Astoria, New York based artist, Ashlee Romain has been cultivating and creating art for several years. In all forms of her art, she finds fulfillment in composing the atypical from typical. For her fine art, she typically blends pencil, pens, and marker into mixed media pieces. She also constructs meaningful digital illustration artworks, along with visiting the acrylic and charcoal mediums seasonally. She draws inspiration from everything; historical context and news stories, to random objects seen on the street curb, down to the food she eats. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in New Media from The Pennsylvania State University where she focused and continues to focus on drawing and New Media arts. Most recently, Ashlee’s art has been featured in LIC-A’s Atlantic Gallery in-person show gallery viewing.
By day, she is an Emmy-nominated and award-winning Television and Video Producer, with 12+ years in the entertainment and media industry; working primarily on cooking, lifestyle and documentary programming. By night and weekend she continues to create mixed media and digital art.
EDUCATION
2010 B.F.A. in New Media Arts, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2018 The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY (seasonal figure drawing course)
2004 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (art of film course)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS SHOWS
2020 LIC-A @ Atlantic Gallery, Atlantic Gallery, New York New York
2020 Drawings in a Time of Social Distancing (Non-Traditional Category), Long Island City Artists Gallery, Posada, Long Island City, NY/ Virtual (curated and coordinated by Jorge Posada)
2020 LIC-A Spring 2020 Online Exhibition, Long Island City Artists Gallery, Long IsLand City, NY/ Virtual
2010 School of Visual Arts Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, HUB Gallery, University Park, PA (Juried)
PUBLICATIONS
Drawings in a Time of Social Distancing, Long Island City Artist’s, June 12-August 12, 2020, [Link]
LiC-A Spring 2020 Online Exhibition, Long Island City Artist’s, April 17, 2020, [Link]
ART WORK HISTORY
2010 Art Intern, “Delocated” by Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim / P.F.F.R Productions, New York, NY
2009-10 Introduction to Digital Arts Teacher’s Assistant, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
GALLERY AFFILIATION
LIC-A, Long Island City, NY
OTHER AFFILIATIONS
2002-2006 National Art Honor Society