'Capturing and exploring transformation of form and consciousness is my inspiration, it is always the formless out of which creation arises'
Short Version :I am a visionary photo / digital artist with over 2 decades of working both with and without AI. My roots lie in photography and still photography on film sets. In 2015I began transforming amorphous photo pixels into imaginative forms, a foundation for further evolving with AI. Exploring my inner depth, an awakening was realising that all creation is arising from the formless which helped later to focus on crime-themed book covers art and the collective unconscious.
Long Version :Dlela Lombard is a visionary, self-taught artist and alchemist whose creative journey spans over two decades, exploring both digital and traditional mediums. Her evolving practice seamlessly incorporates surrealist techniques such as text automatism and AI-assisted image generation, resulting in digital paintings that blend imperfections with refinement.Since 2021, Lombard has immersed herself in the exploration of blockchain platforms, developing expertise in decentralized technologies, smart contracts, and the dynamic landscape of digital assets. Between 2016 and 2022, she cultivated a distinctive, AI-free non-conformist digital creation process—transforming amorphous photo pixel content into imaginative forms outside mainstream social media channels - allowing her art to continue.
Her artistic roots originate in Munich, where she worked in photography, assisting with fashion shoots and gaining experience on film sets. She later collaborated with the Henry Boxer Gallery and contributed to *Zoom International Magazine*, engaging deeply with visionary and outsider art. From 2007 to 2015, Lombard created crime-themed book covers across the UK and Spain, sharpening her storytelling skills with just a camera and a laptop. Her early digital practice commenced around 2000 with Photoshop, but her creative evolution was profoundly influenced by a spontaneous Kundalini awakening in 1990—a renewal that expanded her consciousness and reshaped her worldview.
Born in the sixties into a complex postwar German family—her father a filmmaker and her mother silenced—Lombard overcame childhood challenges and a lack of formal training through resilience and autodidactic learning.
