Laila Tara H
Born 1995, London
Lives and works between London, UK and Tehran, Iran
Multidisciplinary practice spanning painting, textile, sculpture, and installation, integrating 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 historical traditions such as Indo-Persian miniature painting, poulak-douzi embroidery and textiles, Tara H constructs a visual language that merges historical influences with contemporary expression.
Selected solo/duo exhibitions
2026 Hir o Vir/هیروویر (with Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian), Hatch, Paris
2024 2002, Cooke Latham Gallery, London
2023 Hastan/هستن (with Narges Mohammadi), Copperfield, London
2022 Twisted toes, tangled ears (with Anousha Payne), Public Gallery, London
2022 duck duck goose, Purdy Hicks, London
2021 Vexilloid, O Gallery, Tehran
2021 Sky-Circles (with Anusheh Zia Siddiqui), Indigo+Madder, London
2021 Am I?, V.O Curations, London
Selected group exhibitions
2026 Tinker Tailor, Cooke Latham, London
Home, A Fire, Cheng Lan Foundation, Hong Kong
1, 2, Glissade et Changement, Hatch, Paris
2025 Masnavi: Lores Across Land, Ojas, Delhi
Asia Now Fair, Hatch, Paris
Minor Attractions, Cooke Latham, London
Strings Attached, Pipeline, London
Soft Worlds, Sharp Edges, Charlotte Taylor/Brompton Design District, London
Flora's Cloak, Huxley-Parlour, Wiltshire
Every Morning, A Time, Hatch, Paris
Hybrid Interplay, Albert Contemporary, Odense
2024 A Closer Look, Haverkampf Leistenschneider, Berlin
Lattice Structure of Space-Time, Indigo+Madder, London
Time Future, Purdy Hicks and Alberto Di Castro, London
Utopia, Incubator, London
Blue, Purdy Hicks, London
India Art Fair, Indigo+Madder, Delhi
2023 Time Future, Alberto Di Castro, Rome
Sum, Sarabande Foundation, London
New Ancients, Guts Gallery, London
Nay, her foot speaks, Cooke Latham Gallery, London
Anousha Payne, Laila Tara H, Isabella Ducrot, Super Super Markt, Berlin
STRIKE, Forma Arts Media, London
Tangle Teazer, Sarabande Foundation, London
I Like it What is it?, Albert Contemporary, Odense, Denmark
The Coordinate Plane, Arusha Gallery, New York
Interior, Fabian Lang, Zurich
KaplanKaplan, Copperfield Gallery, London
India Art Fair, Galerie Isa, Delhi
2022 Drawing 1990-2022, Purdy Hicks, London
In Studio, Drake's London, New York
The body we are in, Confer-Karnac, London
Future Fair, Cob Gallery, New York
Drawing Now Fair, Purdy Hicks Gallery, Paris
ASSEMBLE, V.O Curations, London
2021 Slow Burn, Indigo+Madder, London
Cruel Intentions, Arusha Gallery, London
Legacy Series: FUTURE virtual Exhibit, ArteEast
2020 Casa Balandra Open Studios, Casa Balandra, Mallorca
Nourishment Projects, V.O Curations, London
So Good So Close, Numeroventi, Florence
Dance First Think Later, General Practice Gallery, Lincoln
To All Our Absent Dialogues, Warbling Collective, 145a Gallery, London
2019 Royal Miniature Society, Mall Galleries, London
Carpet Pages II:Roots, Mile End Pavilion, London
Dumfries House MA exhibition, HRH King Charles, Scotland
The Prince's School of Traditional Arts MA Degree show, London
Education
2025-2026 MA, Art History, Courtauld Insitute, London
2017-2019 MA, Traditional Arts, The Prince's School of Traditional Arts, London
Press
2026 Three women without men, each splintering and reassembling time, Now Voyager, Lila Azam Zanganeh
Laila Tara H, Geste/s, Parand Danesh
2024 How to paint a revolution in miniature, Apollo Magazine, Arjun Sajip
2002, Plinth Magazine, Emily C Steer
Desconstructing the Persian Miniature with Laila Tara H, Something Curated, Keshav Anand
Art and Soul: celebrating 10 years of Sarabande studios, Haarpers Bazaar
Safe as Houses, World of Interiors, Charlotte Jansen
2023 What to Watch out For, Architectural Digest, Avantika Shankar
2022 Laila Tara H on the magic of light, The Modern House, Billie Brand
Anousha Payne and Laila Tara H, Friends of Friends, Maria Paris Borda
Residencies
2023 Blank100
2022 Sarabande: Alexander McQueen Foundation
2020 Casa Balandra
2020 Numeroventi
Projects
2023 Home of Hai
2022 The 22
2022 Drake's
2021 Papier