Ashley Walters

Ashley Walters is a South African-born and based artist who works with photography and film.

Life and work Walters was born in 1983 in Uitsig, a suburb of Cape Town, six kilometers southeast of Cape Town International Airport.

His projects have been Xray (2009), Fear (2009), Malawi (2010), Uitsig (2010) and Dark City (2011).

2013: Research Fellow: Centre for Curating the Archive, University of Cape Town.

Publications 2011: BFA Grad Show, Catalogue. Michaelis Gallery, South Africa 2011: Media Release: Michaelis School of Fine Art Exhibition, Cape Town 2012: Sasol New Signatures, Exhibition Catalogue. 2012: Autobiography: Chronicle of Our Times. The 5th Cape Town Month of Photography Book. Ed. Jenny Altschuler.

Exhibitions 2010: Infecting the City, Group Performance, Cape Town, South Africa 2010: States, Rosedale Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 2010: States of Perception, San Francisco, USA 2011: Dark City, BFA Graduation Exhibition, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town, South Africa. 2012: Art a Fares, Youngbloog, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Gavin Young 2012: Pop Up Exhibition, Allderman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 2012: Speke Photographic: Circa on Jellicoe, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa. 2012: Speke Photographic: Exposure Now, Merchants on Long. Cape Town, South Africa 2012: Autobiography: Chronicles of Our Times, MOP5 Cape Town Month of Photography. The Allamans Barracks, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa 2012: Sasol New Signatures Exhibition, Pretoria, South Africa 2013: Platform_18_28, Infecting the City Public Arts Festival, Cape Town, South Africa 2013: Between the Lines, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town. Curated by Nadja Daehnke in association with The German-South African Year of Science 2012/2013

Awards 2009: David Marais Memorial Prize (University of Cape Town)