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Artist's Biography
Graduated with honors from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, (1978-1982) in Fine Arts and Photography.
Postgraduate degree at the Ecole des Beaux Arts of Paris (1984-1985) on a grant awarded by the Government of France.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1957.
She studies xylograph techniques on wood and plaster with the Uruguayan engraver Luis Mazzey. Also attends the workshops of Argentine artists Osvaldo Borda and Noe Nojechowicz.
Between 1976 and 1984 she lives in Israel, residing and working in the Kibbutz Yakum. During this period she attends the workshop of Argentine artist Osvaldo Romberg, who latter will be her tutor and one of her professors during the following four years at the Bezalel Academy. She participates there in seminars given by US artists Frank Stella and Jim Dine; also studying anthropology and structuralism as well as the works of Duchamp with Prof. Mordechai Omer. She meets the Russian artist Fima Roeytenberg, who leaves her his studio in Jerusalem. She is visited there by Philip Leider, former editor of the US magazine Art Forum, interested in her work. She travels to Italy, Greece, Spain and Mexico. From 1982 to 1984 she works in photography carrying out color enlargements by hand that will later serve as support for her work.
In 1984 she is awarded the French Government Grant and scholarship for foreign students and moves to Paris, where she studies large scale art with Olivier Debré, ancient fresco techniques directly on wall with Bernard Delamarche and attends Pierre Alechinsky's classes. She participates in successive collective exhibitions at the Georges Pompidou Cultural Center, at the Salon des Independants in the Grand Palais, and the Galerie Bernanos. In Paris, she lives and continues her artwork at the Argentine House of the Cité Universitaire. She travels to England, Holland, Belgium and the south of France.
Between 1985 and 1990 she lived in Mexico City continuing with the production and exhibition of her work extensively. In 1988 she studies philosophy, in particular the works of Deleuze and Guattari and their influence in contemporary thought. Since 1991 she resides in Buenos Aires. She continues to center her work on the relationship between space, time and matter, exploring the different artistic perspectives that appeal to multiple readings of formats and images. Working usually on large scale supports, in the last series, the articulation of territory and subject is central.
Laura has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions both in Argentina and internationally. For more information about the exhibitions please contact the gallery.
Grants, scholarships and awards
America-Israel Cultural Foundation Grant and Prize in Visual Arts (AICF), and exhibition.
French Government Grant and Scholarship, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères-CNOUS, Paris
Helena Rubinstein Foundation First Prize, New York.
Sigmund Samuel Prize. Distinguish prominent achievements in Visual Arts, Canada.
The Brenner First Prize in Photography, Jerusalem.
ILFORD Photography Award, London.
The AGFA Prize in Photography, Jerusalem.
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