About

Mia Taninaka is a Japanese/Australian artist currently living and working on Bundjalung country, northern NSW. Her multidisciplinary practice spans a range of mediums with a focus on oil painting.
Taninaka's lively work draws on mysticism and spirituality through organic lines and expansive colour. Her paintings often take the viewer into a multi-layered story-verse where humans and the natural world co-exist, sparking an innate desire for re-wilding and connection. 
Stirred by the more than human world, Mia's work reflects her ever evolving relationship with the wild world around her and functions as an interpretation of this mythic journey into the layers of reality beyond the surface. 

Mia's art making, a longtime meditation practice, and her studies in Sattva Yoga (dynamic movement paired with breath, mudra, mantra and meditation) have culminated in an integrated practice to help harness the innate creative force within. This connection that extends beyond simply making art, sparks an innate desire for re-wilding and living an inspired life.

“If the artist has outer and inner eyes for nature, nature rewards him by giving him inspiration.”

– Wassily Kandinsky