Alice Pulvers

Alice was born in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in both Tokyo and Kyoto. She was educated in Japanese schools until she moved to Sydney in 2000. Alice began drawing and painting from an early age. When Alice was 15, she travelled to Paris, and the art she saw there made a lasting impression on her. This experience and her other travels have influenced her development as an artist. As an artist, Alice is interested in the way we as humans experience the natural world and our sense of reality. The way Alice mixes elements of naturalism in rich two-dimensional schemes is reminiscent of the way Japanese art flattens and arranges landscapes and figures in works of art. A characteristic of Alice’s work is her unique and intense use of colour. Alice inter-mixes realism and ‘unrealism’ in her own particular way to create imagined landscapes. Over the years Alice has exhibited in many solo and group shows and has been a finalist in prizes such as the Portia Geach Memorial Award, Mosman Art Prize, Kilgour Prize and the Naked and Nude Art Prize.