The Ocean Is Closed on Mondays, 2023

TOICOM Image Exibition
TOICOM Film Still 1
TOICOM Film Still 2
TOICOM Film Still 3
TOICOM Film Still 4

Raíces, 2021

Raíces Film Still
Raíces Film Still

Ropa Vieja,2019

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9v9,2024

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Oy Surf,2023

Oy Surf Image 1
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Oy Surf Image 3
Oy Surf Image 4
Oy Surf Image 5

Surprise #609,2025

Dani + Nirvana,2023

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Reimagine - Photo Vogue,2025

Rob Bynes,2023

Rob bynes Image

Clomes,2023

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Perspectives,2023

Perspective images 1

Kosmos Yoga,2023

Kosmos yoga image 1
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Taj François,2023

Taj image 1
Taj image 2

We Are Her,2020

We are her image 1
We are her image 3
We are her image 5
We are her image 5

Sarafina Beck,2022

Danitsa,2020

Danitsa image 1

Lisa Ng,2023

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Quiana Parks,2016

Ezinma,2020

ezinma image 1

Kiana + Natan,2024

Kiana + Natan

Gifti,2024

Gifti 1
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Gifti image 2

Lua,2021

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Gaspar Narby,2022

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Gaspar Narby image 3
Gaspar Narby image 4

yourgirlsyourboys,2021

YGYB Images

Breel Embolo,2018

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Ersilia,2024

Anna,2024

Tabea,2025

Gessnerallee Anna,2025

LAB Gessnerallee,2025

Sisters in Arms,2019

Sisters in Arms Image Anna
Sisters in Arms Image Olha
Sisters in Arms Image Olena
Sisters in Arms Image Tata

biography

Laura Gauch is a visual artist focusing on photography and film. Her passion for capturing the world sprung during her teenage years and was carried to the present through the exploration of her Chilean heritage and familial background. Putting a personal and intimate perspective in each and every project she commits to, Laura strives to create a composition relatable to the viewing audience in order to connect the image to people and their reality. 
Her work has been published with NOWNESS, PhotoVogue, among other outlets, and screened at festivals including Solothurner Filmtage and the Oscar-qualifying Palm Springs Film Festival, with the latest film, The Ocean Is Closed on Mondays, receiving critical acclaim and awards such as the Prix Photoforum, Kiefer Hablitzel, and a Special Mention at Video Ex.

contact

studio@lauragauch.com

social media

bylauragauch

past exhibitions + film festivals

2025
Talk at Collective Photosensitive
2025
Cleveland International Film Festival, USA
2025
Photo Vogue Festival, IT
2025
Solothurner Filmtage, CH
2024
Palm Springs International ShortFest
2024
Swiss Art Awards, Kiefer Hablitzel | Ernst Göhner Prize, CH
2023
Prix Photoforum, CH
2022
Dutch Design Week, Melted Film Festival, NL
2022
Forging/Foraging at NARS Foundation, USA
2021
Barcelona International Short Film Festival, ES
2021
Social Change Film Festival, USA
2021
Libélula Dorada film Festival, DR
2021
KO:SH Film Fest, AL
2021
Nova Frontier Film Festival, USA
2021
EthnoKino Film Festival, CH
2021
Manuel Trujillo Durán Film Festival, VE

grants, residencies and awards

2025
Selection Photo Vogue Festival Milan
2024
Shortlist Jungck Künstler*innenpreis
2024
Winner Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Art Prize
2022
Winner Prix Photoforum Photoforum Pasquart
2022
NARS Foundation Residency New York
2022
Migros Kulturprozent Project Grant
2022
Ruth und Arthur Scherbarth Stiftung Project Grant
2020
Winner Best Short Film “Raíces” at Nova Frontier Film Festival New York
2020
Winner Best Student Film Award “Raíces” at South America Awards Brazil
2020
Nomination HSLU Alumni Award

selected press

2024
Nonsense Projects
2024
Radio FR Interview
2022
Bieler Tagblatt

selected clients

  • Republik
  • Surprise
  • Gessnerallee
  • laflor
  • Amnesty International Schweiz
  • Sexuelle Gesundheit Schweiz
  • HSLU D+K
  • Danse Suisse
  • Clomes
  • Koalition für Konzernverantwortung
  • Oy surf
  • Raiffeisen Fribourg-Ost
  • Puzzle
  • 9v9
  • Stax Sports
  • Zumwald + Partner
  • Millefeuilles
  • Company MEK
  • Carl Edmond
  • Tanzwerk 3011

talented friends and collaborators

  • Martina Holenstein
  • Anna Chiedza Spörri
  • Lua Bustos
  • Naomi Accardi
  • Quiana Parks
  • Kosmos Yoga
  • Maria Lena Koen
  • Sara Furrer
  • Taj François
  • Melissa Louis-Jacques
  • Stephen Spencer
  • Elisabet Velasquez
  • Thi My Lien Nguyen
  • developpe derriere

website

Datasecurity

All Images © Laura Gauch
Developed and designed by Martina Holenstein and Guido Offermans

    Clomes jewlery image 3
    Oy Surf Image 5
    Oy Surf Image 3
    Gifti image 3
    Ropa Vieja Image 6
    Gifti image 2
    Taj image 1
    We are her image 3
    TOICOM Film Still 1
    Clomes jewlery image 1
    Oy Surf Image 4
    Gaspar Narby image 2
    Kiana + Natan
    Gaspar Narby image 3
    Oy Surf Image 1
    Kosmos yoga image 2
    Raíces Film Still
    Oy Surf Image 2
    We are her image 5
    Gaspar Narby image 4
    lisa ng image
    lua in lanzarotte image
    TOICOM Film Still 3
    TOICOM Image Exibition
    Rob bynes Image
    Raíces Film Still
    Danitsa image 1
    Ropa Vieja Image 4
    YGYB Images
    Breel Embolo Image 1
    Dani + Nirvana image
    Ropa Vieja Image 1
    We are her image 5
    Taj image 2
    Perspective images 1
    Ropa Vieja Image 5
    Breel Embolo Image 2
    Ropa Vieja Image 7
    9v9 Image 1
    9v9 Image 3
    Ropa Vieja Image 3
    9v9 Image 2
    Gifti 1
    We are her image 1
    ezinma image 1
    Clomes jewlery image 4
    Kosmos yoga image 1
    Gaspar Narby image 1
    TOICOM Film Still 2
    TOICOM Film Still 4
    Ropa Vieja Image 2