About Alyssa Leigh

Alyssa Leigh Thorn is a visual artist based in Columbia, SC and recently received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photography from the University of South Carolina in 2020.

Her work revolves around cyclical time, connection, memories, and significant place. Pushing others to understand feelings, emotions and memories outside of their own, and find a feeling of connection to the world and people around them. She is an empath that practices astrology, and the occult, and is a proud cat mom.

Currently she is doing freelance work, and is a Co-Founder of Cumulus Photo- a photographic space to share work and have artists come together. Recently, she served as the University of South Carolina’s Photo Department Lab Manager for three years. She is currently in the midst of two bodies of work “Through Time and Thorns” and “Within the Veil We Find Ourselves”.

Photo credit to Coleman Rojahn

Photo credit to Coleman Rojahn


CONTACT

EMAIL: alyssaleighwilley@gmail.com

INSTAGRAM: @alyssaleigh_t