Abela Ruben

18 Works

Exhibitions

Edible arrangements, Ether Project at India Art Fair Young Collectors’ Programme, Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi, India in 2026

BARODA ANNUELLE ed.V, Gallery White, Baroda, Gujarat, India in 2026

About Abela Ruben

Abela Ruben (b. 2001, Irinjalakuda, Kerala) completed her Master of Visual Arts (MVA) in Painting from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, in 2025 and Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Painting from the Govt. College of Fine Arts, Thrissur, Kerala, in 2023. She has also completed an apprenticeship under Mr. Soumen Das, an expert in pigments and binders, and a former student of Nilima Sheikh. She lives and works between Kerala and Baroda. Ruben’s practice draws from the immediate topography of her domicile, interior emotional states, and cinematic language. Her images possess a distinct theatricality, eliciting instinctive responses while emerging from moments of ambiguity, memory and cultural imagery. Reinterpreting fragmented experiences through images that hover between stillness and motion. Her geographic relocation from Kerala to Baroda for academic pursuits played an instrumental role in expanding both her visual lexicon and use of materials.

Academics

Masters in Visual arts in Painting from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat (2023-25)

Bachelor of Fine arts in Painting from Govt. College of Fine Arts, Thrissur, Kerala (2019-23)

Awards

Late Milind Madhukar Gold Medal and Narendra Gajanan Bhatt Gold Medal for academic excellence, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India in 2025

Recipient of Kerala Lalit Kala Academy scholarship for Bachelors and Masters Programmes, Kerala, India (2022, 2024)

Vijayaraghavan Endowment Gold Medal for Landscape painting, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala, India in 2021

Exhibitions

Edible arrangements, Ether Project at India Art Fair Young Collectors’ Programme, Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi, India in 2026

BARODA ANNUELLE ed.V, Gallery White, Baroda, Gujarat, India in 2026

IMAGINARIUM 5.0, Emami Art, Kolkata, India in 2025

Afterimage, a group exhibition, curated by Sudheesh Kottembram, part of an initiative by the Kerala Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala, India in 2025

Annual Degree show 2025 – Faculty of Fine Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, India in 2025

Everybody’s Elsewhere, curated by Yash Vikram, Dev Lalikar Kalavitika, Indore, India in 2025

Fifth edition of Gallery Dtale Archist, curated by Bose Krishnamachari, Bangalore, India in 2025

From Field to Frame, organised by Raju Patel, CONFLICTORIUM, Ahmedabad, India in 2024

Hold the dandelions, there is no one to be found; curated by Shristi Sainani, Gallery 27, Kochi, Kerala, India in 2024

Kochi Biennale Pavilion, Manorama Hortus curated by Sujith SN and Jalaja PS, Kozhikode, Kerala, India in 2024

Contextual Cosmologies, Keraleeyam 2023, compiled by Bose Krishnamachari and Sujith SN, Trivandrum, Kerala, India in 2023

51st & 50th State Exhibition - Kerala Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala, India in 2023

Workshops:

Viscosity Printmaking Workshop under Moutushi Chakraborty, Government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur, Kerala, India in 2023

Serigraphy Workshop with Nijeena Neelambaran, Government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur, Kerala, India in 2022

Papermaking Workshop under Anupam Chakraborty, Government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur, Kerala, India in 2022

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Works by Abela Ruben

Shrine Of The Ramdev Pir And Chhadi/Ghoda Offering

Powered Pigments, Casein, Gouache and Marble Dust on Paper Mounted on Canvas

18 x 23.6 inches (top) ; 15 x 13 inches (bottom) Diptych, 2026

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Kaaralmaan Court At Irinjalakuda

Powdered Pigments, Marble Dust, Gouache and Casein on Paper Mounted on Canvas

30 x 42 inches, 2026

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Dutch Church

Powdered Pigments, Casein, Acrylic on Rice Paper Mounted on Canvas

36 x 48 inches, 2026

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Painting of a sculpture (from the archive) at different Juncture

Gouache, Watercolour and Emulsion on Paper

19 x 30 inches (Diptych), 2025

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Procession Series 01

Gouache and Emulsion on Paper

8.2 x 11.6 inches, 2023

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Untitled

Gouache and Pencil-colour on Paper

22 x 30 inches, 2023

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Procession Series 02

Gouache and Emulsion on Paper

8.2 x 11.6 inches, 2023

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Maa Chinnamasta of Bheerkuda

Powdered Pigments, Casein and Gouache on Paper

28.3 x 23.4 inches, 2025

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Mother of the Forsaken

Powdered Pigments, Casein, Acrylic on Rice Paper Mounted on Canvas

20 x 15.5 inches, 2024

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Knight in the Night

Powdered Pigments, Casein, Acrylic on Rice Paper Mounted on Canvas

23.5 x 35.5 inches, 2026

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Delinquent Arsonists - Blue After Kieslowski (Series)

Casein and Powdered Pigments on Paper

13 x 16 inches, 2025

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The Hunchback and The Trumpet PlayerBlue After Kieslowski (Series)

Casein and Powdered Pigments on Paper

12 x 16 inches, 2025

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Detail of Bhatiji Maharaj with Cattle and a Goddess Figure Guarded by Lions

Powdered Pigments and Watercolour on Paper

21 x 29 inches, 2025

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Dual escapes - Blue after Kieslowski (series)

Casein and Powdered Pigments on Paper

13 x 17 inches, 2025

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An apparition in Fatehgunj

Gouache, Watercolour and Emulsion on Paper

32 x 50 inches, 2025

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Sculpture Busts In Rain

Gouache, Watercolour and Masking Glue on Paper

24 x 36 inches, 2024

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Tranquil/Turbulence III

Gouache and Watercolour on Paper

21.2 x 19.2 inches, 2025

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Tranquil/turbulence I

Gouache and Watercolour on Paper

29 x 41 inches each (Diptych), 2024

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Dotwalk Shows

On View: Bringing together a selection of recent works across diverse contemporary practices

Group Exhibition

Curated by Dotwalk Curatorial and Research Team

07 Jul - 08 Aug 2026 at Gallery Dotwalk, Gurgaon

Abela Ruben, Amjum Rizve, Anjaneyulu Gundu, Chandrashekar Koteshwar, Mehak Garg, Priyaranjan Purkait, Ravinder Reddy, Rija Kalita, Sudhayadas S, Sujith SN

Songs The Soil Keeps

Group Exhibition

Curated by Dotwalk Curatorial and Research Team

18 Sep - 27 Sep 2026 at Gallery Dotwalk, Gurgaon

A A Almelkar, A Ramachandran, Abela Ruben, Alexander Devasia, Amjum Rizve, Anjaneyulu Gundu, B Prabha, Badri Narayan, Bhaskar Rao Botcha, Chandrashekar Koteshwar, Chippa Sudhakar, Dhanraj Bhagat, F N Souza , G R Santosh, K H Ara, M F Husain, Manjit Bawa, Mehak Garg, Priyaranjan Purkait, Ram Kumar, Ravinder Reddy, Rija Kalita, Sadanand Bakre, Sajith CN, Sakti Burman, SH Raza, Shajith RB, Sudhayadas S, Sujith SN, T Vaikuntam, T Venkanna, V Ramesh, Valay Shende, Yuvan Bothysathuvar

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Shrine Of The Ramdev Pir And Chhadi/Ghoda Offering

Kaaralmaan Court At Irinjalakuda

Dutch Church

Painting of a sculpture (from the archive) at different Juncture

Procession Series 01

Untitled

Procession Series 02

Maa Chinnamasta of Bheerkuda

Mother of the Forsaken

Knight in the Night

Delinquent Arsonists - Blue After Kieslowski (Series)

The Hunchback and The Trumpet PlayerBlue After Kieslowski (Series)

Detail of Bhatiji Maharaj with Cattle and a Goddess Figure Guarded by Lions

Dual escapes - Blue after Kieslowski (series)

An apparition in Fatehgunj

Sculpture Busts In Rain

Tranquil/Turbulence III

Tranquil/turbulence I

On View: Bringing together a selection of recent works across diverse contemporary practices

Songs The Soil Keeps

Videos

About Art Practice of Abela Ruben

Hear from Anjaneyalu Gundu, Baskar Rao Botcha and T. Venkanna | Songs The Soil Keeps | Dotwalk

What does the soil remember? | Hyderabad | Gallery Dortwalk

Sujith S. N., Sudhayadas S., and Abela Ruben on Songs The Soil Keeps

News

BARODA ANNUELLE 2026: GROUP SHOW | India Art Fair

Everybody’s Elsewhere: Group Exhibition by Ether Project Brings Eight Artists Together in Indore | Article by Abir Pothi

Emami Art Set to Opens IMAGINARIUM 5.0 Featuring Ten Emerging Artists | Article by Abir Pothi

News

BARODA ANNUELLE 2026: GROUP SHOW | India Art Fair

Everybody’s Elsewhere: Group Exhibition by Ether Project Brings Eight Artists Together in Indore | Article by Abir Pothi

Emami Art Set to Opens IMAGINARIUM 5.0 Featuring Ten Emerging Artists | Article by Abir Pothi

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