Kyle W. Ashley was born in Ohio in 1957 to a father who was a welder and a mother that created love.

 

Even as a child, he enjoyed watching his father create with metal, wood, and stone.  At the age of nine, his father began teaching him the art of creating by welding.  The amazing ability to heat, melt, fuse and bond metal became a lifetime fascination. Over the years, he developed an interest in how to be creative, as well as functional, with his metal working.

 

Kyle has lived in several states, as his father was in construction and moved frequently across the country.  He feels this exposed him to life at a real level, experiencing many influences and cultures.  He is currently a general contractor and enjoys working one on one with the home owner to re-create their personal living space. He specializes in designing and fabricating custom metal art for the home and garden, which includes furniture, gates, arbors, railings, wall art, garden sculptures, etc.  If it can be dreamed, drawn or designed, he will bring it to reality for them. 

 

Kyle has always felt an affinity for metal, glass, and stone.  He believes his art is not created, so much as expressed.  "Allowing this expression to flow through me is a truly gratifying experience."

 

He entered the world of art in 2002. Kyle exhibited at the Park City Arts Festival, in Utah that year, and again in 2007.  In addition, he showed at the Bountiful Davis Summerfest, the Brigham City Peach Days, the Mountain Spirit Festival in Midway, Utah, along with several charity functions, and private garden shows.   He has exhibited in the San Diego Arts Festival, and the Kayenta Arts Festival, in St George, Utah, the Mountain Artists Rendezvous in Jackson Hole, Wy.,  as well as the Salt Lake City Farmers Market. His pieces have been shown at Utah Artist Hands in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Train Depot Gallery in Odgen, Utah and he has participated in the Tooele Arts Festival, Ogden Arts Festival, Red Butte Gardens, all in Utah, and at the 2006, and 2007 Celebration of Fine Art in Scottsdale, Az.  He will return to Celebration of Fine Arts in 2008, and show in Tempe, Az at their spring art show.

 

His work was commissioned for the Prickly Pear Restaurant in Scottsdale, Az.,  as well as for private collections in Oakdale, Ca., Summit Park, Ut., Bountiful, Ut., and Draper, Ut.

 

Kyle is currently living and creating in Murray, Utah. 

 

View some of Kyle's pieces.