Sameena Jabeen Rao

Sameena Jabeen Rao is an Indian born American artist based in Indianapolis. Her main passion is digital photography. She started photographing food, cataloguing the recipes her mother passed down to her. This slowly evolved into a love of photography, now with an emphasis on abstract still lives. As in life, her art is always changing. Her art speaks to our different selves and explores our many identities.

Her work intertwines themes and motifs from her Indian background, using fabric and found objects. Her work juxtaposes the ordinary from our every day to create something unusual and thought provoking for the viewer. How do you see the world?

Exhibitions

2024 7th Midwest Open Woman Made Gallery Chicago IL

Art from the Heartland Indianapolis Art Center Indianapolis IN

Color and Shadows Series Maven Space Indianapolis IN

Melodic Emotions Group Exhibition Marilyn Rose Center Indianapolis IN

Food Pop-Up Group Exhibition  Storage Space Gallery  Indianapolis IN

Unconditional Exhibition The Archivist Gallery Indianapolis IN

Mine, Yours Ours Exhibition Woman Made Gallery Chicago IL

2023 ONE DROP: Underground Exhibit, Bloomington, IN 

83rd Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Swope Art Museum,, Terre Haute Indiana

TINY Exhibition, Gallery 924 Indianapolis  IN

Salsa Verde Group Exhibition, The Harrison Center, Indianapolis IN


2022 Public Mural, Indianapolis Arts Sidewalk Series, Indianapolis IN

Photography 2022, Indiana University Art Gallery, Kokomo IN

Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute IN

TINY Exhibit, Gallery 924 Indianapolis  IN

Ginger & Spice & Everything Nice Exhibit, The Harrison Center, Indianapolis IN