Laila Tara H
b. 1995, United Kingdom
Laila Tara H is a British-Iranian artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, textile, sculpture, and installation. Her work integrates a wide range of materials, including natural pigments, handmade paper, textiles, wood, and metals. These materials facilitate a complex interplay between cultural history and subjective memory, reflecting her critical engagement with both historical legacies and contemporary realities. Drawing from Persian craft traditions such as Indo-Persian miniature painting, poulak-douzi embroidery and souzani textiles, Tara H constructs a visual language that merges historical influences with contemporary expression.
Installation view, 'Loqmé', ASIA NOW with Hatch Gallery, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, 2025. © Lionel Belluteau. Courtesy of the Artist and Hatch Gallery.
Laila Tara H
Loqmé
2025
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Laila Tara H
Loqmé
2025
Hemp paper, dyed hemp paper, antique debt ledgers, pencil, watercolour, pigment, velvet, volcanic pumice stone, flour glue, brass sequins, thread, calico, found fabric, hemming tape, shell 24k gold
Variable size (150 x 270 cm each)
Laila Tara H
Loqmé
2025
Details
Installation view, 'Loqmé', ASIA NOW with Hatch Gallery, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, 2025. © Lionel Belluteau. Courtesy of the Artist and Hatch Gallery.
Laila Tara H
Loqmé
2025
Details
Installation view, 'Strings Attached Chapter I', Pipelines Gallery, London, 2025. © Jack Elliot Edwards. Courtesy of the Artist and Pipeline.
Laila Tara H
Morpheme
2025
Natural pigment, watercolour on hemp paper
Series of 8
14,5 x 11 cm (each)
Installation view, 2022, Cooke Latham Gallery, London, 2024. © BJ Deakin. Courtesy of the Artist and Cooke Latham Gallery London.
Installation view, 2022, Cooke Latham Gallery, London, 2024. © BJ Deakin. Courtesy of the Artist and Cooke Latham Gallery London.
Laila Tara H
sleep, wake, wash, task, check, work, panic, task, check, scroll, work, retreat, wash, sleep, wake
2024
Pigment, watercolour, velvet, buttons, steel, glove moulds, brass bells, thread, brass, buckle, hemp paper, sapele frames with anti-reflective glass
193 x 233 cm
Laila Tara H
Leftovers I/II
2024
Pigment, watercolour, hemp paper, pencil cherry frames with anti-reflective glass
50 x 90 cm (each)
Installation view, 2022, Cooke Latham Gallery, London, 2024. © BJ Deakin. Courtesy of the Artist and Cooke Latham Gallery London.
Installation view, ‘SUM’, Sarabande Foundation, London, UK, 2023. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artist and Sarbande Foundation.
Laila Tara H
Quiet!
2023
Natural pigments, watercolour, pencil on handmade hemp paper, sapele frame und
105 x 135 cm
Laila Tara H
Exit
2023
Natural pigment, watercolour, shell gold, mother of pearl, freshwater pearl, thread, glass beads, lapis lazuli, hair, gold pins, and handmade hemp paper set into Sapele
47,5 x 77,5 x 5.5 cm
Laila Tara H
Exit
2023
Details
Installation view, ‘Hastan (هستن)’, Copperfield Gallery, London, UK, 2023. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artists and Copperfield Gallery.
Laila Tara H
Fortified I / II (Takhté Jamshid / Divaré man)
2023
Natural pigment, watercolour, shell gold, on
handmade hemp paper, sapele frame under art glass
115 x 75 cm each
Laila Tara H
Takhté*
2023
Natural pigment, watercolour, shell gold, thread, pearl, lapis lazuli, velvet, quilted paper
200 x 170 cm
Laila Tara H
Takhté*
2023
Details
Installation view, ‘Tangled Toes, Twisted Ears’, Public Gallery, London, UK, 2022. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artists and Public Gallery.
Laila Tara H
Vexillary I
2021
Details
Laila Tara H
Vexillary I
2021
Watercolour, natural pigment, pencil, paper on hemp paper
99 × 75 cm
Installation view, ‘Tangled Toes, Twisted Ears’, Public Gallery, London, UK, 2022. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artists and Public Gallery.
Laila Tara H
roots untangled
2022
Details
Laila Tara H
push push, grab grab, take it off and nap
2022
Watercolour, natural pigment, pencil, 24k gold on hemp paper
73.5 × 94 cm
Installation view, ‘Tangled Toes', Twisted Ears’, Public Gallery, London, UK, 2022. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artists and Public Gallery.
Installation view, ‘Am I?’, V.O Curations, London, UK, 2021. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artist and V.O Curations.
Installation view, ‘Am I?’, V.O Curations, London, UK, 2021. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artist and V.O Curations.
Laila Tara H
roots untangled
2022
Natural pigment, watercolour, on
handmade hemp paper, sapele frame under art glass
Variable sizes
Laila Tara H
Pecking Order
2021
Natural pigment, watercolour, on handmade hemp paper, sapele frame under art glass
Variable sizes
Installation view, ‘Am I?’, V.O Curations, London, UK, 2021. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artist and V.O Curations.
Laila Tara H
b. 1995, United Kingdom
Laila Tara H is a British-Iranian artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, textile, sculpture, and installation. Her work integrates a wide range of materials, including natural pigments, handmade paper, textiles, wood, and metals. These materials facilitate a complex interplay between cultural history and subjective memory, reflecting her critical engagement with both historical legacies and contemporary realities. Drawing from Persian craft traditions such as Indo-Persian miniature painting, poulak-douzi embroidery and souzani textiles, Tara H constructs a visual language that merges historical influences with contemporary expression.
Installation view, 'Loqmé', ASIA NOW with Hatch Gallery, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, 2025. © Lionel Belluteau. Courtesy of the Artist and Hatch Gallery.
Laila Tara H
Loqmé
2025
Details
Laila Tara H
Loqmé
2025
Hemp paper, dyed hemp paper, antique debt ledgers, pencil, watercolour, pigment, velvet, volcanic pumice stone, flour glue, brass sequins, thread, calico, found fabric, hemming tape, shell 24k gold
Variable size (150 x 270 cm each)
Laila Tara H
Loqmé
2025
Details
Installation view, 'Loqmé', ASIA NOW with Hatch Gallery, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, 2025. © Lionel Belluteau. Courtesy of the Artist and Hatch Gallery.
Laila Tara H
Loqmé
2025
Details
Installation view, 'Strings Attached Chapter I', Pipelines Gallery, London, 2025. © Jack Elliot Edwards. Courtesy of the Artist and Pipeline.
Laila Tara H
Morpheme
2025
Natural pigment, watercolour on hemp paper
Series of 8
14,5 x 11 cm (each)
Installation view, 2022, Cooke Latham Gallery, London, 2024. © BJ Deakin. Courtesy of the Artist and Cooke Latham Gallery London.
Installation view, 2022, Cooke Latham Gallery, London, 2024. © BJ Deakin. Courtesy of the Artist and Cooke Latham Gallery London.
Laila Tara H
sleep, wake, wash, task, check, work, panic, task, check, scroll, work, retreat, wash, sleep, wake
2024
Pigment, watercolour, velvet, buttons, steel, glove moulds, brass bells, thread, brass, buckle, hemp paper, sapele frames with anti-reflective glass
193 x 233 cm
Laila Tara H
Leftovers I/II
2024
Pigment, watercolour, hemp paper, pencil cherry frames with anti-reflective glass
50 x 90 cm (each)
Installation view, 2022, Cooke Latham Gallery, London, 2024. © BJ Deakin. Courtesy of the Artist and Cooke Latham Gallery London.
Installation view, ‘SUM’, Sarabande Foundation, London, UK, 2023. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artist and Sarbande Foundation.
Laila Tara H
Quiet!
2023
Natural pigments, watercolour, pencil on handmade hemp paper, sapele frame und
105 x 135 cm
Laila Tara H
Exit
2023
Natural pigment, watercolour, shell gold, mother of pearl, freshwater pearl, thread, glass beads, lapis lazuli, hair, gold pins, and handmade hemp paper set into Sapele
47,5 x 77,5 x 5.5 cm
Laila Tara H
Exit
2023
Details
Installation view, ‘Hastan (هستن)’, Copperfield Gallery, London, UK, 2023. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artists and Copperfield Gallery.
Laila Tara H
Fortified I / II (Takhté Jamshid / Divaré man)
2023
Natural pigment, watercolour, shell gold, on
handmade hemp paper, sapele frame under art glass
115 x 75 cm each
Laila Tara H
Takhté*
2023
Natural pigment, watercolour, shell gold, thread, pearl, lapis lazuli, velvet, quilted paper
200 x 170 cm
Laila Tara H
Takhté*
2023
Details
Installation view, ‘Tangled Toes, Twisted Ears’, Public Gallery, London, UK, 2022. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artists and Public Gallery.
Laila Tara H
Vexillary I
2021
Details
Laila Tara H
Vexillary I
2021
Watercolour, natural pigment, pencil, paper on hemp paper
99 × 75 cm
Installation view, ‘Tangled Toes, Twisted Ears’, Public Gallery, London, UK, 2022. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artists and Public Gallery.
Laila Tara H
roots untangled
2022
Details
Laila Tara H
push push, grab grab, take it off and nap
2022
Watercolour, natural pigment, pencil, 24k gold on hemp paper
73.5 × 94 cm
Installation view, ‘Tangled Toes', Twisted Ears’, Public Gallery, London, UK, 2022. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artists and Public Gallery.
Installation view, ‘Am I?’, V.O Curations, London, UK, 2021. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artist and V.O Curations.
Installation view, ‘Am I?’, V.O Curations, London, UK, 2021. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artist and V.O Curations.
Laila Tara H
roots untangled
2022
Natural pigment, watercolour, on
handmade hemp paper, sapele frame under art glass
Variable sizes
Laila Tara H
Pecking Order
2021
Natural pigment, watercolour, on handmade hemp paper, sapele frame under art glass
Variable sizes
Installation view, ‘Am I?’, V.O Curations, London, UK, 2021. © Corey Bartle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artist and V.O Curations.