Resume / CV
Representation
The Hemmings Gallery, Edward Hemmings/Glin Varco, Ketchum, ID.
ARC Fine Art LLC, Adrienne Conzelman, East Hampton, NY.
BAM Art Advisory, Brooke Molinaroli, Larchmont, NY.
SOLO SHOWS
2026
‘Scenic Route: Paintings & Drawings’
, Hemmings Gallery, Ketchum, ID.
2023
‘Lay of the Land’ The Hemmings Gallery, Ketchum, ID.
2018
‘Water & Land: Prints & Drawings’, Von Auersperg Gallery, Deerfield, MA.
WATER + WORDS, The Community School, Ketchum, ID.
WATER + WORDS, The Nature Conservancy of Maine, Brunswick, ME.
WATER + WORDS, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT.
WATER + WORDS, Patagonia Portland, Portland, OR.
LAND & WATER, Norfolk Library Gallery, Norfolk, CT.
WATER + WORDS & new prints, Curtis Gallery, New Canaan, CT.
2013
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT.
2012
Apparent Horizons, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
2010
SOLOS, SVAC, Manchester, VT.
2008
Land + Memory, Rockwell Gallery, Wilton, CT.
2006
Landscape + Stone, Weir Farm National Historic Park, Wilton, CT.
2005
Landscape of the Mind, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
2004
Land: Stewardship, Preservation, Memory, Russell Gallery, Deerfield, MA.
Selected Group Shows
2026
Relative Motion, 4 Artists at the Hemmings Gallery, Ketchum, ID. February.
Prints: Unique & Multiple. Curator: Tony Kirk, Roxbury, CT.
2025
Sight & Sound: Artists Consider Long Island Sound.
Curator: Richard Klein. Shown at two venues:
The Norwalk Art Space, Norwalk, CT. Summer.
UCONN von Silpe Gallery Avery Point, Groton, CT. Fall.
9 Rooms, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY.
Terrain: 4 Artists Navigating Landscape, Hemmings Gallery, Idaho.
Curator: Richard Klein. Shown at two venues:
The Norwalk Art Space, Norwalk, CT. Summer.
UCONN von Silpe Gallery Avery Point, Groton, CT. Fall.
9 Rooms, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY.
Terrain: 4 Artists Navigating Landscape, Hemmings Gallery, Idaho.
2024
About Printmaking, Washington Art Association. Curator: Tony Kirk, CT.
What Nature Leaves Behind, BAM Art at ROOM, Greenwich, CT.
Idaho Rivers, Sun Valley Museum of Art. Curator: Katie Lee-Covin. Idaho.
What Nature Leaves Behind, BAM Art at ROOM, Greenwich, CT.
Idaho Rivers, Sun Valley Museum of Art. Curator: Katie Lee-Covin. Idaho.
2023
Art in the Yard III, Thresholds of Abstraction, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY.
Atelier Modern, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY.
Atelier Modern, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY.
2022
WATER, Frances Ashforth & Susan Williams, Downing Yudain, Stamford, CT.
Art in the Yard II, Outside In, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY.
Art in the Yard II, Outside In, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY.
2021
‘Reclamation: Artists Books on the Environment’ San Fran Public Library, CA.
Art in the Yard: Women Artists, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY.
SOLO by Rooms, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY.
International Prints, Print Club of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
DNSPE, Delta National Small Prints, Bradbury Art Museum, Jonesboro, AR.
Art in the Yard: Women Artists, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY.
SOLO by Rooms, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY.
International Prints, Print Club of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
DNSPE, Delta National Small Prints, Bradbury Art Museum, Jonesboro, AR.
2020
MIRAGE: Energy, Water & Creativity in the Great Basin, Boise Art Museum. ID.
Carrier Pigeon 18 Release Exhibition, Blackburn 20/20 Gallery, NYC.
Some Form of Abstraction: Eleven Artists, BAM Art, Larchmont, NY.
2019
4 Women Artists, Sarah Shepherd Gallery/3Walls, Larkspur, CA.
MIRAGE: Energy, Water, Creativity in the Great Basin, Sun Valley Museum, ID.
Artists whose work focuses on the arid environment of the Great Basin.
Frances Ashforth, Emmet Gowin, Nancy Holt, R Smithson, Laura McPhee,
Fazal Sheikh, Cedra Wood, Andrea Zittel. Curator: Courtney Gilbert, PhD.
WATER, WATER, Downing Yudain Gallery, Stamford, CT.
The Edge Effect, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY.
Time & Place: Works on Paper, 4 Artists, The Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
MIRAGE: Energy, Water, Creativity in the Great Basin, Sun Valley Museum, ID.
Artists whose work focuses on the arid environment of the Great Basin.
Frances Ashforth, Emmet Gowin, Nancy Holt, R Smithson, Laura McPhee,
Fazal Sheikh, Cedra Wood, Andrea Zittel. Curator: Courtney Gilbert, PhD.
WATER, WATER, Downing Yudain Gallery, Stamford, CT.
The Edge Effect, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY.
Time & Place: Works on Paper, 4 Artists, The Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
2018
The River Flows Both Ways, Hastings Gallery, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY.
Three Journeys: F Ashforth, J Palethorpe, T Ginsberg. EFA Blackburn, NYC.
Art on Paper, International Art Fair. Pier 36, 3Walls, NYC.
DNSPE, Delta National Small Prints, Bradbury Art Museum, Jonesboro, AR.
2017
APT.38 Selected Works, Austin Thomas, Available Space, Miami.FL.
Marking Time, 70th Anniversary of the Boston Printmakers, Cotuit, MA.
Otherworldliness, Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN.
FootPrint International, Julio Valdez Project Space, Harlem, NYC.
New Members 2017, Silvermine Gallery, CT.
BIMPE IX, International Small Print Biennial, SNAP, Vancouver, BC.
2016
Various Shades of Grey: Invited New England Artists, GMS Gallery, York, ME.
Beyond the Norm: International Prints, University Galleries, Normal, ILL.
BIMPE IX, International Print Biennial, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
The Retrieval of the Beautiful, The Painting Center, Chelsea, NYC.
HORIZONS: CCP International Exhibition, Cork, Ireland & Odense, Denmark.
SHIFT: Environmentally Responsible Prints, McMaster Museum of Art, Ontario.
Beyond the Norm: International Prints, University Galleries, Normal, ILL.
BIMPE IX, International Print Biennial, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
The Retrieval of the Beautiful, The Painting Center, Chelsea, NYC.
HORIZONS: CCP International Exhibition, Cork, Ireland & Odense, Denmark.
SHIFT: Environmentally Responsible Prints, McMaster Museum of Art, Ontario.
2015
Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, Cambridge, MA.
Atlanta Print Biennial, Kai Lin Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Hand Pulled Prints: Current Practice in Printmaking, Site:Brooklyn, NYC.
Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, CT.
24th Parkside National Small Prints, U of Wisconsin Gallery, Kenosha, WI.
Atlanta Print Biennial, Kai Lin Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Hand Pulled Prints: Current Practice in Printmaking, Site:Brooklyn, NYC.
Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, CT.
24th Parkside National Small Prints, U of Wisconsin Gallery, Kenosha, WI.
2014
IPCNY Print Benefit, Chelsea, NYC.
Pendle Print Biennial, Lancashire, England, UK.
Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN.
Christies Print Week, IPCNY New Prints, Christies Galleries, NYC.
Solos 2014, WAC Gallery, Westport, CT.
88th International Exhibition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA.
IPCNY New Prints 2014//Winter, International Print Center of New York, NYC.
Pendle Print Biennial, Lancashire, England, UK.
Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN.
Christies Print Week, IPCNY New Prints, Christies Galleries, NYC.
Solos 2014, WAC Gallery, Westport, CT.
88th International Exhibition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA.
IPCNY New Prints 2014//Winter, International Print Center of New York, NYC.
2013
FACES: curated benefit for NYU Langone, NYC.
Prints, Another Look, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
Selected Works, Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT.
Prints, Another Look, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
Selected Works, Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT.
2012
IFPDA/Print Fair, D Hutton Fine Art, The Armory, NYC.
3rd Biennial Footprint International, CCP, Norwalk, CT.
Art to the Point, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY.
3rd Biennial Footprint International, CCP, Norwalk, CT.
Art to the Point, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY.
2011
IFPDA/Print Fair, D Hutton Fine Art, The Armory, NYC.
Art of the Print: 3 Printmakers, The White Gallery, Lakeville, CT.
New Monotypes, Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT.
Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT.
2010
IFPDA/Print Fair, D Hutton Fine Art, The Armory, NYC.
Color Field, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
2nd Biennial Footprint International, CCP, Norwalk, CT.
Horizons: Five Artists, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
Color Field, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
2nd Biennial Footprint International, CCP, Norwalk, CT.
Horizons: Five Artists, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
2009
Under 500, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
Contemporary Confrontations, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY.
Contemporary Confrontations, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY.
2008
Selected Works, SVAC, Manchester, VT.
2007
Tales from the Creek: drawings/notes, ID Nature Conservancy, ID.
Selected Works, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR.
Represented by Elizabeth Leach, 1998-2002.
Selected Works, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR.
Represented by Elizabeth Leach, 1998-2002.
Selected Publications, Press & Media
2025
Sight & Sound, Artists Consider Long Island Sound, catalog.
Written/published by curator Richard Klein.
Sight & Sound panel discussions with Long Island Soundkeeper, artists & Professors. Moderated by Richard Klein.
ARC Fine Art 15th Anniversary Gallery Catalog. Curator: Adrienne Conzelman.
Written/published by curator Richard Klein.
Sight & Sound panel discussions with Long Island Soundkeeper, artists & Professors. Moderated by Richard Klein.
ARC Fine Art 15th Anniversary Gallery Catalog. Curator: Adrienne Conzelman.
2023
SVPN Magazine, ‘Lay of the Land Connects to Nature’
‘New works by Frances Ashforth’ Written by Beth Rush.
‘Beauty + Grit: Artist Frances Ashforth on the Great Basin & Snake River Plain’ Written by Sarah Kirk Hanley.
TEDx, Sustainability, Art and the Environment and our Natural Resources. MamaroneckHS Tedx, Larchmont, NY.
ORION Magazine, ‘On Stones Big & Small’ by Hugh Raffles, drawings by Frances Ashforth.
Adventure Journal, Issue 22, author Dylan Tomine, artist Frances Ashforth.
‘New works by Frances Ashforth’ Written by Beth Rush.
‘Beauty + Grit: Artist Frances Ashforth on the Great Basin & Snake River Plain’ Written by Sarah Kirk Hanley.
TEDx, Sustainability, Art and the Environment and our Natural Resources. MamaroneckHS Tedx, Larchmont, NY.
ORION Magazine, ‘On Stones Big & Small’ by Hugh Raffles, drawings by Frances Ashforth.
Adventure Journal, Issue 22, author Dylan Tomine, artist Frances Ashforth.
2022
Mountain & Prairie Podcast: ‘Art, Water & Wide Open Spaces’, An interview with Frances Ashforth, hosted by Ed Roberson.
‘HEADWATERS’ by Dylan Tomine, artwork by Frances Ashforth, published by Patagonia Books, 4/2022.
‘Headwaters’ Book Awards:
National Outdoor Book Award for Non Fiction,
PubWest Book Design Awards: Gold for overall design, Bronze for Cover.
Ben Franklin Independent Book Publishers Awards:
Gold for best in Sport & Recreation Catagory, Silver for Cover Design.
‘Headwaters’ Book Tour by Patagonia Books:
Patagonia Brooklyn, author Dylan Tomine, moderator, Ed Roberson, NYC.
Ketchum Community Library, with author Dylan Tomine & Jim Norton of The Idaho Conservation League. Ketchum, ID.
‘HEADWATERS’ by Dylan Tomine, artwork by Frances Ashforth, published by Patagonia Books, 4/2022.
‘Headwaters’ Book Awards:
National Outdoor Book Award for Non Fiction,
PubWest Book Design Awards: Gold for overall design, Bronze for Cover.
Ben Franklin Independent Book Publishers Awards:
Gold for best in Sport & Recreation Catagory, Silver for Cover Design.
‘Headwaters’ Book Tour by Patagonia Books:
Patagonia Brooklyn, author Dylan Tomine, moderator, Ed Roberson, NYC.
Ketchum Community Library, with author Dylan Tomine & Jim Norton of The Idaho Conservation League. Ketchum, ID.
2020
Vasari21, Artist Frances Ashforth’s ‘Rock CollectionDrawings’ by Ann Landi.
Boise Art Museum, artist spotlight, Frances Ashforth and ‘Mirage’
Boise Art Museum, artist spotlight, Frances Ashforth and ‘Mirage’
2019
Carrier Pigeon Magazine 18, published & launched at E/AB Print Fair, NYC.
‘Mirage: Energy, Water & Creativity in the Great Basin’ show catalog,
Sun Valley Museum of Art catalog made possible with grants from the NEA,
Robert Lehman Foundation & Arts Idaho. Ketchum, ID
Panel discussion: ‘Why is Landscape Still Relevant in 21st Century Art?’
Frances Ashforth & Jim Ballenger, moderated by Kristin Poole,
Sun Valley Museum of Art, Ketchum, ID.
‘WATERLINE’ Art of Brooklyn Film Festival selection, short documentary.
Director: Chloe Lee. Score: Kino Lee.
‘WATERLINE: In the Studio with Frances Ashforth’ short film by Chloe Lee.
‘Mirage: Energy, Water & Creativity in the Great Basin’ show catalog,
Sun Valley Museum of Art catalog made possible with grants from the NEA,
Robert Lehman Foundation & Arts Idaho. Ketchum, ID
Panel discussion: ‘Why is Landscape Still Relevant in 21st Century Art?’
Frances Ashforth & Jim Ballenger, moderated by Kristin Poole,
Sun Valley Museum of Art, Ketchum, ID.
‘WATERLINE’ Art of Brooklyn Film Festival selection, short documentary.
Director: Chloe Lee. Score: Kino Lee.
‘WATERLINE: In the Studio with Frances Ashforth’ short film by Chloe Lee.
2018
Art & The Environment, artist talk, J Henry Fair Photographer & Frances
Ashforth printmaker, Downing Yudain, Stamford, CT.
Honoring Our Rivers, a student anthology. Issue 18, invited artist.
Ashforth printmaker, Downing Yudain, Stamford, CT.
Honoring Our Rivers, a student anthology. Issue 18, invited artist.
2017
WATER + WORDS, video by Trevor Wallace, Longhouse Films.
WATER + WORDS, podcast with Joe Whitworth of The Freshwater Trust.
WATER + WORDS, blog by author Dylan Tomine dylantomine.wordpress.com
WATER + WORDS, podcast with Joe Whitworth of The Freshwater Trust.
WATER + WORDS, blog by author Dylan Tomine dylantomine.wordpress.com
2016
McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario.
Video: Putting Safe & Sustainable Printmaking in the Spotlight at McMaster’
Catalog: ‘SHIFT: Environmentally Responsible Print Practice Exhibition’
Video: Putting Safe & Sustainable Printmaking in the Spotlight at McMaster’
Catalog: ‘SHIFT: Environmentally Responsible Print Practice Exhibition’
2015
Catalog: The Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial.
Art in Print Magazine, News of the Print World/Selected New Editions.
Art in Print Magazine, News of the Print World/Selected New Editions.
2014
The Print Center Philadelphia, selected printmakers online exhibition.
Freshwater, publication of the Freshwater Trust.
‘Observer, Artist, Steward’
Freshwater, publication of the Freshwater Trust.
‘Observer, Artist, Steward’
2009
Nectar Magazine,
‘Recreating Landscapes: The Paintings & Words of
Frances Ashforth’
Selected Collections
Prints, Painting & Drawings reside in numerous public & private collections.
707 Summer Street, Stamford, CT.
Bank of the NW & Spieker Properties, Portland, OR.
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Archive Collection, Norwalk, CT.
The Freshwater Trust, Portland, OR.
Hess Corp, NYC.
Hummer Mower Associates, Chicago, IL.
NYU Langone Medical Center, NYC.
Manhattan Graphics, Contemporary Print Collection, NYC.
RPX Corp, San Francisco, CA.
Smilow Cancer Hospital Yale-New Haven, New Haven, CT.
Stevenson Properties, Vancouver, WA.
Bank of the NW & Spieker Properties, Portland, OR.
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Archive Collection, Norwalk, CT.
The Freshwater Trust, Portland, OR.
Hess Corp, NYC.
Hummer Mower Associates, Chicago, IL.
NYU Langone Medical Center, NYC.
Manhattan Graphics, Contemporary Print Collection, NYC.
RPX Corp, San Francisco, CA.
Smilow Cancer Hospital Yale-New Haven, New Haven, CT.
Stevenson Properties, Vancouver, WA.
Residencies/Research:
Ongoing & Self Directed Research:
The Snake River Plain, ID. The Great Basin of the American West.
The Snake River Plain, ID. The Great Basin of the American West.
2025
Freeflow Institute, Writing, Paddling, Camping the Upper Grand Canyon,
Led by authors Craig Childs/Amy Irvine. 8 day invitational trip, April.
Led by authors Craig Childs/Amy Irvine. 8 day invitational trip, April.
2019
Aperion Expeditions: ‘Shifting Experiences’ canoeing the West Branch of
The Penobscot River, ME. Invited artists & philosophers focus on changes
In ecosystems along the path of Thoreau. Five day canoe trip. August.
The Penobscot River, ME. Invited artists & philosophers focus on changes
In ecosystems along the path of Thoreau. Five day canoe trip. August.
2018
Ucross Foundation, WY. Fellowship/residency in printmaking & drawing. May.
2016
Playa Summerlake, OR. Fellowship/Residency, printmaking & drawing. Oct.
2015
Silver Creek Preserve, ID. On-site interviews with river restoration experts.
2014
Togiak Wilderness, AK. Painting commission float trip, Wild River Guides.
2013
Playa Summerlake, OR. Self directed residency, drawing & writing. August.
2012
Great Salt Lake, UT. Self directed study of Antelope Island & Bear River,
based on Terry Tempest Williams’ book, ‘Refuge’ . June.
based on Terry Tempest Williams’ book, ‘Refuge’ . June.
Education
1979
B.S. Skidmore College, Saratoga, NY. Printmaking, drawing & architecture.
1977
London Metropolitan University Art School, printmaking & art history. UK.
1980
Norwalk Technical College, architectural drafting & rendering. CT.
Employment
1980-1992
Taunton Press. Fine Homebuilding Magazine, art director, illustrator,
Architectural renderer. Bi monthly & special annual publications.
Architectural renderer. Bi monthly & special annual publications.