Rhea Hu (b. 1998, China) is a visual storytelling artist currently pursuing an MFA in Illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her practice centers on illustration, graphic design, and bookmaking. Working with materials such as pencil, charcoal, pastel, and acrylic, she creates cohesive narrative sequences through zines, artist books, and poster series. By assigning symbolic meaning to everyday objects and composing images with structural clarity, Hu constructs visual languages that are distilled and deliberate—infused with quiet tension, poetic precision, and moments of irony.
Influenced by literature and visual activism, her work explores the friction between personal memory and collective systems of power, transforming private experiences into narratives that resonate on a broader cultural level.