ABOUT — LISA MARIE ASUBONTENG

Her by Lisa Marie Asubonteng

Lisa Marie Asubonteng is a visual artist and photographer based in Germany.
She is of Ghanaian-German descent and is known for her artistic vision of capturing emotions and conveying meaningful messages through her work. Asubonteng grew up in Stuttgart-West and was primarily interested in drawing and dancing, performing more in front of the camera than behind it. Her mother's background in fashion design and family documentation exposed her to photography and fashion, which has been a part of her life since childhood.

Lisa Marie Asubonteng majored in communication design at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft in Berlin, where she completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in 2022. Her photographic story, "The Holy Women," features women and children who have experienced physical and sexual abuse in Ghana. Asubonteng's work focuses on themes of identity and tradition, capturing underrepresented faces and emphasising realism. She sees photography as a way of realising moments in life through her lens, in a manner more akin to an artistic performance than a documentary.

Asubonteng's work has been featured in several international publications, including Vogue Germany, L'Officiel Homme Belgium, TheOnes 2 Watch, and ZEIT Magazine Online. She made history in 2023 as the first woman of colour to publish "Holy Women" on the February cover of Photonews Hamburg.

Lisa Marie Asubonteng's most recent work, "The Holy Women," has been exhibited internationally at prestigious venues, including EMOP in Berlin, Museumsquartier Osnabrück, and London. Her other works have also been shown in Lüneburg and Stuttgart. Asubonteng was awarded the Felix Schoeller Photo Award in the category of Best Work by an Emerging Photographer for
"The Holy Women" at the Museumsquartier Osnabrück exhibition.

After graduating from university, she continued to work on upcoming stories, tutoring at different universities, contributing to increased career opportunities by developing relationships with collaborators and gradually building her reputation through social media. Currently, she divides her time between Accra, London, and Berlin.

Lisa Marie Asubonteng seeks to positively impact and bring awareness to important social issues through her art. Her name, Asubonteng, reflects her artistry as a photographer and visualiser whose workflows are like a raging river, feeding all organisms with its beauty and message.

EXHIBITION

2023 Museumsquartier The Holy Women | Osnabrück Germany

2023 EMOP The Holy Women | Berlin Germany

2022 Lunatic Festival Nsroma | Lüneburg Germany

2021 Alte Münze A Club is.. | Berlin Germany

PUBLICATIONS

2024 Vogue Germany | Afro Future 2023 | January