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Artist: Lauren Ashleigh (Columbus)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2025 | Medium: Collage, Image Transfer, Acrylic markers and paint | Dimensions: 8x31 skatedeck inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D)
Artist Statement
This work connects to collage as an act of reclamation and renewal. The skate deck itself was a worn object that had already lived a life with a friend of mine. It was covered in stickers, drawings, scratches, and evidence of use. Rather than discarding those histories, I chose to build upon them.
As I cleaned up the board, beneath the grip tape I discovered a taped photograph that became part of the final composition. Through image transfers, magazine clippings, painting, and drawing, I layered new narratives over existing ones without completely obscuring what came before.
For me, collage is an act of resistance against disposability. It allows broken, overlooked, and fragmented materials to be transformed rather than discarded. This piece reflects my ongoing interest in layering, reconstruction, and finding new life within what has been worn down, altered, or forgotten.
About the Artist
Lauren Ashleigh is a Columbus, Ohio-based multidisciplinary artist, muralist, and educator. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art and is known for creating highly textured works that blend painting with sculptural elements. Incorporating materials such as glass, joint compound, paper, acrylic mediums, and found objects, her work explores themes of identity, grief, resilience, and emotional transformation.
Drawing from personal experiences and universal human emotions, Lauren creates immersive works that invite viewers to engage with difficult subjects through reflection, texture, and storytelling. In addition to her studio practice, she creates large-scale public murals throughout Ohio and teaches community-centered art experiences designed to foster creativity, connection, and self-expression.
https://www.instagram.com/laurenashleighb/
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.
Artist: Lauren Ashleigh (Columbus)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2025 | Medium: Collage, Image Transfer, Acrylic markers and paint | Dimensions: 8x31 skatedeck inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D)
Artist Statement
This work connects to collage as an act of reclamation and renewal. The skate deck itself was a worn object that had already lived a life with a friend of mine. It was covered in stickers, drawings, scratches, and evidence of use. Rather than discarding those histories, I chose to build upon them.
As I cleaned up the board, beneath the grip tape I discovered a taped photograph that became part of the final composition. Through image transfers, magazine clippings, painting, and drawing, I layered new narratives over existing ones without completely obscuring what came before.
For me, collage is an act of resistance against disposability. It allows broken, overlooked, and fragmented materials to be transformed rather than discarded. This piece reflects my ongoing interest in layering, reconstruction, and finding new life within what has been worn down, altered, or forgotten.
About the Artist
Lauren Ashleigh is a Columbus, Ohio-based multidisciplinary artist, muralist, and educator. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art and is known for creating highly textured works that blend painting with sculptural elements. Incorporating materials such as glass, joint compound, paper, acrylic mediums, and found objects, her work explores themes of identity, grief, resilience, and emotional transformation.
Drawing from personal experiences and universal human emotions, Lauren creates immersive works that invite viewers to engage with difficult subjects through reflection, texture, and storytelling. In addition to her studio practice, she creates large-scale public murals throughout Ohio and teaches community-centered art experiences designed to foster creativity, connection, and self-expression.
https://www.instagram.com/laurenashleighb/
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.