Netta Laufer/נטע לאופר (b. 1986) lives and works in Tel Aviv - Yafo.
Laufer's work deals with the tremendous postcolonial impact of artificial, human-made borders on fauna and flora. Through her research, she carefully distinguishes between the various ways in which nature and wilderness have been altered and domesticated throughout the Anthropocene. Laufer received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (2016) and her BFA from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL (2013).
Laufers’ photographs and video installations have been shown worldwide. In 2024, she will be exhibiting her work in the 14th Gwangju Biennale in Korea, KR. In the past years her works has been displayed at venues such as The Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, IL (2024) (Solo Exhibition) ; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL (2023); Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, IT (2021); Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw, PL (2021); NARS Foundation, New York, NY, The Genia Schreiber Tel Aviv University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL (2018); PULSE Art Fair, Miami, FL (2016); Sleepcenter, New York, NY (2015); New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, New York, NY (2015); Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem, IL (2013) among others.
Netta Laufer is a recipient of The Lauren and Mitchell Presser Photography Award for a Young Israeli Artist (2022), The Ministry of Culture Awards in the Field of Plastic Arts (2022), and The SVA Alumni Scholarship Award. Her works and writings have been reviewed and published by leading magazines such as The Economist; Antennae: The Journal of Nature In Visual Culture; Hyperallergic; Musee Magazine; Spark Magazine; The Observer; Haaretz Newspaper and more.