Solo exhibition / Painting / 23 Jan - 23 Feb 2026
Ten paintings exploring the visual imagery of human sound within urban spaces, accompanied by a collaborative Art Party.
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RheaFabian
Artist · New media practitioner
Curator · Designer
(01) Practice
Chennai, India
Rhea works across painting, installation, collage, video and immersive media.
(Practice)
Her work spans painting, design, moving image, interactive installations and code-based practices. It draws from memory, sound, personal archives and everyday surroundings, translating these experiences through colour, pattern, moving image and interactive technology.
As one half of Television Dust, she explores culture, technological fatigue and the blurred boundary between physical and virtual experience. She is also Curator and Creative Director at Focus Group Radio, an independent music and art discovery platform built around community and shared cultural exploration.
- Painting
- Moving Image
- Installation
- Creative Code
- Design
- Workshops
- Curation
- Creative Direction
(02) Field notes
Exhibitions & experience
Exhibitions
2026Interdimensional Conference Call The Queen's House, Greenwich, UKDigital presentation of painting
2021-22Selected Art MarketsChennaiOriginal works and artist-made objects
Experience
2025-nowFocus Group RadioCurator & Creative Director
2018-19Helen O'Grady InternationalSpeech & Drama Teacher
2018Gallery VedaIntern, Vardah Charity Auction
2017-18Tamil Nadu Textbook CorporationIllustrator
Selected commissions
Anand Rathi, commissioned installation (2018)
Design & direction
The Angular Festival identity and visual language
Focus Group Radio event identities and gig posters
Track artwork for Rowthiram and Kadhaigal
Release artwork for Promise Me and Carnival Cat
Custom wedding invitations
Education
Bachelor of Visual Arts
Specialisation in Painting
Stella Maris College, Chennai
2014—2018
(03) Selected work
16 case studies / 2018 - 2026
Artworks, exhibitions, workshops and collaborative spaces.
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Art & Exhibitions
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Glitter
Video montage + animation / 2026
A moving-image work about the fragile nature of memory and the way grief can reshape remembering over time.
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Acrylic on canvas / 2025
A meditation on love, loss and the ways memory allows someone to remain present after death.
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Cuttings
Mixed media collage series / 2022
A collage series about leaving home, mental health, falling in love and the uncertainty of early adulthood.
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Installation / Mixed media / 2018
A walk-through installation about the emotional value assigned to ordinary objects and their role as vessels for memory.
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Exotica
Focus Group Radio listening session / Live painting / 2025
A painting created live over two hours in response to the rhythms, textures and atmosphere of an Exotica listening session.
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Live painting / Performance by Dr Srinidhi Chidambaram / 2026
A painting developed live alongside a Bharatanatyam recital and Carnatic music ensemble, shaped by sound, gesture and movement.
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Collaborative Practice
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New media / Collaborative practice / 2020 - now
A collaborative new media practice working across moving image, interactive installations, live visuals and code-based work.
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Commissioned installation / Mixed media / 2018
A large-scale geometric installation translating the organisation's leadership, adviser network and regional structure into one visual form.
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Site-specific mural installation / Collaborative project / 2022
A series of large-scale murals balancing macabre, institutional imagery with an underlying sense of optimism.
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Track artwork for Kaber Vasuki / February 2021
A golden crown suspended before it sinks, reflecting righteous rage and the choice to step away from violence, conquest and prestige.
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Track artwork for Kaber Vasuki x Balan Kash / April 2021
A procedural mixed-media collage exploring stories as carriers of culture, inherited identity and collective memory.
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Single artwork for GoodMostlyBad / April 2021
Single artwork combining fluid bilingual typography with playful, macabre Gothic imagery.
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EP artwork for Company School / 2026
EP artwork using unresolved symmetry, mirrored space and repetition to hold three contrasting musical atmospheres.
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Workshops
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Expressive arts workshop / 2023
A two-week programme for children aged 8-17, moving from material experimentation to presenting and discussing original work.
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Curatorial Work
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Gallery curation + Maker's Market / May 2026
An approachable festival gallery and deliberately small independent market rooted in local practices and alternative culture.
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Available for commissions,
collaborations & conversations.