A Few Words About
The Designer
Designer. Developer. Founder.
Ashley N Cameron
Hello! I’m Ashley, the creative problem solver and owner/operator of Ashley Cameron Design. Thanks for your interest in my work and for visiting my site!
As long as I can remember, I have wanted to be an artist. I have a great passion for learning—whether it’s the hard sciences, social sciences, meeting new people, traveling and experiencing other cultures, cuisines, and landscapes, trying new recipes, or acquiring new skills. It’s often hard to separate work from play because all of it is my life; I call it the “art of living.”
I enjoy a good challenge and friendly competition—sports (softball, cycling, billiards, ping pong, tennis, you name it) or mental stimulation—learning new skills and concepts such as web development, 3D modeling, hydroponics & gardening, and woodworking. Documenting these experiences to find the essence of the learning process—and sharing and teaching them to others—has grown my YouTube channel, started in 2011, to more than 400 videos and 35K subscribers.
I have adjunct taught Interactive Design & Advanced Photoshop and am currently teaching full-time (Design Software Applications, Graphic Design I, II, III, IV) at my alma mater, Missouri Western State University.
After graduating summa cum laude with a BFA in Graphic Design during the recession (’09), I landed a position at a small advertising agency, the Minnow Project in Lincoln, NE, where I gained a foundation of seven years’ experience and the opportunity to practice design, learn the creative process, and communicate my ideas to account managers and clients. In 2010, I accepted the challenge to learn web development, which dramatically helped our team and gave me the experience I needed to establish my own business. I’m so grateful for that opportunity and for putting in the effort at such a key point in my life.
Since 2016, I’ve been operating fully out of my home studio and offering an array of professional services, primarily graphic design and website development. It’s a welcoming space where clients become partners and friends who share their expertise with me, so I can craft beautiful, smart, and memorable brands that deliver clear messages to their audiences.
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Awards
Honors & Exhibitions
2024
OCT—Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art – Mountain-Plains Museums Association’s First Place in the Publication Design Competition for Magazines, Newsletters, Quarterly or Biannual Publications | Membership Brochure and Newsletter
2023
OCT—Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art – Mountain-Plains Museums Association’s First Place in the Publication Design Competition for Brochures & Rack Cards, Invitation, Development of a Promotional Package, Magazines, Newsletters, Quarterly or Biannual Publications | Farm Island Anthology exhibition catalog, Membership Brochure, and March Newsletter.
2022
OCT—Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art – Mountain-Plains Museums Association’s First Place in the Publication Design Competition Award for Brochures & Rack Cards for Membership Brochure.
2019
SEP—BCMAA– MPMA Publication First Place Design Award for Worthy Rivals: Dale Nichols and Terence Duren in the Books and Exhibition Catalogues division.
2018
NOV—313 Digital logo contest winner
SEP—BCMAA – MPMA First Place Publication Design Competition Award in Brochures & Rack Cards, First Place in Technology for Online Presence.
2017
OCT—BCMAA – MPMA Design Award for Invitation/Development/Promotional Package & Technology Award for Online Presence.
2016
DEC—Intensity Nutrition – PAGE Magazine – Icons in Corporate and UX Design (German Design Magazine), featuring packaging design icons.
2014
SEP—BCMAA – MPMA First Place Awards in all four categories for the following publications: Membership brochure, Newsletter, Exhibition Catalog, and Online Presence.
2013
OCT—BCMAA – MPMA First Place Award in Technology for Website & Social Media Presence
2012
OCT—Nebraska Travel Industry – Outstanding Website Award for Butler County Tourism.
SEP—BCMAA – MPMA Design Award winner in Magazines, Newsletters, quarterly or biannual publications for Agrarian Art Newsletter
2011
DEC—Silver Award – Go Green Advertising Awards (national) for the Sustainable Attorney website
OCT—BCMAA – Nebraska Travel Industry – Outstanding Website Award
2010
FALL 2010 – SPRING 2012—Offered Teaching Assistantship – organizing exhibits in the Eisentrager Gallery.
JAN 2011 – FEB 2010—Exhibited Printmaking works in “Mastering Printmaking: Professor Karen Kunc and UNL Master of Fine Art Students” in the Walker Art Gallery, University of Nebraska Kearney.
2009
DEC—Exhibited Printmaking works with other UNL graduate students in the “Red Dot Show” in Peru, NE. Exhibited 3 artworks in a juried exhibition entitled “Objects of Desire” at the Haydon Art Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.
UNL Centennial and Edgren Fellowships
MAY—Graduated summa cum laude with BFA in Graphic Design
MAR 30–APR 9—Senior Show exhibit with fellow students: Mark Crable, Hallie Delagardelle, Jenna Hudson, and Jena Pickerell.
2008
“Italian Experience: Group Student/ Faculty Exhibition” in the MWSU Potter Hall Gallery.
Two artworks were exhibited in the Albrecht-Kemper Membership Show in Saint Joseph, MO.
JAN—Submit-A-Photo Contest winner
JAN—1st Place for “The Bridge” in a juried exhibition at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph, MO. The piece was purchased as part of a private collection
Amy Singleton Scholarship
2007
Art Department Annual Honors
“The Bridge” linocut was accepted into a juried exhibition at the Soulard Art Market and Contemporary Art Gallery in St. Louis, MO.
“The Bridge” was presented while discussing the narrative at a National Printmaking Conference in Richmond, VA.
2006
2006-2009—
President’s Honor Roll
Scholastic Key: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
President’s Scholarship
MAY—Valedictorian
"I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it."
