About
Laura Badertscher is a figurative painter with a strong focus on the human body as the subject. The work is driven by an interest in the beauty and strangeness of human existence and how it has been portrayed throughout history and pop culture. Drawing on reference material from newspapers, magazines, postcards and digitally generated images to inform the compositions, in recent years the works have been exploring the genre of the nude and its somewhat troubled history. By juxtaposing iconic imagery with banal or absurd scenes captured in snapshot, the artist aims to create works that can be seductive, humorous or puzzling, reflecting on the rich history of figurative painting and its ongoing development and place in contemporary art.
EXHIBITIONS
2025
Beyond the Closet : exploring male nudity in contemporary art, Anggrek Agency, Zurich
2024
Einsichten 2024, VISARTE annual show at Kupper Modern, Zurich
Radi Kahlo & Laura Badertscher, MATERIAL, Zurich
Zurich Art Weekend, Exhibition at Sihlquai 253, Zurich
Villa de Sein, Zurich
Werkdiskurs & Auktion, Sihlquai 253, Zurich
2023
Einsichten 2023, VISARTE end of year show at Photobastei, Zurich
Art Market with a-space gallery, Budapest
ReA! Art Fair, Milano, Italy
"FRESH" at Kabinett Visarte Zürich (Solo Show), Switzerland
Werkdiskurs & Auktion, Sihlquai 253, Zurich CH
WHATZ International Contemporary Art Fair Exhibition with a-space, Taipei, Taiwan
2022
Kunst Take Away, Kunstraum Baden, Baden
Incognito Art Show, Sydney
James & Friends, Ambush Gallery, Sydney
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
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
COLLECTIONS & PRIZES
Winner Artsted Grant at REA Art Fair Milano (2023), Grant Fondazione Silene Giannini (2022), Collection Historisches Museum Baden (2021), Finalist Naked & Nude Art Prize (2020), Winner Sydney Water Design Award (2013), Private Collections in Australia, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Germany