Lata Upadhyaya

Born and raised in India, Lata currently lives and works in the UK. Lata is a visual artist that specialises in contemporary sculpture and has completed masters in fine art in both India and the Slade School of Art, London. Her work is held in private collections throughout Europe, India, Middle East and the far East.

Lata's work reflects upon her own life, the experience of migrating from the East to the West. The journey of migration is depicted in the shape of the circular form, symbolic of the cycle of time. The Circular motif represents how things where, how they changed and how they have returned to natural states of what they were, before Lata's transitional journeys to the west. Further exploration is made through the use of materials, texture, colour and pattern.

Through Lata’s extensive travels, she has participated in International Artists Residencies that have allowed her to further explore different mediums and practices.

In addition Lata has also been a key activist in establishing an artists community in South Essex and now has established her studio at Acme, High House Production Park in Purfleet, which is home to the Royal Opera House Production Workshop.

MFA Sculpture, The Slade School of Fine Art, London, 2000
MFA Sculpture, MS University, Baroda, India, 1998
BA Fine Arts, MS University, Baroda, India, 1995

Selected Exhibitions
2016 Estuary Festival, Metal, Tilbury Port, UK
2016 Village Beach, Metal, Grays Riverside Park, UK
2016 Village Green, Metal, Chalkwell Park, Southend-on-Sea, UK
2016 '6,919 km', Thameside Complex Gallery, Grays, UK
2015 Group Exhibition, Mamu Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2015 We are Here, Village Beach, Metal, Grays Beach, UK
2015 Johnny Foreigner, Thameside Complex Gallery, Grays, UK
2014 Wyndcliffe Court Spring Exhibition, St Arvans, Monmouthshire, UK
2013 The Sculpture Park, Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK
2013 Burning Bright, Saatchi Online, Hyatt London Regency, UK
2013 Capturing Space, High House Production Park, Purfleet, UK
2012 Chakra, La Galleria Pall Mall, London, UK
2012 Village Green, Metal, Chalkwell Park, Southend-on-Sea, UK
2011 IMA Foundation, AAF Hampstead, London, UK
2011 Group Exhibition, Mamu Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2011 Shifting Points of View, art:ifact, Thameside Complex, Grays, UK
2010 Transited Eclipse, Thameside Complex Gallery, Grays, UK
2009 Nature & Peace, Geumgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale, South Korea
2001 Space Structure & Divine Power, Price Waterhouse Cooper, London, UK