Laura Fong Prosper (1978) is a visual artist from Panama,́ based in Berlin.
Her exploration orbits the realms of collective memory, retro-futurisms, ancestral imaginaries and eco-feminisms through a fusion of various mediums, including video, analog film, new media, and most recently textiles.
In her process-oriented practice her language becomes a conduit for conversation between the human body, the surrounding territory, historical contexts and narratives of decolonization. This interplay serves as a tapestry, weaving together threads of personal and collective experiences.
In addition to her thematic explorations, she also embarks on a personal research journey as a recycler of materials, archives, and electronic gear, breathing new life into discarded remnants and committing to sustainability and resourcefulness.
Laura Fong Prosper's artistic practice, rooted in her multicultural heritage invites audiences to traverse a landscape where tradition meets innovation, and where the past comes together with the present and the future in a celebration of human expression.
She studied Film Editing in the International School of Film and TV of San Antonio de los Banõ s in Cuba (EICTV) and received a M.F.A. in New Media Art from the Bauhaus University Weimar in Germany and a M.A. in Art Theory and Literature from the Tongji University in Shanghai, China. ShewasalsoafellowintheKunsthochschulefur̈ Medien(KHM)in Cologne, Germany and was one of the recipients of the Human-Machine Fellowship of the Akademie der Kun̈ ste in Berlin, Germany. Her work has been shown in the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Akademie der Kun̈ ste, Berlin, Museum of Modern Art Rio de Janeiro, Museum of the Americas Washington DC, Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art, Berlin amongst many others. Her work is part of the permanent collection of the Museo de Arte Contemporań eo de Panamá (MAC) and the Murzi & Morgan Collection of Latinamerican Contemporary Art.
She also has a long career as a film editor and VJ.