Asher Jay is a designer, artist, and conservationist. In 2012, Jay was named a USNC United Nations Women Design Star, and, in 2014, she was designated an Emerging Explorer by National Geographic. In 2013 she created a large animated digital billboard for 'March For Elephants' which was viewed by over 1.5 million people in New York's Times Square. Jay has contributed work to Faberge's The Big Egg Hunt with the proceeds supporting anti-poaching efforts in Africa. She also created Garbagea, an online parody project where users interact in and experience the United Flotsam of Garbagea. Jay holds a BFA in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design.
Exhibits, clients, commissions and installations
Jay has exhibited at/ or created works for the following; National Geographic, WWF, Wild Aid, American Museum of Natural History, US-Embassy Kenya, African Wildlife Foundation, Save Our Elephants, Thinking Animals Inc., Frankfurt Zoological Society, Amazon Aid, Elephant Voices, Elephant Family, Wyoming Untrapped, International Anti-poaching Foundation, Rhinos Without Borders, Africa Geographic, Pangea Seed, Elephants DC, Burn The Ivory, March For Elephants, Hands Off Our Elephants, Great Whales Conservancy, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Mission Blue, TEDx.
Sources
Asher Jay, Creative Conservationist National Geographic
Symbiartic's Top 10 Science Art Gifts Scientific American
Wildlife Agency Seeks Educational Use For Crushed Ivory New York Times
Artist's masterpiece is a load of garbage ScienceLine
Heroines for the planet: Art Activist Asher Jay Eco-Chick
Money on Extinction, but Fighting Nonetheless Scientific American
WildAid launches new campaign with artist Asher Jay Gambling On Extinction
Q&A with Artist Asher Jay "Cut Throat Captivity" National Museum of Animals
A Whole Planet To Love Thinking Animals United
Who is really responsible for plastic waste? Artist Asher Jay's "Garbagea" confronts us with our throwaway culture in this creative project. MNN Artist Asher Jay highlights the ocean crisis, poaching and conservation through art Treehugger Asher Jay, Designer. Artist. Writer. Activist. Project Third World Empress of garbage The Hindu Asher Jay, Creative Conservationist
External links
[www.asherjay.com Official website]
Living people
20th-century Indian women artists
Year of birth missing (living people)