(Portfolio / 2026)Selected works & practice

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

2026Glitter The Gallery, The Angular FestivalVideo montage on CRT television
2026Interdimensional Conference Call The Queen's House, Greenwich, UKDigital presentation of painting
2026Human Music Vinyl & Brew, ChennaiSolo exhibition, 23 Jan - 23 Feb
2022Art Fete ChennaiOriginal works and artist-made objects
2018Museum of Leftovers Tesselate 2018Conceptual installation

Experience

2025-nowFocus Group RadioCurator & Creative Director
2020-nowTelevision Dust Artist & New Media Practitioner
2023The Quest Learning Community Expressive Arts Facilitator
2018-19Helen O'Grady InternationalSpeech & Drama Teacher
2018Big Hope 2 — Global Youth Congress University representative / Young People and Revolution, Liverpool Hope University, UK
2018Gallery VedaIntern, Vardah Charity Auction
2017-18Tamil Nadu Textbook CorporationIllustrator
2017TEDxNapierBridge Production team / Stage and supporting design

Selected commissions

Anand Rathi, commissioned installation (2018)

Live painting for FGR's Exotica Listening Session (2025)

Live painting with Dr Srinidhi Chidambaram (2026)

Design & direction

The Angular Festival identity and visual language

Focus Group Radio event identities and gig posters

Track artwork and music videos for Rowthiram , Kadhaigal ; track artwork for Promise me

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.

Browse the practice by field. Each project opens into a longer account of its ideas, process and context.

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Art & Exhibitions

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Five colourful Human Music paintings installed above wooden tables at Vinyl & Brew.Read →

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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Glitter playing on a CRT television beside headphones and a handwritten listening instruction.Read →

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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Six mixed-media works from the Cuttings collage series arranged in a grid.Read →

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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Rhea standing with two colourful live paintings at the Focus Group Radio Exotica listening session.Read →

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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Rhea Fabian with Dr Srinidhi Chidambaram and the completed live painting after the recital.Read →

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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Rhea Fabian and Srinivas Vijayakumar silhouetted against projected purple and blue visuals during a Television Dust performance.Read →

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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International Big Hope 2 delegates gathered at Liverpool Hope University.Read →

Global Youth Congress / University representative / 2018

Representing her university at Liverpool Hope University's international youth congress, with a focus on young people, revolution and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Digitally painted golden crown sinking into vivid blue and magenta water.Read →

Track artwork and music video 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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Dense procedural collage layering vivid colour, painted marks, historical images, text and film stills.Read →

Track artwork and music video 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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Promise Me single artwork for GoodMostlyBad.Read →

Single artwork for GoodMostlyBad / April 2021

Single artwork combining fluid bilingual typography with playful, macabre Gothic imagery.

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TEDxNapierBridgeWomen stage with a modular fabric installation behind the event sign.Read →

Production team / Stage and supporting design / 2017

Production and supporting stage design for TEDxNapierBridgeWomen, including a modular fabric installation developed for the event stage.

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Workshops

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Curatorial Work

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(Full visual archive)

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All images and work are available on Instagram.

@celestialdustbunny

(04) Contact

Available for commissions,
collaborations & conversations.