Ashley Janke is the Assistant Curator at Wrightwood 659, a key role which has helped shape the exhibition development and educational goals of the growing institution. In her time at Wrightwood, she has curated exhibitions such as the recent Michiko Itatani: Celestial Stage and worked on the organization of exhibitions including Yannis Tsarouchis: Dancing in Real Life, Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan & Wright, Rirkrit Tiravanija: (who’s afraid of red, yellow, and green), American Framing, and Moga: Modern Women & Daughters in 1930s Japan. Her research and curatorial projects focus on queer and feminist discourse as well as the practices of those operating in the periphery. Outside of Wrightwood 659, Janke has organized curatorial projects with national and international institutions, including Cubitt Gallery (London), ICA (London), Azkuna Zentroa (Bilbao), and the Lynden Sculpture Garden (Milwaukee), among others. Janke holds a Master’s degree in Curating from Goldsmiths, University of London (2018). She is the founder of the Milwaukee Women’s Art Library and a Director of Adds Donna, an artist-run exhibition space in Chicago.
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