Swiss/Australian artist Laura Badertscher is a figurative painter with a focus on portraiture. Her most recent paintings are based on imagery sourced from naturist magazines which aim to reveal the norms and conventions of the nude in art and popular culture. These works address the history of the nude in art, the nude versus the naked and the issue of the male gaze, combining high art materials and ideas with lowbrow imagery
Swiss-born Laura Badertscher completed her Master of Fine Arts at the National Art School, Sydney in 2018. She lives and works in Zurich.
Exhibitions
2021
GROSSE REGIONALE, *ALTEFABRIK/Kunstzeughaus, Rapperswil-Jona
Supermarket, Galerie Mayhaus, Erlach
‘(re)arrangements’, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney
2020
‘Fresh From Zurich’, Kulturhaus Helferei, Zurich
Badekult. Von der Kur zum Lifestyle, Historisches Museum Baden, Baden
2019
The Blooming Christmas Show, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Group Show at ArtShowRoom Q37, Rheinfelden
From Switzerland With Love (Solo Show), Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Art Market Budapest with a-space Gallery, Budapest
Naked & Nude Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Manning Regional Gallery, Taree
1919 salon, Galerie pompom, Sydney
New Now, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2018
Postgraduate exhibition, National Art School, Sydney
Wallpop.art, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2017
Wallpop.art, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
Candour of Doubt, Scratch Art Space, Sydney
2016
Graduate Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney
Imitation Green Cordial, Library Stairwell Gallery NAS, Sydney
Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Breakthrough Festival, aMBUSH Gallery, Sydney
2015
Landscape Exhibition, Rayner Hoff Studio, National Art School, Sydney
2013
BROKE, Oddfellows Hall, Balmain
Nachtbetrieb, Bar Rossi, Zurich
2012
Playful Pop-up: StartledArt, The Space, Manly
POP Gallery, Stocklands, Forster
Out of the Box, Great Lakes Art & Design School, Tuncurry
Winner Sydney Water Design Award, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Collections & Prizes
Collection Historisches Museum Baden, Finalist Naked & Nude Art Prize, Grant Fondazione Silene Giannini, Winner Sydney Water Design Award, Private Collections in Australia, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Germany
Education
2018 Master of Fine Art, National Art School, Darlinghurst, Australia
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School, Darlinghurst, Australia
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Exchange Semester) Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
2012 Cert. IV Visual Art, TAFE Art & Design School, Tuncurry, Australia
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