WAARI is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice moves between land, language, and body. He is a proud descendant of the Waanyi and Kalkutungu peoples of so-called Australia, and of the Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Manu, and Te Ātiawa iwi of Taranaki, Aotearoa (so-called New Zealand). His work braids these ancestral bloodlines and speaks to the lived experience of being Blak within places shaped by ongoing colonial presence. Drawing from both Indigenous worlds, he creates spaces of identity, resistance, and cultural continuance through contemporary visual art, sound and story-making. Printmaking is central to WAARI’s practice. Through carving wood and lino, he works with the rhythm of ink and paper, honouring teachings passed down through generations. It is a space for him to acknowledge memory and build (re)connection. WAARI has developed works across many lands, including Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country (Naarm/Melbourne), Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Country (Cairns), Kalkutungu Country (Cloncurry and Mount Isa), and Arrernte Country (Alice Springs).