Laia Abril

Laia Abril (Barcelona, 1986) is a multidisciplinary artist whose works center around the themes of women’s rights, grief, and bio-politics. Her research-based practice employs photography, text, and sound to explore difficult and hidden realities.

One of her most acclaimed projects, “A History of Misogyny,” has been exhibited in over 15 countries and her artworks are held in collections such as the Centre Pompidou and FRAC in France, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and the Musée de l’Elysée and Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland. Her career has earned her numerous accolades, including the 2016 Prix de la Photo in Arles, the 2020 FOAM Paul Huf Award in Amsterdam, the 2022 Hood Medal in London, and the 2023 Shpilman Award.

Laia is also a published author with several notable titles, such as “The Epilogue” (Dewi Lewis, 2014), “Lobismuller” (RM, 2016), which won the 2015 Images Vevey Best Book award; and “On Abortion” (Dewi Lewis, 2018), which was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Prize and won the 2018 Aperture-Paris Photo Best Book Award. Her most recent publication, “On Rape,” was released by Dewi Lewis in 2022. Abril is a lecturer at HSLU (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland) and is represented by the Parisian gallery Les Filles du Calvaire.

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