About Jania
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Sculp-ture\skalp-ture\nn
{ME}, fr. L sculptura
creating a problem to solve in stone

To reflect on my work I must look to my travels and my experiences of living abroad. Resonating to the varied cultures I have been exposed to I have chosen an eclectic range of subjects. If there is a thread to be found most likely it is not always a conscious one. I have lived on a city-island and at other times near the sea; therefore, the marine themes. I have looked to the arts for a meaning of life; therefore, the masks, the dance shoes, the organic abstracts. Other inspirations come from reaction to a moment or a particular event.

With no formal training in stone sculpture, anything I have accomplished has come directly from working in the marble yards of Pietrasanta with the Italian artisans. My debt to them is enormous.

I now live and sculpt in Austin, Texas. My work is found in private collections in Singapore, Paris, Mexico City, California, Pennsylvania, Florida, New York, Washington D.C., Maryland and Texas.

Jania Ashby

Photography by Jeffery Rowe

Webdesign by WalkingFossil Studio

Exhibitions and Shows

Forth Worth Petroleum Club ~ 2006
Forth Worth, Texas
ARTQUEST ~ 2006
Marco Island, Florida
Sculptors Dominion Invitational 2003, 2004, 2005
San Antonio, TX
Gary Osborne Fine Arts 2003
Port Aransas, TX
Texas Society of Sculptors Merit Artists ~ 2003
Rockport, TX
Lake Travis Chamber of Commerce ~ 2000
Lakeway, TX
Sable V Gallery ~ 1999
Galveston, TX
Austin Visual Arts Association ~ 1999
Austin, TX
Sculp-Fest '98 ~ 1998 & '92 ~ 1992
Umlauf Sculpture Gardens, Austin, TX
Tri-State Plus ~ 1991 & 1996
Beaumont, TX
Texas Society of Sculptures ~ 1996
Dougherty Art Center, Austin, TX
Celebration of Texas Artist ~ 1995
Sable V Gallery, Wimberley, TX
Artists of the Gulf States ~ 1995
Corpus Christ, TX
Gallery Trestai
Austin, TX
Texas Society of Sculptures ~ 1994
Umlauf Sculpture Gardens, Austin, TX
Sculp-Fest '91 (Gold Medal) ~ 1991
'93 (Second Place) ~ 1993
Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, TX
Spirits Eohes Gallery ~ 1992
Omni Hotel, Austin, TX
Texas Society of Sculptors ~ 1991
Four Seasons Hotel, Austin, TX
Gallery at Driskell ~ 1991
Austin, TX
Confluence ~ 1991
Ingram, TX
Mickelson Gallery ~ 1989
Washington, DC
Fra Fiume E Mare ~ 1986
Boca da Magra, Italy
Ashley Gallery ~ 1985
Sherman Oaks, CA
Mostra Delle Donne ~ 1983-84
Pietrasanta, Italy