Fetish Figure Artist Tiiu Ashcraft
From The Studio of
Tiiu Ashcraft
phone: (714) 746-2724 email: tuashcraft@hotmail.com website:www.tiiuashcraft.com
Born: 1979
Sacramento. CA.
EDUCATION
2011 M.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University, Boston, MA.
2007 B.F.A., Concentration in Drawing and Painting, CSU Long Beach,CA.
2007 B.A., Liberal Studies with emphasis in Mathematics, CSU Long Beach, CA.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
7/10 “Lover's Revenge,” Partnered with Eric X, The Boston Haven, Charlestown, MA.
6/10 “Lover's Revenge,” Partnered with Eric X, Sin-O-Matic: Machine Club, Boston MA.
3/10 "Pandora's Box," Partnered with Eric X and Master Drake, the Boston Haven, Charlestown, MA.
3/10 “Rochester Erotic Arts Festival,” Harro East Ballroom, Rochester, NY.
2/10 “Dom-Me,” Partnered with Eric X, The Spot, 286 Thayer Street, Providence, RI.
2/10 “Figure it Out,” Donnelly Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
1/10 “Surrender,” The Boston Haven, Charlestown, MA.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 “Surrender,” The Boston Haven, Charlestown, MA
2009 “D/s Relations,” Jaded at Gemstones, Lowell, MA.
2007 “Stripped Facades,” Dutzi Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA.
2006 “Aufuis,” Werby Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 “Rochester Erotic Arts Festival,” Harro East Ballroom, Rochester, NY.
“The Next Generation III,” Huret & Spector Gallery, Boston, MA.
2009 “Figurative Dimensions,” University Art Gallery, CSU Dominguez Hills, CA.
“Collective,” Donnelly Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
“Art Rox 2009: 11th Annual Roxbury Open Studios,” SMFA: Mission Hill, Boston, MA.
2008 “Art Rox 2008: 10th Annual Roxbury Open Studios,” SMFA: Mission Hill, Boston, MA.
“New Student Salon Show,” BAG Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA.
2007 “Insights,” Annual Student Art Exhibition, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA.
“Alienation,” Merlino Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA.
“Senior BFA Drawing and Painting Show”, Max L. Gatov Gallery West and East, CSU
Long Beach, CA.
2006 “Leonardo Life Studies Advance Show,” CSU Long Beach, CA.
“Powers of Ten,” Gallery Five, California State University, Long Beach, CA.
“Junior BFA Drawing and Painting Show”, Gallery Five, CSULB, Long Beach, CA.
2005 “Annual Student Foundation Show”, Max L. Gatov Gallery West, CSU Long Beach,
CA.
“Leonardo Project,” California State University, Long Beach, CA.
2004 “Imagined Spaces,” California State University, Long Beach, CA.
“Still Life,” California State University, Long Beach, CA.
1998 “Ash-Can Juried Show Exhibition”, Ash-Can Gallery, Citrus Heights, CA
“Annual Student Art Exhibition”, Sacramento Fine Art Center, Carmichael, CA
“Art Punks on the Boulevard”, Phantom Galleries, Sacramento, CA
1997 “Annual Student Art Exhibition”, Sacramento Fine Art Center, Carmichael, CA
“Art Punks on the Boulevard”, Phantom Galleries, Sacramento, CA
1996 “Annual Student Art Exhibition”, Sacramento Fine Art Center, Carmichael, CA
PERFORMANCES
2010 “Lover's Revenge,” Partnered with Eric X, The Boston Haven, Charlestown, MA.
“Lovers Revenge,” Partnered with Eric X, Sin-O-Matic: Machine Club, Boston, MA.
"Pandora's Box," Partnered with Eric X and Master Drake, The Boston Haven, Charlestown, MA.
“Dom-Me,” Partnered with Eric X, The Spot, 286 Thayer Street, Providence, RI.
2009 “Dom-Me,” Partnered with Eric X, Sin-O-Matic: Machine Club, Boston MA.
“Still,” School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2010 “Art Rox 2010: Twelfth Annual Roxbury Open Studios,” SMFA: Mission Hill, Boston, MA.
“Collective II,” Donnelly Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
“Figure it Out,” Donnelly Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
“Absolutely Mixed Media,” BAG Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA.
“Take on Me,” Donnelly Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,MA.
“Blowout: Open Studios,” SMFA: Mission Hill, Boston, MA.
2009 “Collective,” Donnelly Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
“Art Rox 2009: Eleventh Annual Roxbury Open Studios,” SMFA: Mission Hill, Boston, MA.
“The Mind is a Beautiful Beast,” Project Sponsor- National Alliance on Mental Illness, Boston, MA.
“Blowout: Open Studios,” SMFA: Mission Hill, Boston, MA.
2007 “Twisted Fairy Tales,” Werby Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2010 International Travel Grant: Quebec, Montreal
Museum of Fine Arts Grant: Graduate Scholarship Grant
2009 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Discretionary Fund Grant
Museum of Fine Arts Grant: Graduate Scholarship Grant
2008 Museum of Fine Arts Grant: Graduate Scholarship Grant
COMMISSIONS
2009 Dominations, Mixed Media on Paper 20’ x 9’, Private Collector, Boston, MA.
2008 Top This: TV Challenge Take 2, H.J. Heinz Company, L.P., Pittsburgh, PA
Untitled, Charcoal on Paper 18”x 24”, Private Collector, Anaheim Hills, CA
2003 Screen, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Wood Panels 80”x 73”, Private Collector, Fair Oaks, CA
1996 Untitled Mural, Latex and Oil on Cement 20’x 7’, Bella Vista High School, Fair Oaks, CA
WORK EXPERIENCE
2008- 2010 Gallery Assistant, L'Attitude Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Boston, MA.
2007- 2008 Education Assistant, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA.
2007- 2008 Artist Assistant, Janice Urnstien, Rancho Palos Verde, CA.
2006- 2008 Artist Assistant, Vladimir Goryachev, Culver City, CA.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Mark B. Ashcraft, Fair Oaks, CA.
Megan Beddow, Anaheim Hills, CA.
Bella Vista High School, Fair Oaks, CA.
Lawrence J. Cantor and Company, Vince Beach, CA.
Linda Day, San Pedro, CA
Lauren Gerig, Glasgove, UK.
Vladimir Goryachev, Playa Del Rey, CA.
Janice Johnson, Fair Oaks, CA.
Jesse C. Riley, Huntington Beach, CA.
Ame A. Seibel, San Diego, CA.
Brain E. Smith, Anaheim Hills, CA
Jean Stanley, Solana Beach, CA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 "Dear Triple B," The Boston Phoenix, Vol. 39 No. 27, 24 June 2010, pg. 5
“Senses Working Overtime…,” The Boston Phoenix, Vol. 39 No. 11, 12 March 2010, pg. 8
2009 Manning, James, Big Red & Shiny, Vol. No. 122 December 21, 2009
Sheffield, Catherine, “Emerson Students Curate…,” Emerson College News, December 15, 2009
Zimmer, Kathy, “Figurative Dimensions…,” Dateline Dominguez Hills News, November 5, 2009
Ostrow, Melissa, “Week in Pictures,” South End News, Vol. 30 No. 8 May 21, 2009, pg.9
2008 “Drawing on the Human Form,” Grunion Gazette, Vol. No. 28 February 2008, pg. 15A
1996 “Resident Artist,” The Bronco Voice, Vol. 36 No. 4 December 1996, pg. 11