Ash Eliza Williams grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains in SW Virginia. Ash is a painter and multidisciplinary artist making work about interspecies communication, non-human language, and more vibrant methods of connection. They have exhibited widely including at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Chautauqua Institute, Kunstmuseum Hersbruck in Germany, The New York Hall of Science, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, and Denver Botanic Gardens. Ash often works with scientists including collaborations and research projects at Shoals Marine Laboratory, The Museum of Comparative Zoology, and McDonald Observatory. Recent residencies include: Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Vermont Studio Center, The Studios at Mass MoCA, and Shangyuan Art Museum, China. In 2023 Ash was a Lucille Walton Fellow and resident artist at the University of Virginia Mountain Lake Biological Station. Ash is a 2025-2026 artist-in-residence at the Roswell Foundation (RAiR).