Laia Abril

*1986 / Spain

Works

Contacts for the work of Laia Abril

Laia Abril

www.laiaabril.com

News

Laia Abril (ES) wins Foam Paul Huf Award 2020

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)

Solo exhibitions

On Rape and Institutional Failure

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
15 Oct 2026 – 11 Jan 2027
Endometriosis

El dolor silenciado 1860 – 2026

Museo del Romanticismo, Madrid (ES)
2 Jun 2026 – 13 Sep 2026
On Mass Hysteria. Une histoire de la misogynie

LE BAL, Paris (FR)
17 Jan 2025 – 18 May 2025
On Rape – And Institutional Failure

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
27 Jan 2024 – 22 May 2024
On Abortion

Foto Arsenal Wien, Wien (AT)
15 Dec 2023 – 10 Mar 2024
On Menstruation Myths

7th session at L’Appartement

Espace Images, Vevey (CH)
28 Jun 2023 – 5 Nov 2023
On Mass Hysteria

PHOTO ELYSEE, Lausanne (CH)
30 Jun 2023 – 1 Oct 2023
A History of Misogyny, Chapter Two: On Rape and Institutional Failure

Copeland Gallery, London (GB)
10 Nov 2022 – 27 Nov 2022
A History of Misogyny, Chapter Two: On Rape

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
6 Nov 2020 – 27 Jun 2021
Sobre el aborto

FotoMéxico - Mujeres

Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City (MX)
23 Oct 2019 – 23 Feb 2020
A History of Misogyny

Chapter Two : On rape

Les filles du calvaire, Paris (FR)
25 Jan 2020 – 22 Feb 2020
On Abortion

Fundacion Foto Colectania, Barcelona (ES)
28 Mar 2019 – 9 Jun 2019
Suyay, the missing, the waiting, the grieving

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
7 Nov 2018 – 25 Nov 2018
On Abortion

The Copper House Gallery, Dublin (IE)
4 May 2018 – 31 May 2018
On Abortion

Foto Forum, Bolzano (IT)
21 Feb 2018 – 24 Mar 2018
Femme Love

6 x 6 women: a cura di Enrico Bossan e Maria Rosa Sossai

Studio la Citta, Verona (IT)
21 Nov 2009 – 27 Nov 2009

Group

30 ans et plus

Les filles du calvaire, Paris (FR)
23 May 2026 – 25 Jul 2026

with Helena Almeida, Thibaut Cuisset, Katrien De Blauwer, Charles Freger, Todd Hido, Karen Knorr, Diana Markosian, Nelli Palomaeki, Kourtney Roy, Yusuf Sevincli, Christer Stroemholm
Laia Abril meets Emily Jacir and Teresa Margolles

Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
6 Sep 2025 – 18 Jan 2026

with Emily Jacir, Teresa Margolles
Laia Abril meets Emily Jacir and Teresa Margolles

Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
6 Sep 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

with Emily Jacir, Teresa Margolles
Beyond the Single Image

Spanish Photography from the Foto Colectania Collection, Barcelona

The Margulies Collection, Miami (US)
13 Nov 2024 – 26 Apr 2025

with Helena Almeida, Manel Armengol, Pilar Aymerich, Clemente Bernad, Josep Maria Casademont, Gérard Castello-Lopes, Colita, Joan Colom, Gabriel Cuallado, Cristina De Middel, Joan Fontcuberta, Francisco Gomez …
Unknown City Beneath the Mist

New Images from Barcelona’s Peripheries

Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (ES)
21 Jun 2024 – 12 Jan 2025

with Bleda & Rosa, Gilbert Fastenaekens, Raquel Friera, Jose Luis Guerin, Manolo Laguillo, Pilar Monsell, Mabel Palacin, Pedro G. Romero, Martha Rosler, Jeff Wall, Jorge Yeregui
Acts of Resistance

Photography, Feminisms and the Art of Protest

South London Gallery, London (GB)
8 Mar 2024 – 9 Jun 2024

with Hoda Afshar, Poulomi Basu, Nan Goldin, Guerrilla Girls, Mari Katayama, Ali Monis Naqvi, Sethembile Msezane, Zanele Muholi, Wendy Red Star, Tabita Rezaire, Raphaela Rosella, Aida Silvestri …
The Course of the Events. An Atlas of the Foto Colectania Collection

El curso de los acontecimientos. Un atlas de la colección Foto Colectania

Fundacion Foto Colectania, Barcelona (ES)
18 Jan 2024 – 2 Jun 2024

with Helena Almeida, Manel Armengol, Pilar Aymerich, Clemente Bernard, Josep Maria Casademont, Gérard Castello-Lopes, Colita, Joan Colom, Gabriel Cuallado, Cristina De Middel, José Miguel de Miguel, Francisco Gomez …
Festival of Political Photography 2024

Diagnosis

Museum of Photography, Helsinki (FI)
31 Jan 2024 – 5 May 2024

with Myriam Boulos, August Joensalo, Jan Kaila
Elles, de A à Z

Musée des beaux-arts, Le Locle (CH)
23 Oct 2021 – 9 Jan 2022

with Batia Suter
Dear Truth

Documentary Strategies in Contemporary Photography

Hasselblad Center, Göteborg (SE)
4 Feb 2021 – 2 May 2021

with Mathieu Asselin, Lara Baladi, Kerstin Hamilton, Bouchra Khalili, Frida Orupabo, Trevor Paglen, Taryn Simon
Dear Truth

Documentary Strategies in Contemporary Photography

Hasselblad Center, Göteborg (SE)
30 May 2020 – 20 Sep 2020

with Mathieu Asselin, Lara Baladi, Kerstin Hamilton, Annica Karlsson Rixon, Bouchra Khalili, Frida Orupabo, Trevor Paglen, Taryn Simon
Crazy

Leben mit psychischen Erkrankungen

Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum, Cottbus (DE)
26 Jun 2020 – 30 Aug 2020

with Sibylle Fendt, Nora Klein, Herlinde Koelbl, Louis Quail, Melissa Spitz, Stephanie Steinkopf
La Vérité Déguisée (The Truth in Disguise).

GESTE Paris, Paris (FR)
5 Nov 2019 – 30 Nov 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Sebastiaan Bremer, Nicole Cohen, Joan Fontcuberta, Andreas Gursky, Idris Khan, Tom Lovelace, John Stezaker, Christer Stroemholm, Yuken Teruya, Ulay (Uwe Laysiepen)
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2019

Deutsche Börse, Eschborn (DE)
14 Jun 2019 – 23 Aug 2019

with Susan Meiselas, Arwed Messmer, Mark Ruwedel
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2019

Winner: Susan Meiselas

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
8 Mar 2019 – 2 Jun 2019

with Susan Meiselas, Arwed Messmer, Mark Ruwedel
CRAZY – Leben mit psychischen Erkrankungen

f³ - freiraum für fotografie, Berlin (DE)
15 Feb 2019 – 21 Apr 2019

with Sibylle Fendt, Nora Klein, Louis Quail, Melissa Spitz
The 2018 Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Shortlist

Aperture, New York (US)
8 Dec 2018 – 2 Feb 2019

with Nina Berman, Dawoud Bey, Sophie Calle, Alexandra Catiere, John Edmonds, Masahisa Fukase, Yann Haeberlin, Esther Hovers, Sohrab Hura, Pixy Liao , Raymond Meeks, Susan Meiselas …
The 2018 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
8 Nov 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Nina Berman, Dawoud Bey, Sophie Calle, Alexandra Catiere, Roy DeCarava, Masahisa Fukase, Sohrab Hura, Sally Mann, Raymond Meeks, Susan Meiselas, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, Lieko Shiga …
L’histoire d’après

Les filles du calvaire, Paris (FR)
30 Jun 2018 – 28 Jul 2018

with Laurence Aegerter, Carmela Garcia, Mélanie Pavy, SMITH, Christer Stroemholm
Vigilance, Struggle, Pride: Through Her Eyes

Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
4 May 2018 – 17 May 2018

with Nina Berman, April Gertler, Amak Mahmoodian, Zanele Muholi, Lua Ribeira, Tomoko Sawada, Ahlam Shibli, Hannah Starkey, Sandra Vitaljic
SURVEILLANCE INDEX

Performing Books #1

LE BAL, Paris (FR)
10 Jan 2018 – 27 Jan 2018

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Merry Alpern, Viktoria Binschtok, Mohamed Bourouissa, Sophie Calle, Edmund Clark, Anne Collier, Tiane Doan na Champassak, Uri Gershuni, John Gossage, Fred Huening, Mishka Henner …
Photobook Phenomenon

Centre de Cultura Cont., Barcelona (ES)
17 Mar 2017 – 27 Aug 2017

with Alejandro Cartagena, Jana Romanova, Viviane Sassen, Thomas Sauvin, Oliver Sieber, Katja Stuke
Fotoİstanbul 2016

Fotoİstanbul, Istanbul (TR)
1 Oct 2016 – 31 Oct 2016

with Akif Hakan Celebi, Stanko Abadzic, Mandy Barker, Nick Brandt, Antoine d'Agata, Shadi Ghadirian, Nick Hannes, Josef Hoflehner, Gül Ilgaz, Barbaros Kayan, Andre Kertesz, Gábor Arion Kudász …
FESTIVAL IMAGES 2016

Images Vevey, Vevey (CH)
10 Sep 2016 – 2 Oct 2016

with Laurence Aegerter, Beni Bischof, Geta Bratescu, Davide Bramante, James Casebere, Mat Collishaw, Cristina De Middel, Susan Dobson, Pascal Dufaux, Simon Faithfull, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Stephen Gill …
Les Rencontres d'Arles 2016

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
4 Jul 2016 – 25 Sep 2016

with Basma Alsharif, Marie Angeletti, Beni Bischof, Maurizio Cattelan, Kudzanai Chiurai, Joana Choumali, Sara Cwynar, Omar Victor Diop, Eamonn Doyle, Alinka Echeverria, Andrew Esiebo, Charles Freger …
MAPPING THE BODY

Der Körper in der heutigen Lebenswelt

Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck (AT)
11 Jun 2016 – 28 Aug 2016

with Selma Alaçam, Natalie Bookchin, Daniele Buetti, Cassils, Mariechen Danz, Michael Fliri, Regina Jose Galindo, Patriycia German, Eva Kotatkova, Ulrike Lienbacher, Molly Lowe, Anahita Razmi …
THE DAY WILL COME

When we share more than ever

Museum Kunst & Gewerbe, Hamburg (DE)
19 Jun 2015 – 20 Sep 2015

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Francis Bedford, Felix Bonfils, Natalie Bookchin, Adolphe Braun, Natascha A. Brunswick, Heman Chong, Harold E. Edgerton, Tsuneo Enari, Andreas Feininger, Aurelien Froment, Lotte Genzsch …
Athens Photo Festival 2015

HCP, Ath (GR)
4 Jun 2015 – 26 Jul 2015

with David Birkin, Andrea Botto, Pavel Braila, Marianna Christofides, David Favrod, Attila Floszmann, Dima Gavrysh, Simona Ghizzoni, Hertta Kiiski, Michel Kirch, Viktor Koen, Panos Kokkinias …
On Identity

Sous Les Etoiles, New York (US)
10 Sep 2014 – 25 Oct 2014

with Jen Davis, Olya Ivanova
Photography 2.0

PHotoEspaña 2014

Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (ES)
4 Jun 2014 – 31 Aug 2014

with Diego Collado, Miguel Angel Garcia, Alejandro Guijarro, Albert Gusi, Darius Koehli, Oscar Monzon, Miguel Angel Tornero

Events

PHotoEspaña 2026

PHotoEspaña, Madrid (ES)
13 May 2026 – 13 Sep 2026

with Greta Alfaro, Jalon Angel, Bego Anton, Javier Arboledas, Richard Avedon, Isabel Azkarate, Jose Manuel Ballester, Lurdes R. Basoli, Alejandro Cartagena, Sonia Celma, Talia Chetrit, Colita …
Paris Gallery Weekend 2026

Paris Gallery Weekend, Paris (FR)
29 May 2026 – 31 May 2026

with Kelani Abass, Helena Almeida, AurelK, Lillian Bassman, Thibaut Cuisset, Katrien De Blauwer, Ymane Fakhir, Gilbert Fastenaekens, Charles Fréger, Todd Hido, Kazuo Kitai, Karen Knorr …
Art Paris 2026

ART PARIS, Paris (FR)
9 Apr 2026 – 12 Apr 2026

with Laurence Aegerter, Michael Ackerman, Bryan Adams, Peter Aerschmann, Juliette Agnel, Aassmaa Akhannouch, Albarran Cabrera, Kristoffer Albrecht, Toni Amengual, Sarfo Emmanuel Annor, Nobuyoshi Araki, Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns …
Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

Les filles du calvaire, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Helena Almeida, Katrien De Blauwer, Karen Knorr, Katalin Ladik, Diana Markosian, Nelli Palomaeki, Marie Queau, Lore Stessel
Paris Photo 2025 - Booksignings

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Edouard Elias, Michael Ackerman, Rhiannon Adam, Hoda Afshar, Juliette Agnel, Albarran Cabrera, David Alekhuogie, Jean-Michel André, Ljubodrag Andric, Ari Versluis & Ellie Uyttenbroek, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Roger Ballen …
Paris Photo 2024 - Booksignings

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Jun Ahn, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Helene A. Amouzou, Israel Arino, Olivia Arthur, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Jessica Backhaus, Mate Bartha, Taysir Batniji, Kincső Bede, Peter Bialobrzeski, Patrick Biénert …
Paris Photo 2024 - Artist Talks by The Eyes

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Helene A. Amouzou, Martina Bacigalupo, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Mike Brodie, Marina Caneve, Thadde Comar, Debi Cornwall, Maja Daniels, Lia Darjes, Cristina De Middel, Barbara Debeuckelaere …
InCadaqués 2024

INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL

InCadaqués, Cadaques (ES)
3 Oct 2024 – 13 Oct 2024

with Bebe Blanco Agterberg, Kristoffer Axen, Christopher Barraja, Ilse Bing, Margherita Chiarva, Gianni Cipriano, Paul Cupido, Nicola Di Giorgio, Joan Fontcuberta, Esther Friedman, Stephen Kelly, Eloïse Labarbe Lafon …
ARCOmadrid 2024

ARCO ARte COntemporáneo, Madrid (ES)
6 Mar 2024 – 10 Mar 2024

with Gabriel Abrantes, Carlos Aires, Eugenio Ampudia, Jacopo Benassi, Cecilia Bengolea, Irma Blank, Elena Blasco, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Daniel Canogar, Leyla Cardenas, Jordi Colomer, Carles Congost …
Elles x Paris Photo 2023

A circuit dedicated to women photographers

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2023 – 12 Nov 2023

with Hoda Afshar, Ana Teresa Barboza, Myriam Boulos, Widline Cadet, Bieke Depoorter, Carolyn Drake, Alanna Fields, Lola Flash, Flor Garduno, Nan Goldin, Martine Gutierrez, Annie Hsiao-Ching Wang …
Paris Photo 2022 - Booksignings

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
10 Nov 2022 – 13 Nov 2022

with Albarran Cabrera, Miles Aldridge, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Roger Ballen, Olaf Otto Becker, Peter Bialobrzeski, Martin Bogren, Anais Boudot, Nick Brandt, Sophie Calle, Chien Chi Chang, Katrien De Blauwer …
FOTO WIEN

FOTO WIEN, Wien (AT)
9 Mar 2022 – 27 Mar 2022

with Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Ansel Adams, Alia Ali, Iris Andraschek, Eve Arnold, Natascha Auenhammer, Anatoliy Babiychuk, Poulomi Basu, Bigert & Bergstroem, Nakeya Brown, Michaela Bruckmueller …
Paris Photo 2022 - Artist Talks by The Eyes

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
11 Nov 2021 – 14 Nov 2021

with Tom Arndt, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Zoé Aubry, Vincen Beeckman, Sebastien Cuvelier, Hannah Darabi, Jess T. Dugan, Gregoire Eloy, Curran Hatleberg , Guillaume Herbaut, Rob Hornstra, Seba Kurtis …
The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2021

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2021 – 31 May 2021

with Dawoud Bey, Dana Claxton, Susan Dobson, John Edmonds, Timothy Yanick Hunter, Emmanuelle Léonard, Christina Leslie, Wardell Milan, Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukacs, Barbara Steinmann, Katherine Takpannie, Miao Ying …
BIP2020 / BIENNALE DE L'IMAGE POSSIBLE

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Centre Culturel de Liege, Liège (BE)
19 Sep 2020 – 25 Oct 2020

with Arvida Bystroem, Bertrand Cavalier, Gregory Chatonsky, Olga Mikh Fedorova, Forensic Architecture, Karla Hiraldo Voleau, Jon Kessler, Paolo Woods & Gabriele Galimberti, Mika Rottenberg, Bruno Serralongue, Molly Soda, Katrin Ströbel …
7th LUMIX Festival - digital - for Young Photojournalism

7. Lumix Festival - digital - für jungen Fotojournalismus

Lumix Festival, Hannover (DE)
19 Jun 2020 – 28 Jun 2020

with Hayley Austin, Lisa Barnard, Martina Cirese, Volker Crone, Sanne de Wilde, Jessica Dimmock, Laura El-Tantawy, Franziska Gilli, Nanna Heitmann, Rafael Heygster, Robert Knoth, Katrin Koenning …
The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2020

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2020 – 31 May 2020

with Fatma Bucak, Teresa Eng, Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukacs, Thirza Schaap, Malgorzata Stankiewicz , Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Stephen Waddell, Miao Ying, Tereza Zelenkova
FotoMéxico - Mujeres

International Photography Festival

Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City (MX)
23 Oct 2019 – 31 Dec 2019

with Lourdes Almeida, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Johanna Calle, Laura Cohen, Milagros de la Torre, Cristina De Middel, Paz Errazuriz, Maria Elvira Escallon, Rosa Gauditano, Maya Goded, Nan Goldin, Lourdes Grobet …
Festival La Photographie Marseille

Photographie Marseille, Marseille (FR)
10 Oct 2019 – 15 Dec 2019

with Pierre Jean Amar, Morten Andersen, Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Sammy Baloji, Yael Bartana, Vincen Beeckman, Valerie Belin, Alain Bizos, Pierre Boulat, Marie Bovo, Denis Brihat …
Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2019

Ballarat International , Ballarat (AU)
24 Aug 2019 – 20 Oct 2019

with Mathieu Asselin, Mandy Barker, Taysir Batniji, LIU Bolin, Jane Burton, Consuelo Cavaniglia, Zoe Croggon, Andrew Curtis, Fiona Foley, Vincent Fournier, Simryn Gill, Noemie Goudal …
Festival of Political Photography 2019

Potentiality

Museum of Photography, Helsinki (FI)
8 Mar 2019 – 19 May 2019

with Darya Apakhonchich, Jeannette Ehlers, Pekka Elomaa, Aslan Goisum, Ramina Habibollah, Uwa Iduozee, Nayab Noor Ikram, Ella Kiviniemi, Ritva Kovalainen, Sanni Seppo, Kurt TONG
PhotoIreland 2018

On Abortion

PhotoIreland, Dublin (IE)
3 May 2018 – 31 May 2018

with Ciaran Og Arnold, Martin Cregg, Sarah Cullen, Mark Duffy, Kenneth O'Halloran, Mariela Sancari
Paris Photo 2017 - Artist Talks

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2017 – 12 Nov 2017

with Niels Ackermann, Nina Berman, Thibault Brunet, Sam Contis, Olivier Culmann, Stefano de Luigi, Cristina De Middel, Bieke Depoorter, Gregoire Eloy, Mitch Epstein, Elliott Erwitt, Anne Golaz …
FotoLeggendo 2017

Associazione Culturale Officine Fotograf, Roma (IT)
6 Jun 2017 – 15 Jul 2017

with Michael Ackerman, Lorenzo Castore, Haishu Chen, Tamara Dean, Larry Fink, Fabrizio Giraldi
FESTIVAL IMAGES 2016

Images Vevey, Vevey (CH)
10 Sep 2016 – 2 Oct 2016

with Laurence Aegerter, Thomas Adank, Sébastien Agnetti, Florian Amoser, Anush Hamzehian & Vittorio Mortarotti, Ludovic Balland, Beni Bischof, Geta Bratescu, Davide Bramante, Terry Brown & Gordon Stettinius, Renate Buser, James Casebere …
Les Rencontres d'Arles 2016

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
4 Jul 2016 – 25 Sep 2016

with Beni Bischof, Sara Cwynar, Omar Victor Diop, Eamonn Doyle, Charles Freger, Yann Gross, Christian Marclay, Don McCullin, Yan Morvan, Uche Okpa Iroha, Bernard Plossu, Sarah Waiswa …
TRIENNALE DER PHOTOGRAPHIE HAMBURG

THE DAY WILL COME

Triennale der Photographie Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
18 Jun 2015 – 28 Jun 2015

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Hayley Austin, Natalie Bookchin, Heman Chong, Harun Farocki, Aurelien Froment, Anne Hardy, David Horvitz, Erik Kessels, Annie Leibovitz, Trevor Paglen, Josephine Pryde …
AU BAL PENDANT PARIS PHOTO 2014

signatures, book launches and conferences

LE BAL, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2014 – 16 Nov 2014

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Susan A. Barnett , Daniel Blaufuks, Botto & Bruno, Dirk Braeckman, Joachim Brohm, Federico Clavarino, Nicolò Degiorgis, Bieke Depoorter, Ethan Levitas, Rafal Milach, Yann Mingard …
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2019

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
7th session at L’Appartement

Espace Images, Vevey (CH)

with Augustin Lignier, Stefanie Moshammer, Jeff Wall
VIRAL HALLUCINATIONS SYMPOSIUM #2

Politics of Presence – Vernetzte Körperbilder und algorithmische Sichtbarkeit

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)

with Jonas Höschl, Sheung Yiu