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Ashleigh Sumner is a contemporary painter based in Oakland, California whose work draws from the discarded materials of urban life—shopping … Read more Ashleigh Sumner is a contemporary painter based in Oakland, California whose work draws from the discarded materials of urban life—shopping bags, street posters, and fragments of advertising ephemera—transforming them into layered visual narratives that reflect the cultural residue of consumerism. Each collage becomes a study of the symbols and hierarchies that shape modern identity, exploring how branding, commerce, and aspiration intersect within everyday experience. Through tearing, painting, sanding, and reconstruction, Sumner reconfigures these remnants into textured compositions that question what we value and why.

• One-of-a-kind abstract painting measuring 36 inches round
• Created with mixed media, repurposed Gucci shopping bags, and paint on wood panel
• Sides are painted black
• Wired and ready to hang
• Signed by the artist on the back
• Certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included
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In the Maison series, Sumner repurposes luxury brand packaging to examine the allure and influence of corporate imagery. Referencing both contemporary consumer culture and historical displays of wealth, these works investigate how objects and logos serve as modern emblems of status and self-mythology. This inquiry continues Sumner’s long-standing engagement with social commentary, following earlier bodies of work that integrated text, poetry, and political verse within distressed urban surfaces.

In 2024, Sumner presented her solo exhibition Touch the Sky at Themes + Projects, located in San Francisco’s Minnesota Street Project. Her recent public collaborations include large-scale installations commissioned by 2K Foundations in partnership with NBA athlete Damian Lillard, featuring two 12-by-24-foot murals installed on the basketball court of the Boys and Girls Club of Oakland. Ashleigh Sumner’s work is represented, collected, and exhibited internationally, with pieces held in both public and private collections across the United States and Europe.

Artplex Gallery has been representing and exhibiting Ashleigh Sumner's original artworks in Los Angeles since 2017, presenting her impressive works to an international collector base around the globe. The gallery exhibits a well-curated selection of original artworks beyond the ordinary from established and emerging international artists with diverse backgrounds at high standards. Artplex Gallery is known to provide accurate descriptions, images, reliable services, communication, and delivery.

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Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 “Touch The Sky,” Themes+Projects Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2020 “Mortem Renovamen: The Covid Diaries,” College of Marin, Kentfield, CA

2018 “Come as You Are,” Julie Zener Gallery, Mill Valley, CA

2016 “Written All Over Your Face,” Zener Schon Contemporary Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2015 “Horns & Halos,” Zener Schon Contemporary Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2014 “Graffiti Ballads,” I820 Industrial Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2012 “Streetwise,” Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2010 “TenaCITY,” The Advocate and Gochis Gallery, Hollywood, CA; “Urban Inspiration,” DEZART Gallery, Palm Springs, CA; “Urbanite,” A.Muse Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009 “City Scapes,” Downtown Collective Arts Community, Fresno, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS, ART FAIRS, & TELEVISION

2024 “Fire in Her Eyes,” Kvasnevski Schwartz Projects, New York, NY

2023 “ACHTUNG!,” Mees-Van De Wiele Galerie, Aalst, Belgium; “Worth The Detour,” Detour Gallery, New York, NY; Grand Opening, Mees-Van De Wiele Galerie, Aalst, Belgium

2020 “Visual Response,” Julie Zener Gallery, Kentfield, CA

2019 Palm Springs Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA; London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, London, U.K.

2018 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong; “GRIT,” Detour Gallery, Red Bank, NJ; “GRIT,” Canvas Gallery, Miami, FL; “Clash,” Detour Gallery, Red Bank, NJ; “It Runs in the Family,” Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA; Affordable Art Fair, London Battersea, London; Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY; Art Palm Springs, CA

2016 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong; Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, London, United Kingdom; Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY; London Art Fair, London, United Kingdom; LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA

2015 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA; Art Market, San Francisco, CA; Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY; Zener Schon Contemporary Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA; LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA

2014 Red Bull Curates, Mack Sennett Studios, Los Angeles, CA; SCOPE Miami, Miami, FL

2013 “Silence,” Victor Saavedra Gallery, Barcelona, Spain; “Words On Printed Page,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA; “3W,” Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA; Affordable Art Fair, Seattle, WA; “New Style Collage,” Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA; Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY

2012 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA; “Street Preachers,” Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA

2011 Victor Saavedra Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

2020 “Justice,” Marin MOCA, Novato, CA; “Marin’s Rock Art Scene,” Marin MOCA, Novato, CA See less