Kiewa Austin-Rioli
The Artist
Kiewa Austin-Rioli
From corporate reports and marketing materials to signage and promotional products, our portfolio reflects both quality craftsmanship and meaningful impact. Every project tells a story of creativity, professionalism, and community empowerment.
In June 2020, while I was stuck at home due to COVID-19, I decided to create my own small business now known as Sweet Water Art. My small business is a printing company and I focus on printing stickers, cards and bookmarks, I also do canvas, digital art and commissioned pieces in my free time. I have always had a love for art so I thought why not take it a step further and make a career out of it. I am a young woman with a small business who is bursting with big ideas and dreams that I am working very hard every day to achieve. My family have always encouraged me to dream big, work hard and have fun doing it.
My biggest obstacle in my life turned into my biggest achievement in my life, I was diagnosed with severe Scoliosis in 2015, I needed urgent surgery as my spine was curving at an alarming rate. I had to have surgery to straighten my spine and place two titanium rods and 17 screws onto my spine to straighten my back. (My family call me Titanium Warrior)
I was well along the journey to making it to the Women’s AFL level, that was my dream and the Scoliosis and operation tore that dream apart as I’m never allowed to play football again, it’s just too dangerous to my spine. After a lot of physical and mental healing I shifted my thinking and created new dreams that focused on art and boxing to keep fit.
My second biggest achievement would be getting selected to be the first ever Valedictorian for my school and being able to speak and represent my whole year level at the end of year 12. I was selected from over 110 students in the year level and addressed over 300 people at the Year 12 Valedictory.
Now I always look forward and I take on any opportunity that is thrown at me so I can experience as much as I can in my lifetime. Thank you
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