LATANA is an American-born artist based in Singapore, internationally recognized for a multidisciplinary practice that weaves together photography, painting, sculpture, mixed media, and digital art. Her work is rooted in what she calls visual expressionism—a poetic response to the fragility of existence, the passage of time, and the emotional resonance of memory.

Beginning her creative journey as a fashion photographer in New York, LATANA continues to use photography as both a foundational tool and a conceptual thread throughout her work. Whether embedded in paintings, abstracted into sculpture, or integrated into digital compositions, the photographic image often forms the emotional core of her layered, contemplative pieces.

A turning point came during her time in Borneo, where she created Sabah, Land Below the Wind—a documentary series that became her debut solo exhibition and now resides in the permanent collection of the Sabah Museum. This project marked the beginning of a practice deeply attuned to impermanence and beauty, inviting viewers into spaces where silence becomes expression and stillness carries emotional weight.

LATANA is the author of three photographic books: Barely Exposed (portraits of adolescents accompanied by their individual meditations on life thus far ), Fragments, The Abandoned Villa Series (a meditation on memory and place), and The Phukthar Monastery (a lyrical view of Himalayan monastic life, created with the support of the Dalai Lama). Her work has been exhibited widely in the United States, Europe, and Asia — including in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Venice, Rome, Milan, Seoul, and Singapore — and is held in both public and private collections.