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