Ashley Andrade
Biography
Calgary-based multi-media artist of Indian and Pakistani descent, Ashley Andrade, works with charcoal drawing and photography but specializes in acrylic painting. The human body, specifically the female nude, inspires her work, and she strives to combine her mediums. She began her art career in sports photography and has branched out to take candids and creative setups. Alongside her drawing and painting, Ashley practices learned techniques of mark-making in her physical art and continues to learn new techniques at the University of Calgary.
Internal Voyage
Internal Voyage depicts a scene of a naked woman wearing a gas mask. Her skin presents a sickly tone, and her bodily features begin to look somewhat uncanny and alienated. This piece intends to create a visual metaphor of how women are socially mistreated. Women in South Asia and the Middle East face the highest rates of gender inequalities. Regarding quality of education and jobs, women are more than twice as likely as men not to have an education or career.