MEET ASHLEY ERIKSMOEN | NGV TRIENNIAL 2023

Ashley Eriksmoen is a designer and artist living in Canberra, Australia. She uses discarded wood furniture in unexpected ways to create sculptures and new functional objects. The NGV holds two of her pieces in our Collection, including The Dream, or The view from here is both bleak and resplendent, chaise lounge, 2022 and Fell, 2023, which was displayed in the NGV Triennial exhibition 2023-24. In the following video, Ashley explains what inspired her to make Fell and how she works through the design process.

Ashley is a Senior Lecturer at the ANU School of Art & Design.

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ABOUT NGV TRIENNIAL
NGV Triennial 2023 is a powerful and moving snapshot of the world today as captured through the work of 120 artists, designers, and collectives at the forefront of global contemporary practice. Bringing contemporary art, design and architecture into dialogue with one another and traversing all four levels of NGV International, the NGV Triennial features more than 100 extraordinary projects that invite us to reflect on the world as it is, while also asking how we would like it to be. More.

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