Stephen L. Crohn Gallery Exhibit

ashley middleton is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher exploring the ecological entanglements between the body, technology, and the environment. Working across video, sound, installation, and photography, she creates immersive experiences that merge scientific data with sensory perception to foster collective ecological awareness. Through rhizomatic methodologies and embodied practice, middleton examines how intention, perception, and science influence our relationships with the physical world.
 

Middleton was selected for the 2024 Arctic Circle Residency and will be conducting a nine-month research project in Svalbard, Norway, in August. She is an alternate for the 2025 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program and has received funding support from NYSCA and Arts Mid-Hudson for Arctic-based collaborations. Previous awards include the Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant (2020), the European Spallation Source Residency in Sweden (2021), and the Stiftung Kunstfonds NEUSTART KULTUR Grant in Berlin (2022). Her work has been exhibited internationally and shaped through collaborations with scientists, technologists, and spiritual practitioners.