Ashley A. Jones

Ashley A. Jones is an African American multidisciplinary artist and educator from Duquesne, PA., whose work has been exhibited internationally across the USA, Canada, and Indonesia. Jones' work is in the collections of the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center in Wilberforce, Ohio and the Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Museum Foundation Collection in Indiana, Pennsylvania. She has received her MFA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a BA in studio art from Central State University in Ohio.

Jones has served as an Assistant Professor of Art and as the Director of the University’s Kipp Gallery at Indiana University of Pennsylvania from 2019 - 2020. She is currently working as an Art teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jones’ artwork and research on identity, colorism, and discrimination among women in the black community have resulted in numerous requests for presentations and lectures. Her work has been favorably reviewed and recognized in several publications.