 Mehra works with ideas of otherness, the construction of race and diversity, and marginalization.With a multimedia practice that encompasses installation, photography, video, sculpture, text, and "infus[es] a biting wit," Mehra references East/West, high and low culture, and the personal and political to call attention to issues surrounding gender, race, and identity.She often uses comedy as an entry point to her work, explaining, "Humour everyone can understand ... creates space because it's really the most accessible thing and so that becomes the pathway into my work."