Spiraro is a Naarm/Melbourne-based artist working across textiles, sculpture, biomaterials, and lighting. Their work explores the material life of textiles, both living and lived and their approach to making is rooted in multi-sensory engagement. They work with natural pigments derived from rust and plant matter, biomaterials such as seaweed and bacterial leather, and forages ‘trash’ such as steel and discarded textiles, interweaving these elements into sculptural pieces that question how future materials might coexist with those of the past. Blurring the line between organic and human-made, their work sits in the tension between what is grown and what is discarded.
Spiraro’s practice also extends beyond the studio into curation and facilitation, bringing others into dialogue with biomaterials and sustainable materials through group exhibitions and hands-on workshops. They founded Bio(me), an exhibition showcasing artists working with waste and biomaterials, and created Biolab, an experimental workshop program focused on exploring the future of materials through biomaterial experimentation.