A Mexican visual artist who transforms sensitivity, design, and audacity into living jewels.
Her work is a constant experiment with emotion and light, exploring matter with freedom and depth.
At Domus Academy in Milan, Italy, guided by some of the greatest design masters in the world: Dolce & Gabbana, Gianfranco Ferré, Gianni Versace, and Franco Moschino; Leticia faced a creative challenge while nursing a broken heart. She discovered that love, even the kind that hurts, can be transformed into art.
Thus, she turned passion into design, emotion into form, and memory into inspiration.
While completing her master’s, Leticia chose a material that had always moved her: clay, warm and full of life. She created fabrics with inlays and, piece by piece, transformed beads and figures handmade by Oaxacan artisans into unique necklaces.
Each piece carried memory and origin, turned into art to wear on the skin.
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800 CANDLES
Leticia Barba’s first collection didn’t just debut—it made an entrance.
In a room illuminated by 800 candles, her clay necklaces united Mexican sensitivity with a European perspective.
They arrived just as fashion was seeking the artisanal, the natural, the human. Her work captivated Romeo Gigli, Azzedine Alaïa, and appeared in the pages of magazines such as Vogue, Elle, and Marie Claire, among many others of international acclaim.
Leticia didn’t just debut: she made a mark.
After a series of profound changes and losses, she advised fashion brands, seeking to fill that void.
Light came during an online class, where a master explored artistic expressions such as dance, opera, and ballet; she found in contemporary art a refuge and a new way to feel alive. Invited to fairs like Frieze (New York), Art Basel (Miami), and the Venice Biennale (Italy), among others, she realized that, through travel, love manifests itself in many different forms.
After a series of profound changes and losses, she advised fashion brands to fill the void.
Light came during an online class, where a teacher spoke about beauty and life. Invited to fairs like Frieze, Art Basel, and the Venice Biennale, she found incontemporary art a refuge and a new way to feel alive.
In San Miguel de Allende, she found refuge, inspiration, and community.
“San Miguel feels like mine. I discovered it was the perfect backdrop for my necklaces.”
Leticia chose this city to mark her return to design. Today, that collection—shaped by memory, sea, and fire—lives on the golden streets of a city that radiates art and, in some way, also chose her.
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CHANGES AND REBIRTH
Light came during an online class, where a teacher spoke about beauty and life. Invited to fairs like Frieze, Art Basel, and the Venice Biennale, she found incontemporary art a refuge and a new way to feel alive.
RETURN AND TRANSFORMATION
In Punta Mita, she found the inspiration for her work by transforming shell curtains, used by fishermen in their homes, into necklaces that ceased to be accessories and became sculptures for the body.
IN SAN MIGUEL
In San Miguel de Allende, she found refuge, inspiration, and community.
“San Miguel is mine. It’s the perfect setting for my necklaces.”
Leticia chose this city to mark her return to design. Today, that collection—shaped by memory, sea, and fire—lives on the golden streets of a city that, in its own way, also chose her.
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