For book inquiries please contact my agent:

Jessica Saint Jean, at Root Literary.
email: jessica@rootliterary.com
phone: (401) 767-6669

Hello! 

Ashley Benham-Yazdani is a picture book author/illustrator, nature lover, and a multi-faceted craftswoman. She is passionate about arts education and has taught illustration courses at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and Towson University. Her books for children examine the relationship between humans and their environment, and can be found at your local bookstore.

Her tools of the trade are watercolors, colored pencils, and Photoshop, but she also enjoys embroidery, block printing, screen printing, and metal-smithing.

When not pushing pigment or pixels around, Ashley can be found reading, knitting, or running around in the great outdoors. She lives in Davis, CA with her husband and their two children.

Selected Client List:

Candlewick Press, Holiday House, The Saturday Evening Post, Sugar Inc., Strings Magazine, The Little Lutheran / The Little Christian magazines, Saint Mary's College of California, Eleventh Hour Theatre Ensemble, Barnyard Theatre Company, Appleseeds Magazine.

Education:

MFA in Illustration Practice, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2016
BFA in Illustration, California College of the Arts, 2008

Exhibit History:

Arboretum // 2018 // Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN
MICA Illustration Practice Graduate Thesis Exhibition  // 2016 //
MICA Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Image Harvest  // 2015 // MICA Fox 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Patches + Stitches // 2015 // Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN 
Image Harvest // 2014 // MICA Lazarus Center, Baltimore, MD
Illustration West 48 // 2010 // Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Richmond Illustrators Club 3rd Annual Juried Show // 2009 // Richmond, VA
Illustration West 47 // 2009 // Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Society of Illustrators Student Competition Show // 2008 // Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Italy: Art And Contemporary Culture // 2007 // North / South Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA