Today we’d like to introduce you to Ashley Edes.
Ashley, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
I started my career in the fashion industry, launching the social channels for New York Fashion Week. I decided to leave New York and move to LA, focusing my energy on supporting people and the causes I believe in. This eventually led to me launching FATA (fāta) – a creative production partner for women-identified and gender-expansive artists and filmmakers. Together, we co-create and perpetuate conscious culture through art, myth, and media.
I am also a visual artist and am currently creating an Oracle deck of my analog collages called Divine Rebel.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Making a leap out of the corporate world to work for myself made me a bit nervous. However, I was able to apply the skills and relationships that I cultivated to help support that transition. I have learned to balance my art and design practice, jumping back and forth when there’s a cyclical dip in either. And to prioritize time to rest and vision, creating long-term values-aligned goals which provide direction and creative fuel.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I offset my time on a computer with an analog collage practice. This is a combination of my love of counterculture and vintage publications, collecting and anthropology.
I see myself as a visual ensemblist – an artist-curator-archivist driven to “re-myth” media – amplifying the creative potential in all of us. Weaving feminism, the erotic and earth-based spirituality, my collages are rebellious mashups of the Divine. My practice is rooted in the belief that symbols have the power to define and perpetuate a culture’s value system. Cutting up vintage media is an attempt to expand what is known, to reshape inner and outer worlds.
How can people work with you, collaborate with you or support you?
To see my most recent collages, follow me on Instagram @ashleyedes and to co-create on art and design, visit my websites ashleyedes.com and fataproductions.com
Contact Info:
- Website: ashleyedes.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleyedes
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashleyedes
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyedes
Image Credits
Ashley Edes, The Dancer, Analog Collage, 2023 Ashley Edes, The Poet, Analog Collage, 2022 Ashley Edes, Grace, Analog Collage, 2023 Ashley Edes, The Chalice, Analog Collage, 2023 Ashley Edes, Stone Studies (Serpents), Analog Collage, 2022 Ashley Edes, Stone Studies (Listen), Analog Collage, 2022 Love is the Only True Power, C. Finley x Ashley Edes presented by NARA collective, Every Door is Open, C. Finley x Ashley Edes presented by NARA collective
