Inari Kiuru

Finland / Australia

Inari Kiuru is an artist and designer with a multidisciplinary practice encompassing mixed media installation, objects, images and jewellery. She first visited Australia in 1989-90 as a Rotary exchange student, spending a year in rural Western Australia and falling in love with the landscape, colours, people and the warm weather. Later, she permanently migrated from Finland to Australia in 1995, living in Perth for ten years before moving to Melbourne in 2006. Inari worked as a graphic designer and art director until graduating with Honours in Fine Art (Object Based Practice) from RMIT University, Melbourne in 2013.

 

Inari’s recent work focuses on observing light within the urban and industrial landscape. She uses materials integral to these environments
- concrete, glass and steel – to portray changing atmospheres, moving between the tangible and the metaphysical in her interpretation. Strongly influenced by her Scandinavian background and relationship to the poetry of seasonal changes,

 

Inari has exhibited in curated group shows in Australia, USA, Switzerland, Germany, Estonia and The Netherlands. Her pieces have been acquired by the Palais des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney and the MacMillan collection of RMIT University.



I remember forest, 2020, Concrete, residue from a bushfire scorched road sign (King Lake 2009), calcite, pigments, glass, rust, mild and stainless steel

More work by Inari Kiuru

I remember forest by Inari Kiuru I remember forest , 2020, Concrete, residue from a bushfire scorched road sign (King Lake 2009), calcite, pigments, glass, rust, mild and stainless steel ,
A forest spirit visits the city alone (Rain from a clear sky) by Inari Kiuru A forest spirit visits the city alone (Rain from a clear sky) , 2018, concrete, pigments, dog tooth calcite, mild steel ,
A forest spirit visits the city alone (Navigating by the stars; A fleeting rest) by Inari Kiuru A forest spirit visits the city alone (Navigating by the stars; A fleeting rest) , 2018, concrete, pigments, glass, enamel, iron,mild steel, ,
A forest spirit visits the city alone (Leaving the forest) by Inari Kiuru A forest spirit visits the city alone (Leaving the forest) , 2018, concrete, glass, polymer, pigments, paint, glass, mild steel ,
A forest spirit visits the city alone (Silence between buildings) by Inari Kiuru A forest spirit visits the city alone (Silence between buildings) , 2018, concrete, polymer, pigments, iron, paint, mild steel ,
Earrings (group) by Inari Kiuru Earrings (group) , 2015, enamel, glass fragments, copper, galvanised steel, paint, 9k gold ,
Priceless necklace by Inari Kiuru Priceless necklace , ongoing edition, plastic ,
Industrial lightscapes by Inari Kiuru Industrial lightscapes , 2016, enamel, glass fragments, copper, silver ,
Steel, rust & stars by Inari Kiuru Steel, rust & stars , 2016, steel, iron filings, glass fragments, silver ,
Night falls over Brunswick (white) by Inari Kiuru Night falls over Brunswick (white) , 2016, enamel, glass fragments, copper, paint, silver ,
Night falls over Brunswick (blue) by Inari Kiuru Night falls over Brunswick (blue) , 2016, enamel, glass fragments, copper, silver ,

Exhibitions

Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery

August 12 to September 13, 2014

The inaugural Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery, won by Kiko Gianocca, Sara Gackowska and Patrícia Correia Domingues.

5×7: early career Australian makers

April 19 - May 14, 2016

We are proud to present new work by five up and coming artists from Melbourne and Canberra: Zoe Brand, Annie Gobel, Marcos Guzman, Inari Kiuru and Lindy McSwan.

HOLD: Exploring the Contemporary Vessel

April 18 - May 27, 2017

A survey of contemporary vessels by Australian and international makers, curated by Natasha Sutila.

2016 Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery

August 24 - September 24, 2016

The Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery is a biennial international Award that showcases excellence in international and Australian contemporary jewellery.  35 artists have been shortlisted from an international field of 413 entries from 48 countries.

Triple Matter

2 - 27 October, 2018

Inari Kiuru, Lore Langendries and Hyun-seok Sim draw out the transformative and surprising qualities of a single material.

Elegy

10 March - 9 April, 2020

Elegy is an exhibition of ‘mourning jewellery’ by a group of 12 Australian women artists, reflecting on the loss of ecology and biodiversity.