Education

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art, South Asian Studies

Selected Exhibitions

Visual Arts

Nov. 25-Dec. 15, 2024, ‘Yogini’, Sandy Spring Museum, MD

Nov. 14 - Jan. 30, 2025 'Rooted Shadows', Rosenberg Gallery, MD

Sep. 11 - Dec.7, 2024, 'Asia in Maryland', Towson University Center for the Arts, MD

Mar. 28 - Apr. 2, 2023, ‘Veni: an Unweaving’ [solo] Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, CT

Sep. - Oct. 2022, ‘Creative Confluence’, Towson University Asian Arts and Culture Center, MD

Mar. 29 - Jul. 1 2019, ‘Intricate Layers Asia North Exhibit’, Motor House, MD

Performance

Dec. 15th 2024, "Yogini", Sandy Spring Museum, Olney, MD

May 31st, 2024, “Aikyam”, Asia North Festival, Motor House, Baltimore, MD

Jul. 24, 2023, Anapale International Dance Festival; Sita, Gentle Warrior, Athens, Greece

Jul. 1-2, 2023, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, National Mall, Washington DC

Apr. 22, 2023, “Sita,” Exhibition Opening, Walters Museum, Washington DC

Aug. 26, 2019, “Why the Trees Dance,” Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD

Aug. 4, 2019, “Awakening” [solo] Black Box Theatre, Silver Spring, MD

Jan. 27-28, 2017, “Weaving Life”, Dance Place, Washington DC

Nov. 21-22, 2015, “Sita, Gentle Warrior”, Dance Place, Washington DC

Collections

Private collection, New York, NY

Private collection, Middletown, CT

The Resource Center, Middletown, CT

Private collection, Severn, MD

Private collection, Cromwell, CT

Honors

Feb. 7, 2024, Hulley Foundation Special Project Grant, Hulley Foundation

May 2023, High Honors Thesis, Wesleyan University Dept. of Art and Art History

Dec., 2023, Jamie Hulley Stipend, Hulley Foundation

Apr. 2022, Critical Language Scholarship, American Councils

Professional Experience

https://www.linkedin.com/in/riya-ashby-aa1518209/