Chiranjika (Chira) Grasby is an artist and curator working on Kaurna Yerta.

Her practice incorporates painting, illustration, and sculpture, inspired by her experiences with cultural disconnect as a Queer Asian diaspora. This translates into melancholic depictions of mundane daily imagery, as well as explorations into the personal impact of internet culture and the spread of digital technology from a neurodivergent lens.

Since graduating from Adelaide Central School of Art in 2019 with a Bachelor of Visual Art, she has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions at Nexus Arts, Urban Cow Studios, Floating Goose, Good Bank Gallery, Brunswick Street Gallery (VIC), and Gallery M. She was a recipient of a Deep Dive Residency at Post Office Projects in 2021, Fringe resident for Nexus Arts in 2022, and Writer in Residence for Guildhouse in 2024.

Recently she was the Early Career Curator for South Australian not for profit Guildhouse, and was awarded Arts SA funding for a curatorial internship at Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE) Gallery. She currently co-owns Halfpace Studio - an inclusive tattoo space and residency site, and is the Visual Arts Lead at Nexus Arts Gallery.

Image: Matt Loxton