Her work explores ideological, social and gender constructions through an interdisciplinary practice, spanning installation, video, live art, and 2-D image making.
Ashery's earlier work was often produced as a male character of her own creation, exploring gender relationships and those between woman and cultural identity.
Her performance at the Tate Modern The World is Flooding in 2014 was followed by an exhibition Animal with a Language at Waterside Contemporary, both of which saw Ashery work with participants from Freedom from Torture, UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group, Portugal Prints,[6] and others, to explore these themes.
She was selected for her contribution to Misbehaving Bodies: Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery[10] at the Wellcome Collection, which explored lived experiences of care and chronic illness.
The jury were particularly moved by her new film Dying Under Your Eyes[11] and the innovative web series Revisiting Genesis[12] following two nurses who assist people actively preparing for death to create biographical slideshows serving as their posthumous digital legacy.