He left the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1956 and spent several years exhibiting before his return to Côte d'Ivoire following its independence from France in 1960.
Christian Lattier's innovative style was a key factor in the development of modernism in sculpture in Côte d'Ivoire and France.
Nineteen pieces of Christian Lattier's sculptures are currently in the collection of Musée National de Côte d'Ivoire in Abidjan.
Christian Lattier’s style was to use the traditional West African technique of weaving a mask around a centre of wire or tie it up with ideas derived mainly from European art and cultural history.
He was a part of “The Short Century” which was an exhibition on independence and liberation movements in Africa between 1945-1994 that travelled to Munich, Berlin, Chicago, and New York from May 18, 2001 to July 29, 2001.