Laura Acosta is a Colombian-Canadian transdisciplinary artist that works with textiles, performance, and multimedia installations to create spaces of otherness, looking to question established body-space relations. Through surreal scenographies and performances she explores themes of identity, dislocation, representation and performativity, with the intention of analyzing and de-constructing the colonialist structures and patterns we dwell within. Collaboration is at the core of Laura’s practice, working with other artists across disciplines to achieve new aesthetic languages.
She has presented her solo and collective work throughout Canada and Latin America in the form of exhibitions, artist talks, workshops and residencies. Along with her collaborator, she has received a nomination for the longlist of the Sobey art award from the National Gallery of Canada in 2023, as well as the Plein Sud award in 2021. Throughout her career she has received the support of Canada Arts Council and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for her projects.
Laura holds a diploma in Fine Arts from Fanshawe College, an interdisciplinary BFA with a special focus on textiles and sculpture from and NSCAD University, as well as an MFA in Fibres and Material studies from Concordia University, where she worked as the Head of Wardrobe in the Theatre Department from 2017-2024 and is currently pursuing a PhD in Humanities/Fine Arts.