Fractured Dialogue of the Souls Series 100 x 100 cm Mixed media on canvas
Silence 40 x 8 cm Mixed Media on Acrylic / Transparent Sculpture
I am Many Colours 100 x 100 cm Mixed media on canvas
Fallen Angels #12 Series 50 x 50 cm Giclee Photograph
ABOUT LATANA
LATANA is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores identity, fragility, and the emotional weight of a world in flux. Working across painting, photography, sculpture, and mixed media, she creates layered compositions where beauty and fracture coexist — luminous surfaces emerging from tension.
Born in the United States and based in Singapore, she began her career in photography before expanding into sculpture and mixed media. Painting has become a focused space where her investigations into rupture, resilience, and quiet endurance converge.
You can view Latana’s works on Instagram at @latanastudio. If you are interested in any artworks or commission, Latana can be reached at latanastudio@gmail.com.
“Through my creations, I aim to evoke contemplation on the passing of time, the fragility of life and invite the viewers to explore their own emotional worlds.”
She is the author of three photographic books — Fragments, The Phukthar Monastery, and Barely Exposed. Her documentary series Sabah: Land Below the Wind is held in the permanent collection of the Sabah Museum. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in public and private collections. Her current practice continues to explore what survives fracture — and how light persists, even when fragile.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Fragments in Time — Sabah Art Gallery, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Faces of Sabah — Sabah Museum, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
2012
Phukthar Monastery — Alliance Française, Los Angeles, USA
2006
Armenia: Through the Lens and into the Heart — United Nations, Geneva
2005
Phukthar Monastery — Institut National Genevois, Geneva, Switzerland
Phukthar Monastery — University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
1993
Fragments — Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, USA
1991
Images of Tahiti - Reva Reva Gallery - Papeete, Tahiti
1987
New York Night, Paris by Day - Musee de St. Paul de Vence, France
1982
Sabah: Land Below the Wind — Washington Street Cafe Gallery, New York, USA
Select Group Exhibitions
2026
Tracy Park Gallery - Malibu, USA
2025
Affordable Art Fair — Singapore
MIIT Museum, Imagination of Masters — Turin, Italy
Insa Art Center, Identity — Seoul, South Korea
2024
MUSA Pavilion, The Land of Silence — Venice, Italy
Gallery Naeil, Microcosms of Wonder — Seoul, South Korea
2023
Rome Art Expo — Rome, Italy
Stefania Carrozzini Gallery, Grammatiche Terrestre — Venice, Italy
2022
XXIII Florence Biennale, Eternal Feminine, Eternal Change — Florence, Italy
24B Galerie, Woman's Essence — Paris, France
Collections
Permanent Collection
Sabah Museum — Permanent Collection
Sabah: Land Below the Wind
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 2016
Corporate Collections
Omya AG — Permanent Lobby Installation
The Hand of Time, White Carrara Marble & Stainless Steel
Switzerland, 2017
Institutional Collections
Armenian Community, Geneva, Switzerland
Armenia: Through the Lens and into the Heart, 2007
Private Collections
United States — Texas, New York, Connecticut, California, Florida
Europe — Switzerland, Italy, France, England
Asia — Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea
Books
1992 Fragments: The Abandoned Villa Series
2004 The Phukthar Monastery
2009 Barely Exposed
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2024 Her Story Magazine — "Influential Women Artists of 2024", Art Queens Gallery
2024 Contemporary Art Curator — "Latana", Review by Editor Marta Puig
2021 Malibu Times — "Artists of Malibu", Malibu, California
2017 The Borneo Post — "Artist Launches Solo Exhibition at Sabah Art Gallery"
2017 Daily Express — "Fragments in Time", Sabah, Malaysia
2017 New Straits Times — "Faces of Sabah", Sabah, Malaysia
2011 Malibu Surfside News — "Latana, The Phukthar Monastery"
2011 Malibu Magazine
2010 Malibu Surfside News
2006 Malibu Times
2005 La Depeche — Tahiti, French Polynesia
c. 1988–1990 NY Daily News — Limoscenes
c. 1988–1990 Metro Magazine — Arts
1987 Realites Nicoise — Les Arts
1987 Nice-Matin — Arts in St. Paul de Vence
Television & Radio
2005 Radio Interview — The Phukthar Monastery, Geneva, Switzerland
2005 Television News Interview — Vahine, Tahiti, French Polynesia
1987 Radio Interview — New York Night, St. Paul de Vence, France