Lily Alssen is a photography-based artist currently working in Germany. Her practice revolves around photography and is influenced by and at times combined with other media such as drawing, typography, graphic design, and crafts. In her work, she juxtaposes a simplistic and easily accessible aesthetic with complex, often psychological, and sociological topics and unanswered questions about perception and reality. Challenging the general opinion that we live in a superficial world and by using technology that can only capture what takes place in front of her lens, she seeks to think about the invisible and what lies beneath the surface.
Alssen’s interest in creative techniques and conceptual thinking led her to numerous courses, workshops, and further training in a wide variety of creative areas and a Bachelor of Communication Design (Honours) in Germany and Ireland, which she completed with her work on the subject of 'forgetting'. She plans to complete her Master of Photography at RMIT in Melbourne by the end of 2021.
For over a decade she worked as a photo art director in Germany and Australia, as well as a freelance photographer. Alssen has participated in group exhibitions in Australia and Germany and self-published several photo books. Her work as an art director has been circulated countless times around the world.
