Ashley Kouri
Phone number: (330) 571 0705 | Email: kouriphoto@gmail.com | Website: https://www.ashleykouri.com
Education
2015-2019 BFA in Photography, University of Akron, Akron, OH.
2021-MFA in Photography and Integrated Media, Ohio University, Athens, OH.
Certificates
Visual Arts Management, Ohio University, Athens, OH.
Solo Exhibitions
2024-
-Art Residency Exhibition, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH.
-Reflections of an Iconoclast, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH.
2019-
-Morior, Bluff Blue Door Gallery, Akron, OH.
Group Exhibitions
2026-
Re:collection, Float Photo Magazine in Collaboration with the Peter J Cohen Collection, https://www.floatmagazine.us/online-exhibitions/exhibitions/recollection
2025-
Portrait of the Artist, Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, OH.
Faculty Exhibition, Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, OH.
2024-
1st Annual ActLoCLE Juried Exhibition, actlocle.org.
2022-
WideOpen: Excellence in Photography, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH.
Still Uncertain, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH.
2021-
Notable Uncertainties, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH.
Fleeting Moments: Temporality and the Still Life, Analog Forever, Online Exhibition.
Self, Lose the Film, Published Zine.
Did That Just Happen? Don’t Smile, Online, Published Zine.
Untitled. Darkside Collective, Online, Zine.
National Tarot Day, Olde World Emporium, Santa Clarita, CA
2020-
Light, Analog Forever, Online Exhibition.
Irreplaceable Resources, Lose the Film, Published Zine.
Still Life. Alternative Exposures. Loosen Art, Rome, Italy.
2019-
-83rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, OH.
2018 -
- 82nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, OH.
-The Cue Brand second Annual Immersion Exhibition, Akron, OH.
-School’s Out Forever, Don’t Smile, Online, Published Zine.
-Lore, Specto Art Space, Bridgewater, VA.
2017-
Ceramics Exhibition, Projects Gallery, Akron, OH.
Awards and Scholarships
2024-
1st Annual ActLoCLE Juried Exhibition, Third Place, actlocle.org.
2022-
WideOpen: Excellence in Photography, Juror’s Choice, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH.
2019-
Lore, Honorable Mention, Specto Art Space, Bridgewater, VA.
2018-2019-
Danison Memorial Scholarship.
2015-2019-
Student Success Scholarship.
Screenings
2024-
Athens International Film + Video Festival, Athens, OH.
2023-
Athens International Film + Video Festival, Athens, OH.
Publications
2026-
Re:collection, Float Photo Magazine in Collaboration with the Peter J Cohen Collection.
2022-
The Post, Interview, Athens, OH, Online/Print Newspaper.
WideOpen: Excellence in Photography, Show Catalog, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH.
2021-
Self, Lose the Film, Published Zine.
Did That Just Happen? Don’t Smile, Online, Published Zine.
2020-
Irreplaceable Resources, Lose the Film, Published Zine.
2019-
Don’t Smile, Published Zine.
2016-2018-
The Devil Strip, Magazine, Akron, OH.
Curation
2023-
Gesture of the Still Image, Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, OH.
2019-
Sworn to the Dark, Black Market Records, Cleveland, OH.
Collections
-Danison Memorial permanent collection.
Job Experience
2016-Current- Freelance Photographer
2025-Current- University of Akron, Akron, OH, Assistant Lecturer
2021-2024- Ohio University, Athens, OH, Instructor of Record.
2022-2024- Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, OH, Graduate Assistant to the Registrar.
2020-2021-Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH, Gallery Assistant.
2016-2019- The Devil Strip Magazine, Akron, OH, Freelance Photographer, Published Photographer.
2014-2017- Genna Cameron Photography, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Intern, Assistant.
2011-2013- Recording Studio, Akron, OH- Intern, Photographer.