Lubna Chowdhary

Lubna Chowdhary's ceramic work Jantar Mantar 2 has been acquired by the UK Government Art Collection for display in New Delhi. The work was shown at Cristea Roberts Gallery in the group exhibition ‘Ways of Making, Ways of Thinking’ in autumn 2025.

“Taking the title from the eighteenth-century observatories of India, these works are inspired by monumental geometric structures designed to track celestial movements and measure time, where science, ritual, astronomy, and architecture converge.

Chowdhary’s linear compositions suggest fragmented skylines, flattened cityscapes, or a visual lexicon, reflecting the layered, hybrid experiences of contemporary urban life and the cultural intersections of dense cities. Employing both industrial techniques and traditional craft she combines multiple layers of glaze with repeated kiln firings, creating tension between mechanical precision and the subtle variability of manual process.” 

Dohra Shoor new solo exhibition to open at Corvi-Mora from  4 September - 7 November 2026. 

Essay by Ekow Eshun to accompany the exhibition. 

'Geometric Abstraction' group exhibition at B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music now on view in Athens.
Curated by art historian Yannis Bolis, the exhibition attempts a shift from strict formalism to themes of memory, identity, politics and cultural heritage through the works of six pioneering female artists: Opy Zouni, Etel Adnan, Samia Halaby, Saloua Raouda Choucair, Ebtisam Abdulaziz, and Lubna Chowdhary. The exhibition runs from 15 October 2025 - 22 February 2026

'Bone, Soot and Oil' - the second of two permanent public artworks commissioned by Thames Tideway for Earl Pumping Station in London.

The artwork draws inspiration from the historic whaling trade that once dominated the nearby Greenland Dock during the 18th century. The piece reinterprets the traditional technique of scrimshaw (etching on whale bone and teeth) through the use of lava stone and ceramic glaze. An abstract pattern of carved black lines moves across an ivory surface, echoing both the ventral grooves of a whale’s underside and the rippling of water above a vast hidden form.

Lubna Chowdhary's Assembly (2025) has been acquired by the Tate for the national collection through the Frieze Tate Fund. The work was exhibited with Jhaveri Contemporary at Frieze London.