Born and based in Brooklyn, visual artist Jayden Ashley (b. 2002) explores the complexities of Black identity within Western society, focusing on the interplay between shared Black identity and societal perception. Ashley has been an artist-in-residence at multiple programs across the Americas, including the Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY (2025), Foundation House in Greenwich, CT (2024), and Casa Belgrado in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2023). Ashley has most recently exhibited in the group exhibition Crossing Points at Galeria Azur, New York, NY (2024), and was featured in Cohart News (2024). Other group exhibitions include Fusion at Melting Pot, New York, NY (2024), I’m Feeling Much Lighter Now at Everyone’s Corner, Brooklyn, NY (2024), and We Are the Revolution at Bed Stuy Art House, Brooklyn, NY (2023).