About Me
Ashley Lindeman (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Johnson County Community College, where she teaches Introduction to Humanities, Classical Mythology, and Art History courses such as 20th Century Art History and Survey II: Renaissance-Modern Art History. She completed her Ph.D. in Art History at Florida State University in 2022. She received her M.A. in Modern Art from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2016, and her B.F.A. in Art History and Visual Communications from the University of Kansas in 2012.
Ashley wrote her dissertation on Italian muralism during the ventennio, or twenty years of fascism. It explores the materiality of the twentieth-century Italian mural and its deep connection to state patronage. Chapters focus on works by Mario Sironi, Gino Severini, Benedetta Cappa Marinetti, and Enrico Prampolini. Other research interests include transatlantic muralism (Italian, United States WPA, Mexican, French, and Soviet Russian); Second-Wave Italian Futurism; Institutional Art History; and Italian Fascist Culture.
In addition to her research, Ashley is a writer for KC Studio Magazine, where writes articles and critical reviews on art exhibitions in the Kansas City Metro area. Ashley has also trained in museums and galleries in curation and collections management. She has worked at PLUG Gallery, the UMKC Gallery of Art, the Legler Barn Museum, and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.
Because of the old cacoethes scribendi (obsessive urge to write), Ashley also writes novels. Her debut project, ORACLES, is a family saga trilogy in the book club fiction genre with a magical realism twist. Here is the log line:
35-year-old Vera wants nothing more than to protect her adolescent daughter from generational trauma. That proves difficult when Vera’s mother comes to live with them, unraveling Vera’s experience of religious and sexual abuse, dysfunctional mother-daughter relationships, and the family’s gift of prophecy.
Ashley has presented her scholarly work at several major conferences and Symposia including Modernist Studies Association (MSA); College Art Association (CAA); the Midwest Art History Society (MAHS); The American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS); the Southeast College Art Conference (SECAC); the Florida State University Art History Graduate Symposium; and the Kress Foundation Department of Art History Graduate Symposium at the University of Kansas.