Working with organic matter such as fish scales, meat, and other perishable materials, she develops a tactile language that reflects on transformation, residue, and the permeability of the body. Grounded in lived experience, Bhatia’s practice considers the body as both subject and sensing tool—one that absorbs, registers, and responds to its surroundings.

Her works explore questions of home, migration, and care, often drawing from the transnational circulation of goods and the intimate rituals embedded within them.

Through repetitive actions and material translation, she traces slow processes of change, where fragility and endurance coexist, and where personal narratives unfold in relation to broader social and environmental conditions.