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Ashley JanuaryKelli, Kendra, and their daughters, 2024Oil and oil stick on linen182.9 x 243.8 cm
72 x 96 in.Courtesy of Cynthia Corbett GalleryCopyright The Artist -
Ashley JanuaryIn memory of Baby Roland, 2024Oil and oil stick on linen (unstretched)218.4 x 177.8 cm
86 x 70 in.Courtesy of Cynthia Corbett GalleryCopyright The Artist -
Ashley JanuaryPreeclampsia affects 1 in 25 pregnancies in the US, 2024Oil on linen (diptych)76.2 x 121.9 cm
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Ashley JanuaryWe know our bodies better than anyone, 2022Oil and oil stick on panel91.4 x 61 cm
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Ashley JanuaryChemical pregnancy, 2022Oil, acrylic, modeling paste on linen101.6 x 76.2 cm
40 x 30 in.Courtesy of Cynthia Corbett GalleryCopyright The Artist -
Ashley JanuaryJetaun and Olivia, 2023Oil, acrylic and oil stick on panel50.8 x 50.8 cm
20 x 20 in.Courtesy of Cynthia Corbett GalleryCopyright The Artist -
Ashley Januarybefore triage, before emergency cesarean, 2022Oil on panel61 x 45.7 cm
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Ashley JanuaryBP dream study, 2022Oil on linen35.6 x 27.9 cm
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Ashley JanuaryFierce Love Study, 2024Acrylic on linen35.6 x 27.9 cm
14 x 11 in.Courtesy of Cynthia Corbett GalleryCopyright The Artist -
Ashley JanuaryThe Roland Family study, 2024Oil on linen35.6 x 27.9 cm
14 x 11 in.Courtesy of Cynthia Corbett GalleryCopyright The Artist -
Ashley JanuaryLoss, 2022Oil on linen35.6 x 27.9 cm
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Ashley JanuaryBP still life study, 2022Oil on linen30.5 x 22.9 cm
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Ashley JanuaryKyle and Quinn Study , 2024Diptych, Gouache on paper28.6 x 21 cm
11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.Courtesy of Cynthia Corbett GalleryCopyright The Artist
ASHLEY JANUARY
b. 1987, Rantoul, Illinois, USA
Ashley January creates contemporary paintings informed by her maternal experience. Exploring themes of preeclampsia, premature birth, and birth trauma, her newest body of work continues to address the Black maternal mortality and morbidity crisis in America. She lives in Chicago with her family while working from home and her studio at Mana Contemporary.
Ashley became the first recipient of the Women’s Caucus for Art, 2022 Emerging Artist Award, and was selected as a finalist for the 2022 Artadia Chicago Award. In January 2023, Ashley had the second installment of her solo exhibition, Human | Mother | Black, at WesternIllinois University. Most recently, her works were featured in the New York group show, Fruits ofLabor: Reframing Motherhood and Artmaking at Apex Art. She was invited to participate in the Unit London (Voices) online group exhibition Naissance/Re-Naissance.
She was also included in the London Art Fair Platform curation through Cynthia Corbett Gallery. Additionally, Tufts University School of Medicine's Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice, acquired paintings from her series. Her works have been exhibited in numerous venues including, The Young Masters Autumn Exhibition in London, UK; the South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, IL; Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL; SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA; the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL; Viridian Artists Inc, New York, NY; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; Pacific Art Foundation, Newport Beach, CA; and the Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA. Recently, she was featured in the January 2023 issue ofLuxe Interiors + Design Chicago magazine.
Her paintings have also been featured in the television series, Kings of Napa, on OWN. In 2018, she was selected as a first-place award winner at the Woman Made Gallery’s Midwest Open in Chicago. In 2017, Ashley won the Beverly Bank Best of Show Award at the Beverly Arts Center’s juried competition. When asked about her sentiments towards Ashley’s work and practice, Dr. Joy West, MD, Obstetrician/Gynecologist at Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, said, “It is fitting that your work, now installed at Roseland Hospital, will reach the women most impacted by birth trauma; the underserved, the systematically excluded, the forgotten. They will be uplifted simply by seeing themselves in your beautiful art. I’m certain of this. Thanks for creating and sharing all aspects of Human | Mother | Black.”
Ashley will be featured in the group show, Neighbors, South Shore Arts (2024), curated by Dorman + Torluemke from January 19 - March 16. Ashley earned her MFA in Painting from the Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach,CA in 2017 and her BS in Communication with an Advertising concentration and Minor in Studio Art from Bradley University, Peoria, IL in 2009.
Ashley will showcase paintings with Cynthia Corbett Gallery from her new series, Environments of a Heavy Joy, at EXPO Chicago in April (2024).
Ashley January is represented internationally by Cynthia Corbett Gallery.
b. 1987, Rantoul, Illinois, USA
Ashley January creates contemporary paintings informed by her maternal experience. Exploring themes of preeclampsia, premature birth, and birth trauma, her newest body of work continues to address the Black maternal mortality and morbidity crisis in America. She lives in Chicago with her family while working from home and her studio at Mana Contemporary.
Ashley became the first recipient of the Women’s Caucus for Art, 2022 Emerging Artist Award, and was selected as a finalist for the 2022 Artadia Chicago Award. In January 2023, Ashley had the second installment of her solo exhibition, Human | Mother | Black, at WesternIllinois University. Most recently, her works were featured in the New York group show, Fruits ofLabor: Reframing Motherhood and Artmaking at Apex Art. She was invited to participate in the Unit London (Voices) online group exhibition Naissance/Re-Naissance.
She was also included in the London Art Fair Platform curation through Cynthia Corbett Gallery. Additionally, Tufts University School of Medicine's Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice, acquired paintings from her series. Her works have been exhibited in numerous venues including, The Young Masters Autumn Exhibition in London, UK; the South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, IL; Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL; SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA; the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL; Viridian Artists Inc, New York, NY; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; Pacific Art Foundation, Newport Beach, CA; and the Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA. Recently, she was featured in the January 2023 issue ofLuxe Interiors + Design Chicago magazine.
Her paintings have also been featured in the television series, Kings of Napa, on OWN. In 2018, she was selected as a first-place award winner at the Woman Made Gallery’s Midwest Open in Chicago. In 2017, Ashley won the Beverly Bank Best of Show Award at the Beverly Arts Center’s juried competition. When asked about her sentiments towards Ashley’s work and practice, Dr. Joy West, MD, Obstetrician/Gynecologist at Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, said, “It is fitting that your work, now installed at Roseland Hospital, will reach the women most impacted by birth trauma; the underserved, the systematically excluded, the forgotten. They will be uplifted simply by seeing themselves in your beautiful art. I’m certain of this. Thanks for creating and sharing all aspects of Human | Mother | Black.”
Ashley will be featured in the group show, Neighbors, South Shore Arts (2024), curated by Dorman + Torluemke from January 19 - March 16. Ashley earned her MFA in Painting from the Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach,CA in 2017 and her BS in Communication with an Advertising concentration and Minor in Studio Art from Bradley University, Peoria, IL in 2009.
Ashley will showcase paintings with Cynthia Corbett Gallery from her new series, Environments of a Heavy Joy, at EXPO Chicago in April (2024).
Ashley January is represented internationally by Cynthia Corbett Gallery.
