Latika Nehra (b.1991, Jaipur, India) is a visual artist and sculptor, working predominantly in ceramics. Her work is concerned with the dialectics of nature; the natural and the artificial, the given and the created, and their recurrent topological interweaving which, so often hidden by normative connotations, blurs the boundaries of a false dichotomy.

Her work examines the transformative shift of the physical into the digital, revealing a cyclical relationship that shapes both in an ongoing process of mutual creation. Often resembling sci-fi narratives, she contemplates technology’s contribution to our physiology, cognition, and sense of self, as well as examining the desires and limitations that, in turn, shape these environments. Her inquiry is both personal and professional, as it reflects her evolution from designing digital interfaces to embracing old hand-building techniques in the hope to reaffirm the value of the tangible in an increasingly virtual world. She views practical applications, experiments and accidents, as essential to her process for grasping abstract concepts, a tactile dialogue that offers an alignment of the mind, with the body and material.

Latika lives and works in Berlin and regularly travels to India to explore traditional crafts and engage in its contemporary discourse. Latika holds a degree in Visual Design from the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India, and a Master in Integrated Design from Anhalt University Dessau, Germany. Her diverse background enables her to seamlessly integrate art and design, bringing fiction to function and fostering collaborations with architects and designers to expand the immersive potential of her conceptual works.