Alice von Maltzahn  is a contemporary artist living and working in London. She studied art at Wimbledon College of Fine Art and The Ruskin School of Fine Art and Drawing at Oxford University.

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Between 2011 and 2013  Alice von Maltzahn worked with Wendt + Friedman Gallery in Berlin, on both group and solo exhibitions in Berlin and Cologne.

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In 2014 she was featured in the title Paper Play; follow up to the bestselling Paper Works published by Sandu Press, an exploration of international artists working in the medium of paper. 

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Resident artist at The Sarabande Foundation from 2020-2021. 

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Her work is part of the Soho House Art Collection London.

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Working with specialist papers as a primary medium, her practice examines temporality, the environment, our place within it and the traces we leave behind. Large scale, organic installations alter the spaces they inhabit and appear to grow both naturally and unexpectedly through interior spaces. These intricate paper constructions compel us to re- examine our relationship with materiality, nature, growth and decay. Recent installation works have re-imagined the concept of wallpaper; growing intricately crafted, three dimensional relief work across wall surfaces. Growing up on a farm has had a profound effect on her work and has resulted in her preoccupation with the transient nature of our surroundings and the interconnectedness of ourselves and the environment.

"I have a slow, meditative practice that mirrors the quiet growth found in nature. My work is about materiality. It's about how the paper moves, how it sounds, how it feels – it's a relationship. It's alive. It's an ever changing dialogue between myself and each type of paper, which is what makes working with the material so exciting. It's an emotional experience, bringing this natural material back to life, somehow. I want the work to breathe."

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