Discrimination, class, culture, language and stereotyping inform the core values of her work.
She studied at Glasgow School of Art, School of The Art Institute of Chicago and City and Guilds of London Art School. Alice collaborated with Gabriel Akagawa in Chicago and was part of the mould-making team for the Queen’s Jubilee Barge, 2012. Alice’s work is autobiographical. It is completely self indulgent".įor Hand Maid, Ali will be exhibiting the piece 'REVA' from 'Queens' Show 2015.Īlice Steffen sculptor, was born in Cambridge, England. My work is a visual representation of my own personal pleasures and happiness. There is freedom in art and I feel freedom in nature. I have the most wonderful sense of freedom and bliss when I’m walking through Iberian beaches in summer and swimming freely in the seas. For me, my own naked or semi naked form brings me happiness. Their nudity in front of my lens becomes normalised as the parallel world takes over. While working with women I get a sense of peace. There is a unity in the two, a common form and aesthetic that I find hypnotic and very satisfying to watch. When I look at a female nude, I see the same contrast of light and dark curves that exist in a flower. This is a world I choose to exit in and wonder amongst visions of colour, freedom and honesty. My own vision comes from a place of spirituality and freedom. My models and flowers exist in a realm of another world, maybe a parallel universe where material clothes do not exist and botany is the fashion of choice. For me the most important element is the vision. My medium is photography however I do not put a lot of thought into the camera itself. "I am an artist, I believe in the forces of chi, angels and spirit guides. Like I just exist.” She currently lives and works in London Ali say about her work, “I would say I’m an artist that relies on intuition. The romance and mysticism of her subject continues in her latest series, Queens. This time incorporating her love for flowers, with nature in the forefront and human in their basic element. Ali’s first project, Flux exhibited in Chelsea in 2012. While in London she began working for a production house that developed work for Dazed and Confused and Vogue. The move to London came with Ali joining Chelsea and Kensington College to study fine art photography and began the shift from fashion photography. Ali started her career in Dublin working on luxury fashion magazines, where she worked alongside high end fashion clients such as Gucci, Chanel, Prada, Dior to name a few to produce iconic print work. Ali King’s childhood experience of growing up in London, Brighton, Dublin and New York endowed her with a keen eye for the natural beauty of the landscape set within urban perimeters. Recently featured by Saatchi's chief curator Rebecca Wilson in 'The Contemporary Nude' Collection, Ali King is fast becoming a well known name as a contemporary nude botanical photographer.
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