About
Atalya Laufer creates drawings, collages, sculpture and installations that are often appropriations of biographical and/or art-related historical material. Her works ultimately deal with questions of identity, boundaries and projection, while avoiding clear classification. Delving into the works of other artists and writers, Laufer creates new works that are authentically her own, producing collaborations that transcend time and place. This intergenerational dialogue is at times humorous, even bordering on the absurd but always humane.
Born in 1979 and grew up in Kibbutz Hazorea, Atalya is based in Berlin, Germany. She holds a BA first Hons. in Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins, University of Arts in London UK (2005) and an MA in Art in Context from the UdK, University of Arts in Berlin, DE (2012). She has participated in an exchange program at the Pratt Institute in NYC and has completed a year scholarship in drawing at the Royal Drawing School in London. She has taken up art residencies at the RU NYC, PELEH Berkeley in the USA, Dumfries House in Scotland and is recipient of the MAX Studio Scholarship from the Brandenburger Gate Foundation since 2020. Laufer has works in private as well as public collections, including The University of the Arts (UK), HRH The Prince of Wales (UK), Central St Martins (UK) and the Jewish Museum Berlin (D).
©Photo: Ronja Falkenbach