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.
up-coming Exhibitions
June 26 to July 31 2021 ‘(re)arrangements’, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney
Past Exhibitions
2020
26 & 27 Feb 2020 ‘Fresh From Zurich’, Kulturhaus Helferei, Zurich
3 Nov 2019 – 1 June 2020 Badekult. Von der Kur zum Lifestyle, Historisches Museum Baden, Baden
2019
2 – 21 December 2019, The Blooming Christmas Show, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
22 Nov – 15 Dec 2019, Group Show at ArtShowRoom Q37, Rheinfelden
5 Nov 2019 – 27 Nov 2019 From Switzerland With Love (Solo Show), Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
3 – 6 Oct 2019 Art Market Budapest with a-space Gallery, Budapest
Sept 2019 Naked & Nude Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Manning Regional Gallery, Taree
June 2019 1919 salon, Galerie pompom, Sydney
Feb 2019 New Now, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
2018
2018 Postgraduate exhibition, National Art School, Sydney
2018 Wallpop.art, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2017
2017 Wallpop.art, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2017 Candour of Doubt, Scratch Art Space, Sydney
2016
2016 Graduate Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney
2016 Imitation Green Cordial, Library Stairwell Gallery NAS, Sydney
2016 Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2016 Breakthrough Festival, aMBUSH Gallery, Sydney
2015
2015 Landscape Exhibition, Rayner Hoff Studio, National Art School, Sydney
2013
2013 BROKE, Oddfellows Hall, Balmain
2013 Nachtbetrieb, Bar Rossi, Zurich
2012
2012 Playful Pop-up: StartledArt, The Space, Manly
2012 POP Gallery, Stocklands, Forster
2012 Out of the Box, Great Lakes Art & Design School, Tuncurry
2012 Winner Sydney Water Design Award, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Collections & Prizes
Collection Historisches Museum Baden, Finalist Naked & Nude Art Prize, 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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