ink-slingin' monster

Ashley Tristán, also known as Moonhowler Press, was born and raised in Laredo, along the Texas-Mexico frontera. They received their BFA in Studio Art at the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. The main focus of their work revolves around the Mexican-American/Latinx lifestyle as seen through their childhood, what it means to grow up on La Frontera, how their culture has become an important part of their identity as an artist, and portraying their struggle with anxiety and disassociation. The belief in magia play a huge role in their work and personal life, gaining lots of inspiration from home remedios, leyendas urbanas, and how folk magia has weaved itself into the border.

Accessibility and affordability are integral to the way that Moonhowler Press functions. One of the main goals is to help bridge the gap between the art world and common folk. Making art accessible to folks in the working class and finding ways to give back to our local community.

2024

02/09-11 - PRINTAUSTIN Presents: The Printmaker’s Ball & PrintExpo – Austin, TX
04/20 - It Came From the Bayou: Poster Show, Mid Main Lofts Gallery - Houston, TX
04/21 - 11th Annual, It Came From the Bayou: Printmaking Showcase - Houston, TX
- Paper Trail @ The Rock Box - San Antonio, TX
09/06 - UFOs Over Lubbock: High Plains Printslinger Showcase @ Charles Adams Studio Project, 5&J Gallery - Lubbock, TX
10/11 - Sketchbomb Presents: Phantasmagoria 4, A Paranormal Exhibit, Laredo Center for the Arts – Laredo, TX

2023

02/10-12 - PRINTAUSTIN Presents: The Printmaker’s Ball & PrintExpo – Austin, TX
04/22 - It Came From the Bayou: Poster Show, Mid Main Lofts Gallery - Houston, TX
04/23 - 10th Annual, It Came From the Bayou: Printmaking Showcase - Houston, TX
05/12 - Pour Your Heart Out Art Show @ Bright Coffee - San Antonio, TX
06/30 - Coaster Art Show @ Cultura - Laredo, TX
07/30 - Paper Trail @ The Rock Box - San Antonio, TX
10/06 - UFOs Over Lubbock: High Plains Printslinger Showcase @ Charles Adams Studio Project, 5&J Gallery - Lubbock, TX
11/12 - From Press to Table: a PrintHouston Art Fair @ Orange Show - Houston, TX
12/01 - Intentional Pressure: a Collection of Artwork by Juan JalaPena & Moonhowler Press @ Casa Arte - Laredo, TX

2022

02/11-13 - PRINTAUSTIN Presents: The Printmaker’s Ball & PrintExpo – Austin, TX
04/23 - It Came From the Bayou: Poster Show, Mid Main Lofts Gallery - Houston, TX
04/24 - 9th Annual, It Came From the Bayou: Printmaking Showcase - Houston, TX
07/17 - Paper Trail @ the Rock Box - San Antonio, TX
08/05 - Operation Orange: The Nickelodeon Art Show @ Cultura - Laredo, TX
09/04 - PRINTAUSTIN Presents: Texas Print Rodeo @ Central Machine Works - Austin, TX
09/29-10/28 - Disparate Inclinations @ Martha Fenstermaker Memorial Visual Arts Gallery, Laredo College - Laredo, TX
10/22 - How Bizarre Art Bazaar @ Burning Bones Press - Houston, TX
10/06 - Quince @ Schaudies Gallery, Kspace Contemporary Studios - Corpus Christi, TX
10/07 - Spooky Times Group Show @ BLK WHT GRY - San Antonio, TX
10/07 - UFOs Over Lubbock: High Plains Printslinger Showcase @ Charles Adams Studio Project, 5&J Gallery - Lubbock, TX
10/21-22 - Ink Curds Printers Showcase @ Magnet Factory - Milwaukee, WI
12/10 - PRINTAUSTIN Presents: Naughty and Nice @ Dock Space Gallery - San Antonio, TX

2021

01/29 - Relief Conspiracy - The Harlow, Hallowell, ME
02/06 - PRINTAUSTIN Presents: Virtual PrintExpo & Conference
10/01 - UFOs Over Lubbock: High Plains Printslinger Showcase @ Charles Adams Studio Project, 5&J Gallery - Lubbock, TX
10/08 - 2021 Southwest Print Fiesta Print Exchange @ Power and Light Press - Silver City, NM

2020

01/31-02/02 - PRINTAUSTIN Presents: The Printmaker’s Ball & PrintExpo - Austin, TX

2019

02/1&2 - PRINTAUSTIN Presents: The Printmaker’s Ball & PrintExpo – Austin, TX
02/12 – La Peńa Presents: Latino Artists In Printmaking – Austin, TX
05/11-12 & 18-19 – La Peña Presents: OESTE 4 – West Austin Studio Tour (#313) – Austin, TX
08/16 - Sketchbomb Presents: PLAY Series 4, After School Special @ Laredo Center for the Arts - Laredo, TX
10/04 - UFOs Over Lubbock: High Plains Printslinger Showcase @ Charles Adams Studio Project, 5&J Gallery - Lubbock, TX
10/11 - Laredo Center for the Arts & Sketchbomb Laredo Presents: Late ‘Til 8: The Haunting of LCA - Laredo, TX
11/07-12/13 - Laredo College Presents: Open 30 - International Juried Exhibitions - Laredo, TX

2018

01/05-29 - CREATIVE CREATURES: In the Style of Wes Anderson - Act II, San Antonio, TX
01/19-02/10 – PRINTAUSTIN Trade Portfolio, Invenio @ Canopy, Austin, TX
01/26 – The Tejano Civil Rights Museum Presents: Tejano Chicano Group Exhibit, Corpus Christi, TX
01/30 – Brownsville Museum of Fine Art: Bi-National Exhibition – Brownsville, TX
02/02-26 – CREATIVE CREATURES: The Broken Hearts Club – San Antonio, TX
02/07 – 6th Annual Birds of the Bush Art Contest – Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX
02/10 – PRINTAUSTIN Presents: PrintExpo – Canopy/Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX
03/02-26 - CREATIVE CREATURES: ARTFLIX (A Netflix Originals Inspired Art Show) – San Antonio, TX
03/10 – La Peña Presents: Inspiring Women – A Collective Art Exhibition in Celebration of International Women's Day – Austin, TX
04/06 – Como La Flor - A Selena Inspired Art Exhibit, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX
05/12-13 & 19-20 – La Peña Presents: OESTE 3 – West Austin Studio Tour (#189) – Austin, TX
05/13-07/19 – Laredo Community College’s Annual Juried Art Exhibit – Martha Fenstermaker Memorial Visual Arts Gallery, Laredo, TX
05/26 – Viva Printmaking! – Tejano Civil Rights Museum, Grossman House – Corpus Christi, TX
06/08 – Tejano-Chicano Group Exhibit – Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX
07/13 – Sketchbook Presents: PLAY Series 3, Tactile, Toy Themed Art Show – Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX
10/04 – Sketchbomb Presents: Phantasmagoria 3 – A Paranormal Art Exhibit – Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX
10/27 – La Peńa Presents: Dia de los Muertos – Austin, TX

2017

01/20-02/09 - PrintAustin, The Exchange Portfolio – Flatbed Press. Austin, TX
02/11 – PRINTAUSTIN Presents: PrintExpo – Museum of the Human Achievement/Canopy, Austin, TX
07/13 – Sketchbomb Presents: Play Series 2, Toy Theme Art Show – Laredo Center for the Arts – Laredo, TX
10/05 – Sketchbomb Presents: Phantasmagoria 2, A Paranormal Exhibit, Laredo Center for the Arts – Laredo, TX
12/08 – Mix n' Mash: Latina Legends & Nacimientos – Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
12/08 – Sketchbomb Presents: Art Wars 2, The Art Strikes Back, Laredo Center for the Arts – Laredo, TX
12/17/17 – The Tejano Civil Rights Museum Presents: Virgen de Guadalupe Group Exhibit – Corpus Christi, TX

2016

04/09 – Awakening of the Galactic Frontera, Music & Art Show – Gallery 201, Laredo, TX
07/07 – Frida Por Vida – Gallery 201, Laredo, TX
07/08 – Sketchbomb Presents: Play, Toy Inspired Art Show – Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX
10/13 – Sketchbomb Presents: Phantasmagoria, A Paranormal Art Exhibit – Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX
10/22 – Creature Feature- Caffe Dolce, Laredo, TX
11/02 – Dia de los Muertos – Gallery 201, Laredo, TX
12/22 – Sketchbomb Presents: Art Wars, A Star Wars Art Exhibit – Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX

2015
06/13 – de femme á femme – Caffe Dolce, Laredo, TX
08/14 – Soy De La Frontera – Solo Show – Caffe Dolce, Laredo, TX
11/06 – Dia de los Muertos – Gallery 201, Laredo, TX

2014

02/07-03/07 – Blowout IX Part II, FAB Gallery - Austin, TX
10/07-11/08 – Round Rock Arts, Dia de los Muertos Exhibition: An Expression of All Cultures, ArtSpace, Round Rock, TX

2013

01/18-02/10 – Blowout VIII Part Two - Gallery Black Lagoon, Austin, TX
11/09-12/03 – LHASC’s Variedades Juried Exhibition - La Pena, Austin, TX
12/08/2013–01/04/2014 – Blowout IX Part I, the Hideout Coffeehouse - Austin, TX

2012

12/09/2012 - 01/05/2013 - Blowout VIII Part One - The Hideout Coffeehouse, Austin, TX

Publications

2022 - Open Print Exchange 2021/22 Book
2019 – Voyage Houston
2018 – The Skinned Knee Collective – Yellow Issue
2018 – DeLaredo Magazine
2015 – Laredo Morning Times – ¿Que Pasa? Artist Spotlight
2014 – Vagina:: The Zine – Fall 2014 Issue

A late @papertrailsa haul! It took all my willpower to not spend all the money I earned in one go. 😂 Definitely tried to support as many folks as I could tho. Lots of great stuff. Please check out all these amazing artists. Great time to be looking

Thank you San Antonio for being so rad yesterday and coming out to @papertrailsa! Thanks to the ‘rona I hadn’t done any IRL events in over a year so this was an overwhelming but surreal event. Honestly one of the best events I’ve ev

We out here baby!! Come by @papertrailsa today from 11am to 7pm. Lots of badass artists here. Come say hi! Have a drink! Bring me a snack. I got hand sanitizer if ya need. 😘

Restocking a bunch of these spooky babies for @papertrailsa this coming Sunday! Both Cryptid Family Portraits and the Classic (Universal) Monsters sets will be available. Still got a lot of stuff to prep but I’m very excited. If you’re in

Photos from yesterday’s workshop with @americanprintmaker! Always a great time hanging out and always impressed by Jesse’s approach to teaching. It’s been about seven years since the last time I worked on a letterpress so it was exc

Been busy dusting off the goods and getting ready for my first IRL gig since the Pandemmy started. Didn’t realize until now that I never posted the final result of this print called Ya Darn Snootin’ from 2019. Everyone thinks himbs a ratt

Blessed Litha! Happy summer solstice! Glad Midsommar! Welcome to Cancer season! So many things that went on throughout this week.

Thought I’d reshare this Summertime print / Orville Peck fan art I did last year. One of my absolute favorite son

These babies are officially dry and posted up in my shop. 💖 Really happy with how they turned out. Normally I’m not one for quotes, but this one definitely rings true. Might turn this into a screenprint later to make some shirts.

One last print of this baby is left and has been listed in my shop! I’m not going to be printing this exact print again so here’s your last chance to get your hands on this baby. 🍔🍟🥤

Reunited with my coffee art crew today. 🥺 Literally haven’t seen them in over a year.

A busy weekend of printing a new edition and reprinting older ones. I have a vending event coming up in San Antonio soon, so I’m both excited and terrified to get back into IRL business.

It’s 4:38 in the morning. The beginning of something new. Feeling rusty af but excited to finally get this idea onto a block. Here’s to hoping I don’t mess up. 🤞🏽 10 years of printmaking and I still get anxious about it.

In the midst of all the chaos the other day, I found two prints that I thought completely sold old. El Nopal has already been claimed and shipped to the new owner, but I’m waiting to see if someone was gonna claim the last Fuck Yeah, Midnight F

While packing up some orders, I realized that I only have this one last print of La Musica left from the lotería series on kraft brown paper I had started working on years ago.

I’ve had an idea for another lotería card but it&rs

As always, have not made any new work. Just been stocking up again on open editions which I just realized I ran out of some when I got a couple of orders. (Which sorry for the delay! 😅)

At least I finally got to try out Bill Fick’s Super Grap

Just a little reminder that if you’re ever buying a gift for someone and sending it directly to their place, I’ll include a little message on your behalf. Just let me know what to write! 🌚💖 Trying to up my game by making these teeny tin

Back at it again with a new garment I’ve made. This time around tried my hands at making some shorts! They came out pretty okay but maaaaan, they were a hassle because of the sizing.

Does anyone have a problem matching your measurements to the

✨it’s chubby crop top season baybee ✨

Finished my first ever garment. Well, that’s if you don’t count the Louise bunny ears I’ve done and the million of COVID masks I’ve made this past year. I think cranking those thing

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