ASTLYR 2, EDITION 1 0F 10 Photograph

Current Owner Design Hub: Crystal Planets Ali is a listed Crystal Sculpture in London Old work: 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. 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. 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. The move to London came with Ali joining Chelsea and Kensington College to study fine art photography and began the shift from fashion photography. While in London she began working for a production house that developed work for Dazed and Confused; and Vogue. Ali’s first project, Flux exhibited in Chelsea in 2012. Cyonza followed an year later in 2013. This time incorporating her love for flowers, with nature in the forefront and human in their basic element. The romance and mysticism of her subject continues in her latest series, Queens. Ali say about her work, “I would say I’m an artist that relies on intuition. I don’t produce academic art. I’m into spirituality over academia. I feel my art just is. It just exists. Like I just exist.” She currently lives and works in London.