ASHLEY DEHOYOS SAUDER

Ashley DeHoyos Sauder is the Curator of DiverseWorks and organizes a full range of visual, performing, and public arts programming. Recent projects include the exhibition Spectral Field by Anahita Bradberry, River on Fire and Art & Climate Justice Symposium (2024), and performances Memory Fleet by Jasmine Hearn (2024), D.R.E.A.M = AFRAM by Lisa E. Harris (2023), and LANDS – Portrait of the City of Houston by French collaborators Jocelyn Cottencin and Emmanuelle Huynh (2023).

In addition to her role as curator at DiverseWorks, DeHoyos also manages Diverse Discourse and co-organizes The Idea Fund, a regranting program co-administered by DiverseWorks, Aurora Picture Show, and Project Row Houses, funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts.

In her free time, DeHoyos serves as a steering committee member for Houston’s BIPOC Artists Network and Fund, serves as a board member for the Climate Justice Museum, and as a partner advisor for the National Performance Network. She is a recipient of the Warhol Foundation for Visual Art Curatorial Research Grant and the Teiger Foundation Climate Pilot Program for Curators.

DeHoyos Sauder received a BFA from Sam Houston State University (2013) and an MFA in Curatorial Practice from Maryland Institute College of Art (2016). She currently lives and works in Houston with her husband and daughter.

Education

Masters of Fine Arts in Curatorial Practice with concentration in Critical Studies from Maryland College of Arts, 2016.
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Photography with minor in Art History from Sam Houston State University, 2013.
Associates of Art in Journalism San Jacinto College, 2010.