Lehar (b. 2003, India; living in Italy) is a curator, writer, and multidisciplinary artist working across collage, sculpture, videography, jewellery, resin, and painting. With a background in sociology and currently pursuing an MA in Curatorial Practice in Florence, she approaches her work through critical inquiry and research-led methodologies. She explores themes of domesticity, social constructs, childhood, and grief, examining how personal memory intersects with collective realities. Bridging art and academia, her practice transforms theoretical frameworks into materially layered works that are emotionally charged.

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Artists statement

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Using multimedia and sociological observation, my practice visualises the emotional residue of childhood memory and domestic grief. I work through layering, adopting a scrapbook-like method across collage, sculpture, video, and drawing, to reconstruct intimate narratives through a broader social lens. Rooted in my academic education, my process is research-driven, examining how identity is shaped within inherited social and political structures. Drawing from personal experience, my work is embedded with subtle commentary on the systems we are raised within, revealing how private memory is inseparable from collective and sociopolitical realities.