Inari Kiuru is a multidisciplinary artist, designer and a mother of two young children, living and working in Bulleke-Bek/Brunswick, Victoria. She’s known for her innovative, experimental use of non-precious materials such as concrete, steel and industrial enamel, and for her installations and photographs of locally found discarded objects. Inari has also designed and produced a living, permanent air-purifying indoor forest.

The key themes in Inari’s work are linked with her Scandinavian heritage, arising from her intrinsic longing for a connection with nature, and the tendency to sensitively observe the weather and seasonal changes. The core of Inari’s practice is revealing beauty in ordinary everyday things.

The key themes in Inari’s work are linked with her Scandinavian heritage, arising from her intrinsic longing for a connection with nature, and the tendency to sensitively observe the weather and seasonal changes. The core of Inari’s practice is revealing beauty in ordinary everyday things.

Inari has Honours degrees in Visual Communication (Curtin 2002) and Fine Art (Object Design, RMIT 2013), and has exhibited images and objects in curated group exhibitions in Australia, Europe and the USA since 2013. In Australia Inari is represented by Funaki, and her work has been acquired by national and international public collections. She is currently collating and a designing a book of her work, and working towards her first solo show. 

Gallery representation: Funaki.