Ashley Joan Schriefer Presents The Gold Lining: Resilience Reimagined at Artifacts Projects,
New York, NY – August 2025 – This August, New York City will host The Gold Lining: Resilience
Reimagined, a powerful new exhibition by artist Ashley Joan Schriefer. Presented at Artifact
Projects, the show moves beyond the conventional promise of a silver lining and instead
reframes resilience as something immediate, embodied, and luminous.
Born of profound personal loss, The Gold Lining is both an act of survival and a manifesto.
Schriefer asks audiences to see hope not at the end of suffering, but within it—through strength,
faith, and clarity revealed under pressure.
Portraiture as Emotional Visibility
Schriefer’s work layers the physical with the emotional, the symbolic with the spiritual. Each
canvas produces images that resist easy articulation, illuminating the invisible weight of grief,
the persistence of resilience, and the transformative edge of loss. Her portraits are less about
likeness and more about revelation—inviting viewers to witness what is usually hidden beneath
the surface.
The Ocean as Protagonist
A recurring motif throughout the series is the ocean, rendered not as backdrop but as
protagonist. Vast, turbulent yet calm, overwhelming yet cleansing, the sea becomes a mirror for
the human condition. Its shifting currents echo the fluid states of the inner life, shaping and
reshaping the psyche’s depths with every brushstroke.
Urgency, Survival, and Evolution
What distinguishes The Gold Lining is the urgency of its creation. Conceived during a time of
raw loss, the series preserves the contours of hardship while affirming the human spirit’s
capacity to endure and evolve. It is both testimony and invitation—asking audiences not to
search for meaning only after the storm has passed, but to recognize the brilliance already
present in the darkest waters.
Exhibition DetailsExhibition: The Gold Lining: Resilience Reimagined by Ashley Joan Schriefer
Location: Artifact Projects, New York, NY
Opening Reception: August 15th 2025
This exhibition extends beyond personal narrative to become a universal call: an invitation to
live unmasked, to ground oneself in resilience, and to acknowledge the brilliance that persists
even under pressure. It is truly a display of emotions with boldness.
Follow Ashley Joan Schriefer on Instagram: @ashleyjoanart
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