Kiri is an Artist, Arts consultant and Trashionista, specialising in:
arts management
project management
costume
costume illustration
set
contemporary performing arts, particularly contemporary dance
visual arts (curator)
installation and multimedia art
research
photography
styling
arts brokerage
Kiri currently works as a Performing Arts Development Officer for Blacktown Arts Centre, an initiative of Blacktown City Council and Arts NSW. with and for
Kiri has recently worked with and for Western Sydney Dance Action in an administrative and project management capacity and has been involved in many movement and costume and set design projects, for choreographers including: Gerard Veltre (Phunktional Arts), Paul Cordeiro, Annalouise Paul, Lee Pemberton (fLiNG) and Liz Lea.
Kiri has also worked for Parramatta City Council in an administrative and project capacity for Parramatta Artists Studios, Granville Youth and Community Recreation Centre, and City Live - Mall entertainment project. The Artists Studios exhibition parraMATariki (2010) by artists Maureen Lander and Keren Ruki was both curated and project managed by Kiri, including strategic local community engagement for Pacific and Maori communities.
Kiri has dressed for Billy Elliott the Musical, and has worked for Glen St Theatre and Riverside Theatre in various capacities, including wardrobe and dressing for touring companies, including Sydney Theatre Company, Australian Dance Theatre, Queensland Ballet Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company and Company B Belvoir.
Kiri has also invested much time in education and course delivery, including classes for Sydney Dance Company, TAFENSW – Entertainment theory, Australian College of Physical Education - Design process, UWS Dance department – contemporary dance class. Kiri has contributed to a research project (the Lao project) funded and supported by Campbelltown City Council and WSDA -exploring laotian diaspora and dance activities in Sydney NSW, and designed and delivered a Trashionista workshop funded by Granville Mulitcultural Community Centre for teenage girls interested in customising and recycling fashion.
Kiri is interested in creative hubs and spaces, Art Without Permission and multimedia collaborations.