Alyssa Thorne
Alyssa Thorne is an award-winning fantasy artist and writer from the Pacific Northwest, working in an ever-growing array of mediums including sculpture, painting, and photography. Each of Alyssa’s photographs features a full-scale set built entirely by hand, including natural materials such as fruit and flowers, alongside her original props or altered antiques.
Alyssa creates each image using only in-camera effects and (primarily) natural lighting. No digital compositing is involved in her images. A deep love of fantasy, science fiction, comics, and cinematic practical effects, alongside a longtime study of classical still-life paintings, has alchemized into Alyssa’s signature dark, dreamlike aesthetic—rooted as much in pop culture as it is in art history.
Career Highlights
Awards
World's Top Ten Still Life Photographers 2022 - One Eye Land
USA Rank #6
Fine Art & Flowers: Bronze Winner - "Flowers from the Underworld Part II"
Fine Art & Flowers: Bronze Winner - " Life, Death, & Time"
Fine Art & Flowers: Finalist - "Still Life With Dogwood"
Solo Exhibitions
At The Doorway of Dreaming - Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA 2023
In Bloom - Salon Ivory, Mill Creek, WA - 2023
Group Exhibitions
Annual Holiday Miniature Art Show - Ghost Gallery, Seattle WA, 2022
Emerging Artist Corner - Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA, 2013
Polaroid Project - Floating World Comics, Portland, OR. 2010
Girls Doing Girl Things - Worksound Gallery, Portland OR, 2009
Light Sensitive Material - Launch Pad Gallery, Portland, OR. 2009
Print Publications
Spring Issue - Procession Magazine, 2022
Autumn Eternal - Photo book, Alyssa Thorne 2020
Girls on Film Photo Book - Girls on Film 2013
Girls On Film Zine - Girls on Film 2011
Red/Hot Editorial - Sloane Magazine 2010
Press & Interviews
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
"A Beguiling Lens: Alyssa Thorne’s Baroque-Inspired Still Life"
