Siena Carusi is an abstract visual artist based in Melbourne/Naarm, working primarily across acrylic, watercolour, and ink. Her practice is rooted in early experiences of hearing impairment, which shaped her relationship to communication and self-expression. For Carusi, the visual became a primary language—an instinctive space where perception, emotion, and internal reasoning could be expressed without translation. Her materially layered abstractions reflect an embodied awareness of limitation and adaptation, mapping sensation as much as form, and positioning image-making as both process and presence