Ashley O Soliman

Ashley Soliman is a costume designer and visual artist based in New York City. 

Her designs have been seen onstage at The Alliance Theatre, Juilliard, Fort Worth Opera, New Camerata Opera, and Manhattan School of Music. Other selected works include Sweet Potato Kicks The Sun (Santa Fe Opera), Protest (Shuga Pie Supreme), Le Comte Ory (LoftOpera), Astronaut Love Show (Leschen & Sauter), Fatty Fatty No Friends (Mind The Art Entertainment.) In 2020, Ashley had the pleasure of assisting Jessica Jahn on the initial run of Coal Country at The Public Theater and was commissioned later that year by The American Opera Project to hand render illustrations for The Christmas Spider animation. 

In addition to designing, Ashley spent four formative years as a painter and artisan at Jeff Fender Studio, where she discovered that she could apply her fine arts background to costume crafts. Under Jeff’s tutelage, she learned how to interpret and actualize concepts brought in by designers such as Gregg Barnes, Gregory Gale, Paul Tazewell, Suzy Benzinger, Sandy Powell, and Ann 

Roth. Ashley became versed in aging, distressing, embellishing, and fabric painting for projects appearing on Broadway and in opera, dance, film, and television (notably the erstwhile Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.) 

Born and raised in Chino Hills, California, Ashley holds a BFA in Fine Arts & Printmaking from the School of Visual Arts.