Chandni Raithatha
Dada
Chandni Raithatha is a multidisciplinary artist working across photography, sculpture, video, and installation. Her practice explores themes of identity, migration, memory, and the enduring legacies of colonialism, often drawing from personal and archival materials to reflect the complexities of navigating multiple cultural histories. Her recent project, Dada, examines her grandfather’s life through a multimedia installation that transforms his Nairobi home into a living archive. The work is imbued with memory, absence, and the weight of displacement, offering an intimate exploration of intergenerational experience. Raithatha employs both experimental and traditional techniques, including transferring photographs onto teabags and creating sculptural forms like a handmade machete. These tactile materials evoke colonial histories, resistance, and cultural continuity, creating emotionally resonant encounters. Grounded in personal narrative and broader global contexts, Raithatha’s work reframes overlooked histories and challenges dominant narratives, creating space for reflection on belonging, hybridity, and the ongoing impact of colonialism on diasporic identities.
Yiding Chen • Adam Dorgham • Michael Dwan • Samuel Nohe Ireland • Eliza Modzelewska • Nasrah Omar • Polina Piëch • Chandni Raithatha • Nick Rosenoer • Nik Simon • Yvann Zahui • Dashen Zhang • Nancy Xinrui Zhou •
University of Brighton
MA Photography
Falmouth University
MA Photography
Glasgow School of Art
Masters of Design in Photography
University of Portsmouth
MA Photography
Royal College of Art
MA Photography
Ulster University
MFA Photography