​​About AlyZen Moonshadow Mobile Photography Art & Design



From a young age, I have always dabbled in some form of Art or another.  I owe my creative talents to my brilliant maternal Grandmother, who continues to inspire me even now.  I am somewhat unusual in that I am an artist who cannot draw.  That didn't stop me from having 2 solo Art exhibitions in Ronda, Andalucia, Spain, in 2004 and 2005, the first which was of Abstract Art, the second was Collage and entitled "Themes and Dreams".    

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When I moved to the Republic of Ireland in 2007, I lived in an old farmhouse with outbuildings full of industrial junk.  This led to me creating 25 pieces of Assemblage inspired by the Master of Assemblage, Michael De Meng.  My stint in the workshop creating these pieces also led to a fondness for the band Arcade Fire.  2 of my pieces were exhibited in the Christmas Show in Carrick-on-Shannon in 2008, and in an Art Gallery in nearby Ballyfarnon in Summer 2009. 

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I first picked up an iPhone in 2010, and fell in love with the possibilities it offered in the field of mobile photography.  Not being able to draw in the Classical sense, iPhoneography gave me the outlet I needed, to be able to add depth and texture to my photos and thus create something new out of them.  The genre of iPhoneography or iPhone Art was as yet unknown in Western Australia, where I emigrated to in December 2010.  I set about researching and finding fellow iPhoneographers, and in July 2011 orchestrated Perth's very first iPhoneography Exhibition at the Apple Store.  Here I gave live demonstrations on how to create different effects using Apple's iPhone and Apps.  My images, and that of the other 6 iPhoneographers I selected for the show, were displayed on iPads around the Apple Store.



My Art has evolved since then.  In April 2011 I published a photobook on Blurb called "Dalienutopia", a play on words about Dali and Utopia.  The images were of Western Australian wetlands, with added colours and textures.  This was followed in July 2012 by a Lulu photobook, "The iFlower Series", based on flower photography, a subject still close to my heart.  In January 2013 I published a Mixbook photobook titled "Surreal", which showcased my favourite surrealistic iPhone Art images. 



I was one of the earliest members of the iPhoneography community MobiTog, and was a Moderator on its Forum from 2011-2012.  I instigated MobiTog's first ever weekly Challenge, "Where in the World - Subject to Interpretation". This was one of MobiTog's most successful features, which inspired many other Challenges.  I also ran other Challenges, specifically the "Macro Challenge" and "Where's Dolly" and "Postcards from Ewe".  Towards the end of 2012 I initiated and helped organise a large iPhoneography Exhibition in New York, courtesy of FX Photo Studio and MobiTog. 

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My work has been exhibited in many different places, at MINA in New Zealand, in the NY FX Photo Studio Show, at the LA-MAF Show, and some of my images are on sale through sites such as RedBubble, Zazzle, Fine Art America, Society 6, DeviantArt, ArtofWhere.  And yet my work is still evolving.  In December 2012 I switched to Androidography after purchasing a Samsung Galaxy S3, and I am currently immersed in a Series (or two!) of images revolving around the rather unusual and quirky subject of Teacups, which I stack and photograph and then App.  I have also recently ventured into the field of Mixed Media where my teacup images are printed onto A3 tissue paper, and then affixed to A3 canvasses, sealed and then varnished several times over.

 

I am also concurrently exploring the realm of Graphic Design via Mobile Apps.  I have created a number of "Visuals" for a few musician friends, these are essentially typographical representations of their artist names, on a background I created.  These "Visuals" can be utilised in a number of ways, for example as posters, fine art prints, album covers, book covers, t-shirts etc, and will be useful for promotional purposes.  I do this to satisfy my creative drive and to be able to add to my client portfolio and range of products carrying my Artwork.

 

​My ambition is to see my Artwork licensed by homeware companies and publishing companies, and to be able to see my images on a range of consumer products.