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 explores the transformative shift from the physical to the digital, uncovering a cyclical relationship that continuously shapes both in an ongoing process of mutual creation. This perspective is deeply personal and professional, reflecting her journey from designing digital interfaces to embracing traditional hand-building techniques in an effort to reaffirm the value of the tangible in an increasingly virtual world. Often inspired by sci-fi narratives, she reflects on technology's impact on our physiology, cognition, and sense of self, while also examining the desires and limitations that shape these environments. She views practical applications, experiments, and accidents are crucial to her process, offering a tactile dialogue that connects the mind, body, and material to better understand abstract concepts.
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.
EXHIBITIONS & GROUP SHOWS (selection)
2025 ID collectibles, Gallery Latitude 28, India Design, New Delhi, India I Blue is the Warmest Color, Onna House Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida 2024 Sculpture Trails, Kings Palace, Gallery Pangolin London, UK I In Clay Musical, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London, UK 2023 De Pury Primary Market Auction: FIRE - Contemporary Glass & Ceramics I How Well You Walk Through the Fire, Obey Art Space, Berlin, Germany I The White Room, Nella Beljan Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2022 Remote Life, Cultivate Art Global, Mumbai, India 2021 After Origin, Round Them Oranges, Jaipur, India I Sculptural Connections, Room Capacity, Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
2017 MA Integrated Design, Anhalt University, Dessau, Germany I 2014 Bachelor of Design, National Institute of Design (NID), Gujarat, India I 2009 Humanities & Fine Art, Mayo College Girls School, Rajasthan, India
IGNANT
Imagining The Future Through Clay
Latika Nehra creates objects that invite us into a cosmos where multiple stories intertwine. Ignant visited the ceramist in her Berlin studio to learn how she uses clay to navigate the past and the future.
UM MUSES: LATIKA
What influences can we see in your work?
After many years, it is difficult to separate all the inspirations. Currently, I am understanding the importance of 'speculating futures' through science-fiction and it has allowed a lot of my curiosities and fantasies to play out. You will see!
VOGUE INDIA
They crouch, they twist, they stretch—Lailums one-of-a-kind sculptures are almost anthropomorphic in form, reaching for the hands that hold them, appearing slightly transformed each time you go back for a look.
