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Ashley Catharine Smith, Don’t think of her porous membrane, 2017
Hand embroidery on original film photograph
12" x 12"
Ashley Catharine Smith is a Philadelphia-based artist working in photography, video, and fibers. Smith earned her MFA in Photography, Video & Related Media from the School of Visual Arts. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States at the Griffin Museum of Photography (2025), Philadelphia’s City Hall (2024), the National Liberty Museum (2020), and the Delaware Art Museum (2018) among others. From 2021 through 2022 her work was part of the group exhibition, Textile Art of Today, which traveled to museums in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. She is currently Photography Program Head at Moore College of Art & Design.
Working primarily with self-portraiture, my work combines photography, fiber arts, and video to create visceral representations of intimacy in its many forms. My work is driven by my desire to understand how feeling rules and gender roles affect our interpersonal relationships and sense of self. It also aims to construct moments of closeness with the subjects of my photographs through their printed image. My practice reflects upon the complexity of relationships, and supports the idea that, for survival, our closest relationships need to be dissected and upended, while simultaneously given attention, softness, and care.
Ashley Catharine Smith, Don’t think of her porous membrane, 2017
Hand embroidery on original film photograph
12" x 12"
Ashley Catharine Smith is a Philadelphia-based artist working in photography, video, and fibers. Smith earned her MFA in Photography, Video & Related Media from the School of Visual Arts. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States at the Griffin Museum of Photography (2025), Philadelphia’s City Hall (2024), the National Liberty Museum (2020), and the Delaware Art Museum (2018) among others. From 2021 through 2022 her work was part of the group exhibition, Textile Art of Today, which traveled to museums in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. She is currently Photography Program Head at Moore College of Art & Design.
Working primarily with self-portraiture, my work combines photography, fiber arts, and video to create visceral representations of intimacy in its many forms. My work is driven by my desire to understand how feeling rules and gender roles affect our interpersonal relationships and sense of self. It also aims to construct moments of closeness with the subjects of my photographs through their printed image. My practice reflects upon the complexity of relationships, and supports the idea that, for survival, our closest relationships need to be dissected and upended, while simultaneously given attention, softness, and care.
