Ksenia Shinkarenko is a Melbourne-based contemporary artist exploring the balance between structure and organic movement. Through natural textiles, plant-based dyes and layered compositions, she creates surfaces that feel grounding and imbued with warmth.

Spending her early years in Tokyo shaped her understanding of the balance between transience and refinement. In a culture where modern minimalism and traditional craftsmanship are embedded in daily life, she developed a deep appreciation for subtle detail and material integrity - principles that continue to inform her work today.

Making Australia home led to a gradual shift towards an art practice shaped by a deepening connection to the landscape. She now works primarily with raw fabrics and organic materials that carry a trace of time and place. Her process is open-ended, allowing each piece to take shape with its own rhythm.

“I explore surfaces that invite touch, that feel alive in the way they hold warmth, like raw cotton, bamboo and hessian.”

At its core, Ksenia’s work is about unity and connection, creating space to slow down and notice what’s beneath the surface.

“Perhaps it all comes back to how everything is intertwined, shaping and responding in ways we don’t always recognise.”