Short bio

Laia Abril (b. 1986) is an artist working across photography, writing, video, and sound, living and working in Barcelona. Focusing on biopolitics and gender, her practice is grounded in research and examines how systems of power shape the ways histories, bodies, and forms of violence are documented and represented.

Her installations have been exhibited in over 25 countries, and her work is held in the collections of institutions including Centre Pompidou (Paris), Moderna Museet (Stockholm), Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid), Victoria and Albert Museum (London), MACBA (Barcelona), Photo Elysée (Lausanne), Fotomuseum (Winterthur), and CNAP (France) among others. She has authored acclaimed books, including The Epilogue, Lobismuller, and the A History of Misogyny series: On Abortion, On Rape, and On Mass Hysteria.

Abril received Spain’s National Photography Award in 2023, the Foam Paul Huf Award (Amsterdam), the RPS Hood Medal (London), and the Aperture PhotoBook Award (New York/Paris), among others. She is a Senior Lecturer at HSLU in Lucerne, Switzerland and is represented by the Gallery Les Filles du Calvaire in Paris and Set Espai d’Art in Valencia.