Ashley Frost
Resume
Ashley Frost is very much a location-driven artist with many of his landscape works developed by painting and drawing outdoors. His teaching style is energetic which focuses on the formalities of drawing, colour theory, tonal values, and brushwork.
He has worked as an exhibiting artist for over 20 years with four solo shows in New York (2000, 2002, 2004 & 2016), a solo show in Austin, Texas (2016) and group exhibitions in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Guangzhou.
Recently, in 2018, Ashley won the Hills Art Prize and was a finalist in the Gallipoli Art Prize and the Calleen Art Award. In 2017, he was a finalist in the EMSLA Still Life Prize, the NSW Parliament Plein Art Prize, the Archibald Prize and was the winner of the people’s choice award for the Mosman Art Prize.
Ashley is a graduate of the National Art School, Australia, receiving his BFA with a Distinction in painting and has travelled widely conducting research for his PhD candidacy on public art.