Laura Splan is an American artist working at the intersections of Science, Technology, and Culture. Her research-based studio practice and interdisciplinary collaborations culminate in multimedia artworks, exhibitions, and events. Through embodied encounters that leverage sensations of touch, light, and sound, Splan’s work engages audiences with complexity through curiosity, wonder, and play. With an approach grounded in what she calls the “tactical tactile”, her work cultivates intuitive comprehension of the interconnectedness of cultural and biological systems. She reframes posthuman artifacts to interrogate the “GUI/gooey” or liminal spaces that mediate our relationship to nature and to our bodies.

Splan’s internationally recognized artworks and exhibitions have been presented at the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), Brooklyn Museum (NYC), Musea Brugge (Bruges), Museum of Arts & Design (NYC), Centre d’Art Santa Mònica (Barcelona), Pioneer Works (NYC), SÍM (Reykjavík), Galerie FOFA (Montréal), and The Nobel Prize Museum at Liljevalchs (Stockholm). Her work is represented in the collections of Thoma Art Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Commissions include projects for the CDC Foundation, Vanderbilt Planetarium, Beall Center for Art + Technology, and Bruges Triennial. Publications featuring her artwork include “Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science” and "Life Eternal" published by The Nobel Prize Museum. Her research has been supported by the Simons Foundation, Jerome Foundation, EY Metaverse Lab, and NEW INC at the New Museum. Her contributions to contemporary art have garnered awards including the Wave Farm’s Media Arts Assistance Fund for Artists Grant, and AS220’s National Endowment for the Arts Digital Arts Fellowship.