Contemporary Photography at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia (Curator: Eliot Dudik, artist and Visiting Professor, the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia)
USC Faculty Exhibition, Tapp’s Art Center, Columbia, SC
Photography of the Rural South, Slow Exposures, Concord, GA (Jurors: Aline Smithson, artist, Los Angeles, CA and Alexa Dilworth, Director, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University)
Of Memory, Bone, and Myth, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead, MN (Juror: Maggie Taylor, artist, Gainesville, FL)
2013
Survey of the Plains, Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas (Juror: Terry Evans, artist, Kansas City, KA)
SPE South Central Members Show, College of the Mainland, Galveston, Texas
19th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
(Juror: Kathy Ryan, Photo Editor, New York Times Magazine, New York, NY)
Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
(Juror: Sarah Kennel, Associate Curator, Department of Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C)
What We Photograph, Mpls Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN (Juror: Cig Harvey, artist, Rockland, ME)
2012
New Crop, 500X, Dallas, TX (Jurors: Barry Whistler, Gallery Owner, Barry Whistler Gallery and Allison V. Smith, artist, Dallas, TX)
re:NOUN, an exhibition of persons, places, and things, Westobou Festival, Old Academy of
Richmond County, Augusta, GA (Curator: Nancy Solomon, Independent Curator, New York, NY)
Portfolio Showcase, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA (Juror: Dan Estabrook, artist, Chicago, IL)
Plastic Fantastic III, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR (Juror: Susan Burnstine, artist, LA, CA)
PhotoPlace Open, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Juror: Kyohei Abe, Director, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, Detroit, MI)
Intimacy and Voyeurism, in conjunction with Society for Photographic Education, RayKo Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Juror: Todd Hido, artist, San Francisco, CA)
ONWARD Compe, Basho Projects, Philadelphia, PA (Juror: Todd Hido, artist, San Francisco, CA)
2011
Echoes of the Sublime, in conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Curator: Stephanie Dowda, artist, Richmond, VA)
2010
Vernissage et Exposition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste, France
Curatorial Projects
2024 - 2025 (upcoming)
Experiments in Utopia, Sarah Hobbs, Curator, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, GA (2024)
from within, so together, Mona Bozorgi and Tokie Rome-Taylor, Curator, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, GA (2025)
2012 - 2019
Founding Editor, Light Leaked, www.lightleaked.com
2018
Bridging Division, Curator, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
Including works by Rania Matar, Priya Kambli, Lissa Rivera, Melissa Kreider, and Zora Murff
2017
The Subconscious Issue, Editor and Interviewer, Light Leaked, October 31, 2017. Exhibition curated by Ashley Whitt. http://www.lightleaked.com/october-the-subconscious.html
Travel & Discovery Issue, Editor and Curator, Light Leaked, August 26, 2017. http://www.lightleaked.com/august-travel--discovery.html
Alternative Reality, Curator, Float Photo Magazine, June 2, 2017. http://www.floatmagazine.us/alternativereality
Constructing Narrative Issue, Editor, Light Leaked, May 13, 2017. Exhibition curated by Dana Stirling and Yoav Friedlander. http://www.lightleaked.com/exhibition-constructing-narrative.html
The Female Gaze, Curator, Don't Smile, April 11, 2017.
http://dont-smile.com/exhibitions-1/2017/4/11/the-female-gaze-portraits
Process Alternative Issue, Editor, Light Leaked, March 11, 2017. Exhibition curated by Claire A. Warden and David Emitt Adams. http://www.lightleaked.com/march-process-alternative.html
Portfolio Issue, Editor, Light Leaked, January 14, 2017. Exhibition curated by Dr. Terry Barrett
http://www.lightleaked.com/january-portfolio.html
2016
America Issue, Editor, Light Leaked, November 12, 2016. Exhibition curated by Roger May
http://www.lightleaked.com/november-america.html
Direct Positive: Polaroids Issue, Editor and Co-Curator with Jen Ervin, Light Leaked, September 10, 2016. http://www.lightleaked.com/exhibition-direct-positive.html
2015
Tall Tales: an investigative look into the surreal, Co-Curator with Caitie Moore and Erica Durham, physical and online exhibition, Canopy Collective, Cleveland, OH and www.lightleaked.com, December 3, 2015. http://lightleaked.blogspot.com/2015/12/tall-tales-investigative-look-into.html
2014
The Poetic Narrative, Co-Curator with Ethan Fogus, Oranbeg Press (online), November 21, 2014. http://oranbegpress.com/11
Selected Publications
2023
"Gravity" Brink, Print. No. 6 Fall 2023. pg 78-89.
2020
Five Points, Print. July 2020. Cover and spread. http://fivepoints.gsu.edu/issue/five-points-vol-20-no-1/
"Ashley Kauschinger: Cycles and Lensclass" Lenscratch, March 30, 2020. http://lenscratch.com/2020/03/ashley-kauschinger-lensclass/
"Ashley Kauschinger" Catalyst Interviews, March 25, 2020. https://www.catalystinterviews.com/interviews/2020/3/25/ashley-kauschinger
2019
Issue 122, 11th Anniversary Issue, Fraction Magazine, May 2019. http://www.fractionmagazine.com/ashley-kauschinger
2018
“Women on Women” Focal Plane Journal No. 5, Print. July, 2018.
"Project Spotlight: In Her Own Right" Photo - Emphasis, February 23, 2018. www.photo-emphasis.com/artists/ashley-kauschinger-2018
2017
"Publishing to the Public: Several Case Studies Regarding Contemporary Photobook Publishing in America," Chinese Photography Magazine, April 2017. 121.
No. 4 Summer 2017,” Southern Glossary, July 2017. 32 - 33.
Meg Griffiths, “Ashley Kauschinger: The States Project: South Carolina” Lenscratch, July 19, 2017. http://lenscratch.com/2017/07/ashley-kauschinger-the-states-project-south-carolina/
2016
Ryan Sparks, “Ashley Kauschinger,” Southern Glossary, November 11, 2016.
http://southernglossary.com/index/2016/11/11/ashley-kauschinger
“Daily: (3) Curators’ Picks,” Happenings CLT, September 21, 2016.
https://happeningsclt.com/2016/09/21/daily-3-curators-picks/
2015
Kory Jean Kingsley, “Photographer Ashley Kauschinger,” Booooooom, July 6, 2015.
http://www.booooooom.com/2015/06/17/photographer-ashley-kauschinger/#more-65998
“Ashley Kauschinger Interview,” 365 Artists 365 Days, July 2, 2015.
http://365artists365days.com/2015/07/02/ashley-kauschinger-columbia-south-carolina/
“Ashley Kauschinger,” FotoFilmic, June 28, 2015.
http://fotofilmic.com/?portfolio=ashley-kauschinger-columbia-sc-united-states
2014
Tom Griggs, “Editing with Ashley Kauschinger,” Fototazo, August 19, 2014. http://www.fototazo.com/2014/08/editing-with-ashley-kauschinger.html
Grant Gill, “Interview with Ashley Kauschinger: Questions of Origin,” Lenscratch, June 2, 2014. http://lenscratch.com/2014/06/ashley-kauschinger-questions-origin/
Michal Fanta, “Interview: fotografka Ashley Kauschinger,” Odcloneno, June 16, 2014. http://www.odcloneno.com/blog/2014/6/16/interview-fotografka-ashley-kauschinger-mym-dlouhodobym-cile.html
2013
Andy Adams, “The Collection: Ashley Kauschinger,” Flak Photo, May 22, 2013. http://flakphoto.com/photo/ashley-kauschinger-hour-hand
Christy Karpinski, “Open Theme Issue # 58,” F-Stop Magazine, April-May, 2013. http://www.fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/58/index.html
Allison Zavos, “Texture Group Show,” Feature Shoot, March 4, 2013. http://www.featureshoot.com/2013/03/feature-shoot-group-show-photos-showing-texture/
2012
“Photo Annual,” Photo District News, June, 2012. 155.
Aline Smithson, “Ashley Kauschinger: Hot Skin,” Lenscratch, April 6, 2012. http://lenscratch.com/2012/04/ashley-kauschinger/
“Go Indie,” Emerging Photographer, Spring 2012. 43.
2011
“Photo Contest 2011,” Editor’s Pick, National Geographic,
South Atlantic Review, Summer 2011. Cover.
“Man As Object, Reversing the Gaze,” SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Selected Lectures/Presentations/Radio
2020
Member's Show Juror Talk , The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
2019
"ACP One's to Watch" Young Collector's Club Brunch, Atlanta, GA
2018
“Bridging Division: Curator’s Talk”, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
2017
“Coffee Talk Series,” Invited Speaker, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Invited Speaker, Unity College, Unity, Maine
“Ashley Kauschinger: Breaking Artist Block,” Master Lecture Series, Maine Media Workshops, Rockport Opera House, Rockport, Maine
2016
“Ashley Kauschinger: Artist Talk,” The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
2015
“Questions of Origin”, Imagemaker Presentation, Society for Photographic Education, Southeast Regional Conference, Greenville, SC
Celeste Headlee, Panel, On Second Thought, GPB Radio, Atlanta, GA, October 12, 2015.
https://soundcloud.com/onsecondthought/full-show-october-12-2015
“Questions of Origin,” Panel with Karen Lacey and Celeste Headlee, Slow Exposures, Concord, GA
2014
“Editing an Online Magazine,” Invited Speaker, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2013
“Effective Titling,” Invited Speaker, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
“Symbols, Mythology and the Photograph,” Creative Arts and Sciences Symposium,
Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
2011
“Echoes of the Sublime,” Artist Talk, Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Selected Awards
2020
International Photography Grant, Nominee
2015
Adjunct Instructor Scholarship Award, Society for Photographic Education, Southeast Region
Shortlist ’15, FotoFilmic
2014
Paul Conlan First Prize, Slow Exposures, Concord, GA
Critical Mass Finalist, Photolucida, Portland, OR
2013
Third Place Winner, Lenscratch
Grady's Barger Gardner Endowment, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2012
Student Winner, Photo Annual, Photo District News
Marie Delleney Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Art, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Helen Haddix Deiker and Robert W. Deiker Endowment Fund, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Lifestyle Winner, Go Indie Photo Contest, Photo District News
2011
Joyce Elaine Grant Scholarship, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Professional Service / Portfolio Reviewing
2024
Exhibition Committee, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
2018
Professional and Student Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Philadelphia, PA upcoming March 2018
2017
Portfolio Reviewer, Portfolio Throwdown, The Light Factory in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Professional and Student Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Orlando, FL
2016
Portfolio Reviewer, Portfolio Throwdown, The Light Factory in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Student Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Las Vegas, NV
Combined Caucus Exhibition Committee Representative, Society for Photographic Education, National Women’s Caucus
2015
Student Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, New Orleans, LA
2014
October - December 2014, USC PhotoFest Committee, University of South Carolina
Student Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education, Southeast Regional Conference, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC
September – May 2013, Secretary, Photographic Artist Collation, Texas Woman’s University
2013
March, Education Coordinator, Booth 50 book project, Society for Photographic Education 50th Conference, Chicago, IL
Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Publication Coordinator, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Website designer for exhibition, and general coordinator of media and publications
2012
Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Artists Relations Coordinator, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Collections
Sir Elton John Collection, Atlanta, GA
Vanderbilt University, Heard Library, Special Collections
Private Collections
