Ksenia Shinkarenko

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 Japan shaped her appreciation for subtle detail and material integrity, principles that continue to inform her work today. Later, moving to Australia brought a slower rhythm, leading her towards an art practice shaped by a deepening connection to the landscape. She now works primarily with natural 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 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.