The Nature of Fire

I make works from my soul-Works that engage with feelings, emotions, and thoughts. I offer intimate moments of time and space, allowing each viewer a chance at self-reflection and individual release. My work depicts stages of a journey in which each individual can fill their own gaps. My practice is about form and flow. I allow the process to take over my mind as I become fully engrossed in the moment. I start with a simple impulse, and it develops and transforms into something multilayered and indefinable.

Ashley Rivers lives in Gulfport, Florida. She received her BFA, with a concentration in Sculpture, from the University of South Florida. 

Ashley has received several awards/grants including the 2021 St. Pete Arts Alliance Individual Artist, and the 2022 Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Grant. She was the first recipient of the 2022 Darryl Rouson Artist Award, and she received the 2023 Halo Arts Project Fellowship Award.