Maria-Aurelia Riese

Born in Vienna, Austria, Maria-Aurelia attended  the Vienna Technical College of Photography. Maria-Aurelia creates unique carbon paper prints inspired by her family life in Vienna, Austria’s folklore, music and fairy tales.
Maria-Aurelia Riese's butterfly prints are made with real butterflies that she collects at the end of their life cycle. Maria-Aurelia layers the butterflies onto the thin carbon paper, both depicting the fragility, the beauty and yet the darkness of life itself. Each print is unique, and preserves the butterfly as a method of remembering the past and feeling more deeply connected to the outdoor world that we often overlook.

Maria-Aurelia exhibited at Pallant House Gallery, The Arden and Anstruther Gallery and at The National Open Art Competition, where she won the first prize in the photographic category.
She lives and works in the South of England.