Alena Solomonova
Alena Solomonova is a Slovenia-based visual artist working across photography, self-portraiture, and mixed media. Currently pursuing her studies at the Higher School of Photography in Slovenia, her practice examines identity as a fluid and unstable construct shaped by memory, time, and lived experience. Working primarily with self-portraiture, Solomonova physically intervenes in printed photographs through collage, tearing, threads, glass, and organic materials, transforming the portrait into an object that carries traces of vulnerability, fragmentation, and reconstruction. Her work navigates the tension between visibility and concealment, often addressing themes of aging, femininity, and the instability of the self. Her work has been recognized internationally through awards and exhibitions including the Paris Photo Prize, ND Awards 2025, Experimental Hub Barcelona, and the LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2026.
Instead of a conventional portrait, the layers expose identity as a composite of memory, experience, social…
From my ongoing project about the experience of a woman when the period of menopouse starts. The feeling that your body…
From my ongoing project about the feelings of a woman when the period of menopouse starts. The period when you lose…
In my ongoing exploration of identity through self-portraits, I employ various forms of physical intervention -…
Identity is not a stable structure. Layers of experience, education, parental attitudes, and social expectations…