About Alli Harper

I am a photographic artist based in Victoria. With a background in interior design, I studied photography at Prahran Polytechnic and was awarded Victorian Emerging Photographer of the year. My commercial work includes portraiture, architectural photography and events. A recent move from the city to the Mornington Peninsular changed my practice from primarily digital to include analogue and cameraless photography.

Originally a psychology graduate, I keep returning to an examination of the way our environment shapes us, physically and mentally. Therefore my personal work explores trauma, memory and nostalgia as well as the mythology of place and the influence of our surroundings. I have exhibited locally and internationally and my work can be found in private collections in Australia and the USA. I am currently completing a project about my family connection to a little-known prison on French Island.

EXHIBITIONS

Solo
Head On “Disastrous Coincidence” 2023
Head On “Distanced Conversation” Bondi 2021
Ballarat Biennale “Yuki no Kuni (Land of Snow)” 2021
Illuminate Gallery “Built - Urban Transformations” 2019

Group
Ballarat Biennale Wall of Women 2023
Head On Add On 2023
MAPH (Muse

Alli Harper's Projects on LensCulture