Ancient Aroha

Driving up to Mt Donna Buang, I drove around a corner and in front was a wall of Mountain Ash. The golden glow of the early morning sun lit them from the side and I had a moment of deep awe and wonder for these ancient living beings. It made me feel powerful that we are connected to so much, to each other, to beauty, to chaos, to our Ancestors going all the way back. Everything is both important and not - we can just be. It is in just being that we are great. Like the beautiful Mountain Ash glowing in the sun, watching for years as the world goes by.

Aroha means love in Maori.

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Kiri is a proud Noongar, Ngapuhi and NgatiTuwharetoa woman who grew up on Jaburara Country amongst the red dirt and the spinifex and the beautiful islands of the Dampier Archipelago. A mother of three, an Aunty, a sister, a daughter, a cousin and a niece. Kiri has had a lifelong love of art in all forms and graduated Deakin University with a Bachelor Degree in Visual Arts in 2018. She is an Artist, Curator, Collaborator and Mentor, who has had a collaborative artwork exhibited in Tokyo, curated multiple exhibitions and held a solo show in Geelong. A multimedia artist, Kiri is a storyteller with a passion for learning and sharing Knowledge and respecting old ways of knowing and doing within a contemporary world.