Ashley Dequilla

An artist-filmmaker, educator, and archivist with a diverse practice that includes painting, performance, moving images, installation, and ritual. In 2023, she earned her Master of Fine Arts in Moving Image from the University of Illinois at Chicago and is currently pursuing an MA in Art History at the same university. She has showcased her work in Canada, Spain, the Philippines, and across the US. Ashley is also involved in community organizing, focusing on gender violence survivor advocacy and Philippine cultural production. She holds roles as a Co-Curator Partner of the Philippine Heritage Collection at the Field Museum of Natural History and as a member of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). Additionally, she serves as the de facto archivist for the Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago, collaborating with the Chicago Film Society and the University of Chicago’s South Side Home Movie Project.