Chris Ashley

Born 1957, artist, writer, and educator who lives and works in Oakland and Berkeley, California. Recent 2005-2006 exhibitions include The Urban Canvas at Gallery Siano in Philadelphia, Pulse 2006 at 1708 Gallery in Richmond, VA, and Six Paintings for a Room in Berkeley at the University of California, Berkeley.

"Ornette" refers to Ornette Coleman, who recently said, “Right now, I’m trying to play the instrument,” he said, “and I’m trying to write, without any restrictions of chord, keys, time, melody and harmony, but to resolve the idea eternally, where every person receives the same quality from it, without relating it to some person (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/arts/music/22cole.html).”

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